Day 7 - May 20th
We got up to cold moist weather. We drove off to do a small 1 km walk in the rainforest. It was very pretty and green but was not raining. We drove back to Nanimo to jump back on the ferry to Horseshoe bay (just north of Vancouver). On the ferry it was extremely windy and very very cold, almost painful. I tried some of the red clam chowder on the boat. Not as nice as the white version. We hopped onto the Sea to Sky Highway (Hwy99). The drive was very scenic. Lined with snowcapped mountains. One the way we saw a big bastard black bear crossing a side road. Unfortunately we were going to fast too stop but it was very big. You would not like to cross it in a dark alley. We arrived at Whistler and there was not as much snow as I had expected. It was cloudy and yes again it was cold. Our campground was still under construction about 4 kms from town. As it was a long weekend the next alternative was a 50 minute drive away. Due to the lack of equipment this allowed us to use our imagination for internal decorating. We used a cable reel for a table, little ones for seats. Constructed benches around the fire with all the wood that was lying around. It started to rain so we went into town to kill some time and do some shopping. Well the cold weather had go the better of me so I raided an outdoor shop and purchased a thermorest mat to sleep on and a thermal t-shirt. We decided to eat out as the rain was still hanging around. We ate we drank, tried a few new brews, some nice some not.
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