After Whistler, Kat, Brookes and Stephanie all had to go back to that annoying thing called work. Doug, James, Patrick, Pete and I made our way down to Squamish, B.C., which is a lot less touristy - but no less beautiful - than Whistler. We rented a nice townhouse that was walking distance to the main street and had air conditioning (very important during Canada's epic heatwave).
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| Our condo was on the mountain end of the row on the left. Not a terrible view! |
The first day, we took the motorcycles over to Gibson's Island. My bike was still in Washington, so I occupied the Princess Seat that day. Getting there required a ferry ride, which certainly did not suck.
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| Looking back at Horseshoe Bay from the ferry to Gibsons Island. |
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| Pete, Pat, Doug chillin on the ferry. |
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| The mountains literally melt right into the water. |
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| Again, I ask, why can't I live here?? |
We spent a good part of the day riding around the island, from the coast to the interior. It reminded me a lot of the little towns on the Coast of Maine. Before we got back on the ferry, we visited the local brewery (at this point, if you are still surprised by this, you haven't been reading very carefully).
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| View from the brewery. They are building an elevated patio that will have an even better view. Guess we'll have to go back! |
After the ferry ride back to Squamish, we connected with James (who doesn't ride motorcycles so he ventured up the
Sea to Sky Gondola while we were out riding). We all went for dinner at
Howe Sound Brewing, which was so awesome that we neglected to take a picture. That was a great way to wrap up another successful Canada trip!
