On the heels of our dad & girls trip to Mt. Ranier, we were on the road again last weekend. Destination this time was Whistler, BC! We're not big skiers, so we decided to check out Canada in the summertime. Turns out Whistler got its name in the 1800s from the call ('whistle', I guess) of the hoary marmot. There you go.
Mom was able to come along this time, and boy was I glad she was there. The drive along the water from Vancouver north to Squamish was absolutely beautiful. Unfortunately, we spent over 5 hours on the road (not counting bathroom and meal stops) and got in well past bedtimes. Saturday afternoon at the hotel pool was certainly a highlight of the trip. Nora was not to be outdone by Erin, as the sequence below shows!
Erin's turn!!
Mom and the (3!) girls spent a relaxing Saturday evening snuggling in bed. You can see that something really has their attention... Probably Dad playing ukulele, or maybe a deer outside our room, or...
A Disney movie!
Erin picked out Cinderella from the rental place by our house in Seattle as a treat to take along. She loved it. On Sunday, we finally succeeded in escaping the tourist trap of Whistler and hiked along the Ancient Cedars trail just north of town. Almost two miles in, we had some impressive thunder and then heavy rain a few minutes later. We took these pics a few minutes before the storm. Nora didn't waste words on the soggy hike back to the car: "Dry clothes! Dry clothes!"
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