Visit to Whistler

On Wednesday May 24th, we took Jean, Ron and Claire their grand-daughter to Whistler, B.C. which will be the site of the 2010 Winter Olympics. We had a fine trip over there, for the ride to the ferry, on the ferry and to Whistler all went smoothly.
We broke the journey once at Squamish, a small coastal community where we stopped for afternoon coffee and goodies.
We arrived at our accommodation in Creekside Village at about 5PM. We had booked into The Legends, which is owned and operated by Intrawest, which in turn owns most of the property at Whistler/Blackcomb mountains. We spent that evening playing games following dinner.
The next morning Cynthia and I attended a short sales meeting at the Whistler Village, then with Jean, we toured the village itself eating lunch there too. We also had a stroll through the Chateau Whistler, the magnificent main hotel in Whistler. Claire and Ron opted to remain at the hotel, for Ron wasn't feeling too good and Claire stayed with him. Eventually we took Jean back to the hotel too, where she had a rest. Cynthia and I did a tour of a local microbrewery and enjoyed the talk and the samples which came after the tour. That evening we ate dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory in Whistler and then I drove the crew around the Village at night to see some of the buildings all lit up. By the time we got back from dinner, we all felt like an early night.
Next morning, Cynthia and I went for a swim in the hotel pool which was a heated outdoor one. We also enjoyed the hot tub. Around 10:45AM we left the room, checked out and were on our way back to the ferry. We stopped again in Squamish for elevensies and then headed on afterwards. We were once delayed for about 20 minutes while some blasting was done on the new highway. We arrived at the Horseshoe Bay ferry terminal about 1PM hoping to catch the 3PM ferry but to no avail. Eventually we caught an extra sailing at 4:45Pm and arrived home at about 9:00 PM.
It had been a good trip as far as I was concerned, and I enjoyed myself.