Sharing British Columbia with Tasha~
Having our fellow travel nut Tasha from Along for the Ride Travel visit from her southern home in California has been a perfect excuse to partake in some scouting adventures around the west coast of British Columbia.
We headed off with Dieter onto the mainland for one trip. The sail over on the B.C Ferries was beautiful, and as always we appreciated the spectacular views of Active Pass.
Taking in the Lil' Wayne "I'm Still Music" tour was a highlight of our getaway. He played in Vancouver B.C on April. 27 2011 and put on a fantastic show. Mix Master Mike, Travis Barker, Paul Wall, Rick Ross, & Nicki Minaj all contributed to pumping up the energy of the crowd - Good times.
The day after the concert we headed up to Whistler where we held dinner reservations at our favourite German restaurant Bavaria. As always, both the food & the service were impeccable. Tasha and I feasted on the alpine fondue special while Dieter sampled schnitzel, bratwurst, & goulash (of course we helped with those as well). A dessert of chocolate fondue & creme brulee finished the day beautifully. That same night we set off with full bellies to Darcy, a small community just past Pemberton, BC.
We settled in for the night to visit with my mom and her fiancee, they even had fresh baked cookies for us when we arrived! Tasha and I stayed up extra late that night to watch the royal wedding and celebrated the occasion with a 3am tea party.
We continued our trip by driving a circle route over a mountain pass gravel road that took us into Lillooet, BC. The drive was beautiful, and also adventurous as the road traveled in a lot of land slide areas - we could see evidence of recent disturbances on the mountain faces surrounding us.
Now that we are home I am reflecting on some of the amazing people we met along the way that definitely made our trip memorable!
Daryl, a hitch hiking hippie we picked up, took us on an unexpectedly beautiful side trip to a waterfall - Branywine Falls -
An artisan woodworker (whose name escapes me) happily shared his live wood gallery with us after we bumbled onto his property. He was making the most beautiful children's playground set, complete with a fire pole escape!
Lastly we met Mountain Man Rick, an interesting, resilient man who lives very remotely on a fully self sufficient property - He was amazing!
It seems that no matter where we go, when Dieter, Tasha, and I travel together we meet the most amazing people & always seem to come back with a story :-)