The Pacific Northwest (3.24.01 - 3.28.01)
On this trip, we flew from the Bay Area to Seattle, got into our rentals cars and made the 3 hour drive up to Vancouver. After that, we spent the next 2 days up at Whistler and then a day in Vancouver. On our last day, we drove back to Seattle where we had a few hours to kill before we had to fly back home.

 

Vancouver

Capilano Suspension Bridge
A really long suspension bridge that spans over a gorge. It was pretty scary to walk on because every step makes the bridge shake a lot.

Cows
Canada's Ice Cream. The store was pretty cool. They sold all of these cow-themed products from shirts to pens to slippers.

Granville Island
Ate some double-smoked salmon. Yum.. it was delicious. My friends also at buttertarts, which were referenced in this one song. I can't remember the song now though.

Miscellaneous Vancouver Photos
Sometimes you see the darndest things. We saw this Chevron station that's used to fill up gas for ships. That was pretty neato.

Whistler & Blackcomb

Snowboarding
Boarding up in Canada was a lot more challenging than up in Tahoe. I must say that boarding from the summit to the bottom takes an incredibly long time. We spent 1 day boarding on the Whistler Mountain, and 1 day boarding on the Blackcomb Mountain. The weather was much better when we boarded on Blackcomb, so I am going to say that it was a much better experience. After managing Whistler, going back to Kirkwood seemed like a piece of cake. Since I don't want to make this too long, I'm just going to mention that I went up to Canada with Gordon, Alex, Grace, Howard, and Mike to visit my friends Rafael and Collin.

Seattle

Pike's Place
I really like'd Pike's Place because it had a nice atmosphere. The best part was the seafood market where the workers would throw the fish around. On our adventure there, we also visited the very first Starbucks Cafe.

Space Needle
We didn't have much time to spend at the Space Needle, so we merely took some pictures and visited the gift shop.

Miscellaneous Seattle Photos

 
 
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