We loaded up with coffee and headed for the highway. Traffic was decent, but the 50km zones for construction are brutal along the Sea to Sky highway right now. My last trip, I was less vigilant in keeping with them since there weren't really workers around. This trip I used the cruise control to keep within the limit as workers were all over the mountain. This really adds a lot of time to a trip that usually takes just 2 hours.
Porteau Cove had been cleaned up after its recent rock slide, so Laura and I pulled in for a quick visit. I love this place. There is almost nothing to it, but it has such a lovely view of the water and mountains that it is simply too good for your heart. A bit further up the way, we also stopped in at Shannon Falls to have a bit of a stretch and see the falls. It has some of the clearest water I have ever seen. You just want to drink it.
Whistler was fantastic. We found a nordic shop that would rent a walking stick for Laura and headed straight up the mountain in the gondola. We navigated the tricky path down to the chair lift and were up at the peak in no time. There is a tiny, jagged, path at the top that leads to a great rock to sit on and look out at the horizon. We spent a long time sitting there, so we squeezed in a quick version of the Carpenters "Top of the World." After the long walk up from the chair lift back to the Roundhouse, we grabbed a burger just before the restaurant shut down for the day. Our timing has really been bang-on this past week! A good burger is a treat, but it doesn't get much better than eating a good burger while looking over mountain tops.
It took even longer to get back to Vancouver from Whistler, but we made it in time to drop off the car, pick-up some Flying Wedge pizza, and catch the end of the sunset at the beach.
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