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Whistler, BC

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

The first day in Canada we spent the night at a provincial park just outside of Whistler. This area is fantastic! I’d heard good things about it from people before, about the skiing and mountain biking. Well, the biking was fantastic, trails lead all over. You can go from the coffee shop, ride to trails of any difficulty you can imagine (they have lots of paved trails, too, for the non mountain bikers), ride all day and ride back to the pubs and restaurants for the evening if you like. The provincial parks in the area are beautiful as well with nice hiking trails. The town its self is a bit yuppy but it’s fun, too. I highly recommend the area for bikers.

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One of the provincial parks near Whistler.

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Molly and I on a suspension bridge on a hiking trail in the area.

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Dave on one of the zillions of bike trails.

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Molly swimming in one of the fantastic lakes in the area.

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Beautiful lakes and mountains are everywhere up here!

Over the Border

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Into Canada now. Just over the border past Vancouver there are a lot of little parks with beautiful views. It looks a lot like New Zealand up here.

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Seattle

Thursday, June 29th, 2006
We went to visit my Uncle Jon, Aunt Lori, and cousins who live just outside of Seattle. We had a great time, did all the touristy stuff and we were just in time to see the Fremont Street parade. It ... [Continue reading this entry]

Mt. Rainier National Park

Saturday, June 24th, 2006
We really didn't expect what we found we arrived at Mt. Rainier. All the hiking trails above 5000 ft. in elevation were buried under 3 feet of snow! We hiked around anyway of course, and even got caught in a ... [Continue reading this entry]

Breakdown!

Saturday, June 24th, 2006
Well, as soon as we left Mt. St. Helens we noticed Pinky wasn't running well. Going up the mountains we had no power. We stopped and went into the nearest town for Dave to try and get some parts to ... [Continue reading this entry]

Mt. St. Helens

Friday, June 16th, 2006
Had to visit the famous site while in the area. I was really excited about it but it was not actually as cool as I thought it would be. It was very cloudy during our visit so we could not ... [Continue reading this entry]

Mt Hood

Friday, June 16th, 2006
Well, we didn't climb Mt. Hood for various reasons, well, mainly due to lack of planning. I guess we should have contacted the guide service before we arrived at the mountain...bah. We did get a wonderful view and to hike ... [Continue reading this entry]

Hood River, OR

Friday, June 16th, 2006
We stopped by Hood River, which is a beautiful town right on the Columbia River. It is also where they brew Henry Weinhard's and Full Sail so we stopped by the brewery for a tour. hoodriver.jpg[Continue reading this entry]