Dallas on Peak to Peak Gondolier-Whistler-Blackcomb
Whistler Mountain
WhistlerSunday morning and after a leisurely start to the day we header for Whistler. We were taken by a very scenic route around the bays By Dave, our Canadian driver, towards Whistler, about 2.15 hours away. Beautiful drive around coastline that reminds me of the Marlborough Sounds and then up in to the mountains. Whistler? Best description I can think of is that it is a larger version of Queenstown-very beautiful, but the village is modern, well designed to meet the needs of the tourist and skiiers.
Dallas and I took the gondolier up to the top of the Whistler mountain and then another ride across to Blackcomb Mountain-longest unsupported cable car in the world-3.4 kilometres. Beautiful ride across the mountain valleys. We had lunch up at the restaurant at top of Blackcomb then headed down on two ski lifts to the the bottom. Hot, fine weather, great views across the mountains.
At the bottom we caught up with the rest of the team and headed for the Brewers nest for a few ales then headed back to Vancouver. Said goodbye to our hosts for the last two days, Pat and David, a quick refresh and then off to the pub for dinner.
Tomorrow we start the conference and we need to get together to sort out our presentation. So far we have a brilliant power point put together by Tracey, my PA, who took the contributions from each of the principals and put it together.
Tomorrow starts a busy week, 8.00am to 5.00pm each day at the conference for the next five days. I am looking forward to the opportunity of meeting with the Canadian principals.
3 comments:
Nice to catch up with your travels and to share what you are up to. Have fun!
All you seem to be doing is eating, drinking beer and sight seeing. When are you going to do some work like we are doing in Singapore?
Sounds great - Lucy and I are enjoying Singapore while Maurie conferences hard out!!
Did the gondolier enjoy his time with you in the gondola?
Cheers, Leigh
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