Day 6 05/07/18 A day late but having internet connection problems. Decided to take a drive to Whistler, a ski resort and where the Winter Olympics were held. Started on the Sea to Sky highway and left Vancouver skirting the Howe Sound. Huge sound with many islands, some inhabited and some vacant. A very curvy highway. Stopped halfway at Squamish a little town where we had a pleasant lunch. Looking above from the restaurant you are surrounded by the snow covered Cascades. I asked the waitress if they got a lot of snow in Squamish over the winter. Well, we do get two large snow storms and then lots of rain. How cold does it get? Well with the wind chill factor about -14 degrees. But she went on to say she was originally from Alberta where it gets about -45. Ouch. Here in Canada you can't bring your pet inside but you can sit outside if they have a seating area. However, around each seating area is a 3' tall fence that the pet must sit outside of. Crazy. We then proceeded to Whistler but stopped on the way to view a magnificent waterfall. Shannon Falls which is over 300 meters tall. Wait, I will convert that for you. That is over 1,000 ft. tall. Puts Multnomah falls to shame. Then proceeded to Whistler. It is an interesting village where Sue and I had stayed one night when we took the Trans-Canada RR for a trip. Lots of outdoor activities, which explained all the ski, ski clothing shops, bike shops, bars, and restaurants. Looking at all the inhabitants I did feel out of place. Everyone here is in their twenties. All very young and fit. Ahh youth!! There were a couple of other geezers wandering around but this village is for the young. Walked our legs off and then back to Vancouver. Still great weather here. Will add more for today.
Day 24 05/25/18 Our last day in Great Falls and we are compelled to see where the name came from. Back in the car and out to the middle of nowhere to see one of the friggin falls. Seems the Louis and Clark expedition found this falls. However in the early 1900's the city fathers thought it would be a great idea to build a dam and make electricity. Here is a pic of their efforts. From here we went to the First Peoples Buffalo jump. This remarkable geologic area has been used for thousands of years by local tribes to drive buffalo up and over the hills to kill them for food and their hides. One of the interesting facts we learned was that the natives for thousands of years were barefoot. The horse was not introduced to North America until the 1700's. It was said that native tribes from all over the area came to use the buffalo jump. Supposedly there is 18' of buffalo debris still buried beneath the hill. Not much...
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