Saturday, September 12, 2015
Day 4
Hi all,
This is our last full day at Whistler
and what a great day it was.
A few things to know about Whistler
is that it is the melting pot of the world up here. You can sit at a table and
here at least 6-8 languages spoken around you. Everybody here is from somewhere
else and how good everyone gets along with each other. You find out quick that
we the people of this planet all have the same thing in common and only our
governments have problems with each other. We all are here to pass through our
lives and enjoy this great world that God has given us. How did Whistler get its
name ? I think it might be from a small ground hog type rodent they call a
whistler. They whistle at each other as a warning.
Moving on, Today is sunny and about
75 degrees.
We slept in this morning to rest up
for our big ziplining tour. For lunch we had a bottle of courage before our
adventure.
Whistler was buzzing as we sat there
eating our lunch enjoying the view.
And what a view ! Ok I'm not dead yet.
There was a big bike race here this
morning. The race started in Vancouver at 5am over 100 miles away and ended
here in Whistler Village.
The first group showed up here about
9am. It took us 3 hours to drive it because of how hilly and curvy it was.
The majority showed up by 2 pm. Just to finish
was a feat.
Trees our turning here.
Ok time to fly. We are signed up with
Ziptrek Ecotours.
Sam, one of our guides gives us last
minute instructions.
There will be 5 lines across the mountain.
with the grand finale which is like going off a 32 story building .
We talked this couple into going
first to see if the cable holds up.
It looks like they are hanging there,
but they are flying.
Ok I am not going down like this.
There goes Prilly
No fear there.
We made it to the half way point.
There are beautiful walk ways and suspension
bridges between our runs.
Our other guide Maddie is from Australia.
No, I am still not going down upside
down.
You really can't take a picture of
this so we have a couple of movie clips of us.
Time to celebrate our survival !
As the sun starts to set its time to
call it a day.
Tomorrow we move onto Salmon Arm
heading across British Columbia.
See you tomorrow, Prilly & Ralph