Day 252: Whistler - 100 Mile House
Monday, April 18, 2011
Let the road-trip begin!
I woke up bright and early .. even though I was all packed and ready to go ... eager to get on the road. I was showered and breakfasted by 8am, and then had a few hours to kill whilst I waited for the gang to arrive. I spent the time watching Say Yes to the Dress, a favourite of Kat and mine. We loved bitching about the dresses - we now considered ourselves experts!
Amanda and Alan finally knocked on my door at 11am, and I was out the door in a flash, having already say good-bye to Kat. Before leaving Whistler, we had to check out of House - receiving overpaid rent back - and I ducked in to Sammy's Snacks to purchase a couple of packets of Tim Tams, as snacks. We also bade farewell to Larissa, who had run over from the Res Centre, and took a last few photos before eventually getting on the road.
We made it to Pemberton before stopping for our first break - lunch. We pulled into a little cafe and enjoyed some freshly made sandwiches, ducking into the liquor store for some supplies. Back on the road, we finally started to leave the comfort zone surrounding Whistler, passing some spectacular scenery. There was beautiful snow-capped mountains; massive mountain ranges of granite and emerald coloured lakes bordered by railway tracks. We took several pit-stops to take photos of the scenery (and a few funny ones - like the 'Golden Nugget' sign), and all took turns in playing songs from our iPhones (strictly one hour each - with one veto per hour each).
We made it into 100 Mile House at 5pm, all starving. Now fully entrenched Canadians, we ducked into Tim Hortons for a donut and coffee to re-energise. Energy levels up, we sent the boys into the local motels to negotiate deals (Amanda and I are laughing all the time at what the receptionists were thinking, with 2 guys asking for a hotel room!) All the prices were pretty much the same, but we ended up at the 'Red Coach Inn' paying $25 each to share 2 queen beds. The room included a fridge and free wi-fi, and hot tub and pool facilities.
After unpacking the car, Amanda was keen for dinner, and we headed back up to the Mexican restaurant we had spotted on the way into town. The food was amazing - lots of veges, and rice and frijoles - and we rolled back into the car. The boys decided to have a walk to work off dinner (albeit a quick one - it was only 1 degree outside), whilst Amanda and I ventured to Save on Foods. Back in the hotel room, the boys ventured out again for a hot spa, whilst we blew the circuits in the room with a hairdryer (we blame Luke, plugging in 6 appliances to charge).
Time for bed now ... we're having a sleep-in tomorrow, which will be well deserved after our massive season and first day of driving.
I woke up bright and early .. even though I was all packed and ready to go ... eager to get on the road. I was showered and breakfasted by 8am, and then had a few hours to kill whilst I waited for the gang to arrive. I spent the time watching Say Yes to the Dress, a favourite of Kat and mine. We loved bitching about the dresses - we now considered ourselves experts!
Amanda and Alan finally knocked on my door at 11am, and I was out the door in a flash, having already say good-bye to Kat. Before leaving Whistler, we had to check out of House - receiving overpaid rent back - and I ducked in to Sammy's Snacks to purchase a couple of packets of Tim Tams, as snacks. We also bade farewell to Larissa, who had run over from the Res Centre, and took a last few photos before eventually getting on the road.
We made it to Pemberton before stopping for our first break - lunch. We pulled into a little cafe and enjoyed some freshly made sandwiches, ducking into the liquor store for some supplies. Back on the road, we finally started to leave the comfort zone surrounding Whistler, passing some spectacular scenery. There was beautiful snow-capped mountains; massive mountain ranges of granite and emerald coloured lakes bordered by railway tracks. We took several pit-stops to take photos of the scenery (and a few funny ones - like the 'Golden Nugget' sign), and all took turns in playing songs from our iPhones (strictly one hour each - with one veto per hour each).
We made it into 100 Mile House at 5pm, all starving. Now fully entrenched Canadians, we ducked into Tim Hortons for a donut and coffee to re-energise. Energy levels up, we sent the boys into the local motels to negotiate deals (Amanda and I are laughing all the time at what the receptionists were thinking, with 2 guys asking for a hotel room!) All the prices were pretty much the same, but we ended up at the 'Red Coach Inn' paying $25 each to share 2 queen beds. The room included a fridge and free wi-fi, and hot tub and pool facilities.
After unpacking the car, Amanda was keen for dinner, and we headed back up to the Mexican restaurant we had spotted on the way into town. The food was amazing - lots of veges, and rice and frijoles - and we rolled back into the car. The boys decided to have a walk to work off dinner (albeit a quick one - it was only 1 degree outside), whilst Amanda and I ventured to Save on Foods. Back in the hotel room, the boys ventured out again for a hot spa, whilst we blew the circuits in the room with a hairdryer (we blame Luke, plugging in 6 appliances to charge).
Time for bed now ... we're having a sleep-in tomorrow, which will be well deserved after our massive season and first day of driving.
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