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I <3 Whistler, Canada
14 years ago
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As a bit of a mini vacation for me, and also part birthday gift, my mom took me up to Whistler, Canada for the weekend. We stayed right in the village and people watched from our hotel room's balcony. Unfortunately, we were also situated right above a nightclub so the bass beats of the music shook through the floor at night. But it was all good because we exhausted ourselves adventuring all day so we were too tired to not fall asleep.
I did ziplines for the first time ever. http://www.ziptrek.com/whistler-canada For those who don't know what ziplines are, it's where you strap into a harness, let a guide clip you to a steel cable strung between trees or supports and zoom from one end to the other. Our longest line was 1100 ft long and about 150 ft above a gorgeous river. It was freakin' amazing and I would definitely recommend it for anyone not afraid of heights. Our guides even showed us how to flip upside down on our last, shortest line. I did it :D, my mom wussed out :P.
There was shopping (hella expensive) wonderful food (hella expensive) and oodles of chintzy souvenirs to take back (also hella expensive). And so many dogs! You couldn't look one way or the other without seeing at least a few dogs on leashes. Most of the shops even had doggy water bowls out on the sidewalks. There were dirt bikes all over too. Huge lines of bike racks to store bikes, bikes for sale, people in gear walking their bikes through town. Tons of bikes.
Also, oddly enough, I noticed oodles of pregnant ladies. Not sure if there were actually a lot of them or if I was just noticing them more for whatever reason.
While we were there, we played a game off and on throughout the trip. "Name that accent" We heard several types of British accents, Australian, French, Chinese, Thai, Japanese, a few Middle Eastern, Indian, German, possibly Swedish and a handful of others that we we couldn't identify. And we met a French speaking Quebecian(?) who sat near us at lunch one day and we attempted to have a conversation. I think it went rather well considering that he spoke hardly any English and my mother and I speak not a word of French.
There was other stuff too, but it wasn't as exciting, just sight-seeing. Didn't see any critters besides a chipmunk, I was quite disappointed. Not that I really wanted to see bears or mountain lions up close, but a deer would have been nice. :(
I did ziplines for the first time ever. http://www.ziptrek.com/whistler-canada For those who don't know what ziplines are, it's where you strap into a harness, let a guide clip you to a steel cable strung between trees or supports and zoom from one end to the other. Our longest line was 1100 ft long and about 150 ft above a gorgeous river. It was freakin' amazing and I would definitely recommend it for anyone not afraid of heights. Our guides even showed us how to flip upside down on our last, shortest line. I did it :D, my mom wussed out :P.
There was shopping (hella expensive) wonderful food (hella expensive) and oodles of chintzy souvenirs to take back (also hella expensive). And so many dogs! You couldn't look one way or the other without seeing at least a few dogs on leashes. Most of the shops even had doggy water bowls out on the sidewalks. There were dirt bikes all over too. Huge lines of bike racks to store bikes, bikes for sale, people in gear walking their bikes through town. Tons of bikes.
Also, oddly enough, I noticed oodles of pregnant ladies. Not sure if there were actually a lot of them or if I was just noticing them more for whatever reason.
While we were there, we played a game off and on throughout the trip. "Name that accent" We heard several types of British accents, Australian, French, Chinese, Thai, Japanese, a few Middle Eastern, Indian, German, possibly Swedish and a handful of others that we we couldn't identify. And we met a French speaking Quebecian(?) who sat near us at lunch one day and we attempted to have a conversation. I think it went rather well considering that he spoke hardly any English and my mother and I speak not a word of French.
There was other stuff too, but it wasn't as exciting, just sight-seeing. Didn't see any critters besides a chipmunk, I was quite disappointed. Not that I really wanted to see bears or mountain lions up close, but a deer would have been nice. :(
