Anniversary Trip Part One

 On the way up to our Anniversary destination, I busied myself by looking at the scenery.  It wasn't very hard.  The scenery is just stunning.  The Sea-to-Sky Highway had been redone in time for the Olympics last year, and the road was a pleasure to drive.  The surface was smooth and the curves were manageable. 

We had bought some lunchables before we departed, so we decided to stop at this small lake to have a picnic.  It turned out to be a very popular destination.  We were amused by a group of day campers who came down to the beach while we were there.  There were the typical reactions - the kids who jumped into the water and exclaimed how warm it was, which in turn enticed others to jump in too.  There were the beach dolls who laid out their towels and loudly declared that they would only sunbathe.  There was the lone child who filled up his bucket with lake water and carried it 100 meters, then sat down and then proceeded to stick his feet in the bucket for some unknown reason. 

We journeyed further past this landmark - The Chief.  My husband, in earlier years had signed up to go rock climbing on its face. He went several times.   This was before we had children. And before we knew that insurance wouldn't cover an accident involving rock climbing. 
Eventually we reached our destination.  We drove around a little bit, to orient ourselves to some of the village. 
Then we went to the hotel to see if we could have an early check in,  It was too early, but they let us park the vehicle, which we did, and then we took a walk about.  There was so much to see.  I loved the international flavour of the town.  The locals (most of whom were from Australia and New Zealand) were very friendly and answered all our questions about what to do and where to go during our visit. 

Eventually we found our way back to the hotel, and relaxed for a little bit, before we checked out the night life.  There was lots of it.  It was very unlike anything that we have in our own town.  We finally settled on getting a couple of pieces of pizza and going to a movie.    After a bit more exploring, we decided we'd better get a good night's sleep because the next morning, we were going up the mountain.