After driving major highways for a couple of days, we veered off and headed down scenic rte 99. It’s not a road for big rigs, but we had no issues handling the hairpin curves and 12% grades.
The road took us through scenic Fraser Canyon and the small town of Lillooet.
It was a quiet few days, just making our way south, stopping to spend the night places where we could have campfires.
We did do some hiking along the way.
The road took us through Whistler, one of the top skiing destinations in the world, and host of many of the 2010 winter Olympic skiing events.
In the summer its a premiere mountain biking destination. We sat outside for lunch on a beautiful afternoon and watched the bikers. The ski lift brings them up the mountain, and special chairs bring up the bikes. The rider can choose, just like a skier can, what degree of difficulty he wants on his ride down. 
We decided the gondola ride to the top of the mountain was worth the investment, and we had a great time! We started out in a private gondola for part of the ride up.
Once we reached the top of that run, we hiked over to a chair lift, which brought us up to another peak. Luckily it was a great day because it was still pretty chilly!
The views from up there were pretty amazing:
Once we’d had our fill we took yet another gondola, called the Peak to Peak, from where we were, over to…another peak. It was a fun day, in part because the weather was outstanding. The village of Whistler is very walk-able, with pedestrian streets running through it, and tons of restaurants with outdoor seating. Plus of course, all the upscale shopping one could ask for. We wandered in and out of a few stores but mostly just enjoyed the ambiance.
Soon after Whistler, we crossed over the border, back into the United States for the final time this summer. I think we were both happy to be “home”.
Random Thought: I sure am lucky to have Paul around. We came home one day and found no power in part of the rig, including the refrigerator. After pulling it all apart Paul discovered that the movement of the slide had caused wires to get twisted and pulled apart. An hour later, it was fixed.
