Here In Whistler

Hi Everyone from the Mountains of Whistler

The scene below is the view from our living room window and the air is thick with the scent of Douglas Fir trees. Brian moved to B.C. from Ontario in '87. Over the years he lived in Vancouver, Squamish and Whistler (although now here for a month from Sao Paulo, Brazil).  

Eye popping green

Bob and I have been coming here to ski and hike since way back when the Sea to Sky highway was two scary, curvy, hilly, lanes. It's still a bit scary especially at night but the 2012 Olympics spurred a great road rebuilding effort.

Stawmus Chief

The Stawamus Chief at Squamish is the second largest piece of granite in the world.

Brian and I are hiking up the Dave Murray trail here at Whistler Creekside and it's hard to imagine this place deep with snow. The top of Whistler Mountain is three chair lifts up from the one below.

Our resort is surrounded by multi million dollar homes. 

Where hardly anyone is at home it seems. At least I walked around after dark last night and most houses were dark. Might be different during ski season though. 

Graffiti on the trail side.

Every wall is fair game for an artist.

This place is definitely a playground for the rich. But the rich have to be looked after. So there are tons of kids and young adults working as cleaners, servers, receptionists, vendors and so forth. They leave their colourful mark as in the graffiti above. 

Around Whistler Village

Around Lost Lake

Fall Brilliance

Chao for now. More photos to come.