21 July - Thursday - Rocky Mountaineer Day 2 - Quesnel to Whistler

G'day All,

Up bright and early and heading for Whistler. The scenery changed quite a bit from Quesnel (with a silent "S") to Whistler, transiting from pastures and forest to arid bare hillsides and chasms and back to forest on approach to Whistler.

Onwards we go . . .

Across the bridges.

Passing the lakes.

To changing landscapes

Through the arid chasms.

And back towards water.

The mountains beginning to change.

Higher the mountains rise, dusted in snow.

Contemplation.

Back into the forest as we enter Whistler.

We arrived in Whistler at checked into the Fairmont Chateau overlooking the Upper Village. When we opened the room we noticed we had no luggage so I went down to the front counter to see what was going on. The concierge said the bags had been delivered to room 507 but we were in room 505, a quick check revealed that we had been booked in to both rooms (?). He organised for our bags to be delivered to 505 and all was well in the world. About 30 mins after we got settled there was a knock at the door where another staff member informed us that we had been given an upgrade and had both 505 and 507 adjoining rooms with 507 more or less being the formal lounge and second bathroom. Sweet gig but only for overnight so we really didn't get to utilise both rooms fully. We did a quick lap around Whistler and decided it was time to seek out a place to eat and what better idea than an Aussie icon, a pie. Owned and operated by Aussies, Peaked Pies will open its second store in Vancouver in a couple of months. The pies were absolutely what we needed to fill (over fill) our bellies, if you find your self in Whistler or Vancouver look them up for a taste of home :-)

Aussie pies in Canada.

Hunger pangs satisfied it was off to bed, tomorrow was a free day until mid afternoon, we had nothing planned so had a look at some things to do but left the decision up to the weather on what we would do as it looked like it may be a sunny day after quite a cloudy trip to date.

Cheers
Gary and Penny