Spokane to Whistler

Talking with a few people in Spokane, we were recommended when traveling on to Vancouver we should take the number 2 Hwy West. As it was a much more interesting drive, and took roughly the same time.

It was definitely a more interesting drive. We snaked our way through the Cascade Mountains, passing towns such as Leavenworth and Stevens Pass. Which is also a ski resort. The terrain looked amazing. It would have been a great place to stop for the afternoon and make some turns, but we didn’t have the time.

After 9 hours we finally reached the US / Canada boarder. The crossing was fairly painless, and took on 20mins. We arrived in Vancouver at about 6pm. The time that we were suppose to arrive in Whistler and meet Sam’s friend Annabel, who we were going to stay with. Instead of pushing on to Whistler we hung out in Vancouver for a couple of hours. Sam and Nick hadn’t been in a big city for months. It was all pretty exciting.

After a very tasty dinner of Japanese and a couple of beers we jumped back in the van, talked our way out of a parking ticket and pushed on to Whistler.