Dūnland
The Solar Coaster chair
Top of the chair
The view down Blackcomb from Springboard
Oh, the crappy snow. XD
Mountains make me happy!
Me and Thorbjørn (aka my father, whose name isn't actually Thorbjørn although it might as well be)
Some views from the new Peak-2-Peak gondola...
...which is rather high up.
Sunrise in Creekside
And Sunset
I also visited the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, which I loved. It looks like the University of Washington's cuter sister. And you know what? Students at UBC only have to pay $400CAD for life tickest to Whistler. HOLY FUCK. *grabby hands*
Oh, did I mention that UBC is surrounded by a park and is right on the ocean?
Two notes on Vancouver:
1) the buses in Vancouver apologise for being out of service. That's right. Whereas the buses in Seattle just say "Out of service", the Canadian buses say "Sorry, out of service". I am quite charmed.
2) There is a series of streets in Vancouver named after local Aboriginal tribes. To help the non-Pacific NorWester or the local yet uneducated clod, the tops of these signs have the IPA for the names written on them. So fear not, now even the non-native may pronounce "Kwakiutl" and "Skokomish". It's awesome!
Though do people need it for "Squamish" or "Yakima", I wonder? (Do you guys feel confident pronouncing those? I'm honestly curious.)
And thank you all for giving me some comfort when I was feeling like a useless hunk of oxygen-wasting flesh the other day. You're all amazing sweethearts, you know that, right? *HUGS* Between you guys and the mountains, I feel like I could conquer some mountains. So seriously, thanks. ♥