Day 9 after a relaxing evening in the top floor apartment of the Delta lodge in Whistler we awoke to another blue sky day. We decided to take the Peak to Peak gondola up Whistler Mountain which hosted the 2010 Winter Olympics. The photos will speak for themselves about how beautiful it was on top! After our amazing morning, we jumped back into Rangi for a 9 hour journey through desolate mountain passes and Indian Reserves to Quesnel.
Day 10 We packed down the tent in record time to escape the sandflies, all the while Whitetail deer were grazing next to us. Today we headed to Prince George (the Northernmost point in our trip). Prince George was nothing spectacular but we did find a few nice beers and bevvys to enjoy by our tent. The evening turned into quite a ruccous with 2 weddings and Canada's version of outrageous fortune all in the one camping ground.
Day 11 We left the campground early on and headed towards Jasper. Along the way we discovered a natural rainforest- so we broke up our trip with a short hike. As we rolled into Jasper so did some very black clouds, unfortunately the campgrounds were full so we had to pitch 15km out of town. We had a very wet night, but we were snug in our NZ sleeping bags.
Day 12 Was our last day where we headed south on the Jasper highway, via Rocky Mountain House. We stopped into the Columbia Icefields and walked up along the Glaciers (which we were unable to do in Winter). We also found one very cute black bear on our way home too. 4500kms on the clock we made it home- What a trip!!
Lapping it up at the Delta
On top of Whistler Mountain
Peak to Peak Gondola
Amazing lake dammed by fallen logs
View from our campsite in Prince George
Pretty blue bird
Little black bear crossing the road
Another pretty canadian lake
Columbia Glacier, Jasper National Park
Very large black bear on side of road (we stayed in the car for this one)
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