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This is a diary of where we are, where we were and what we are doing. Check out the older posts unfortunatly I am slower putting up the pictures than Margaret is writing the blogs Colin :)
Saturday, August 27, 2005
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What started out to be a very organized on time morning, quickly went down hill. We appear to have a slow leak in our trailer tire on the other side. Get out the soap and water and try and find the leak......not so easy. Decided to put the puncture liquid in even though we could not find the leak. Jack trailer up, let out air, put in gunk, spin tire, fill tire back up, let jacks down......okay now we can leave.
After much deliberation and discussing with others we decided on taking what is know as the “Sea to Sky Highway” Better known by locals as the “Sea to Die Highway”. There was some question about sections of unpaved road, very steep hills and hairpin turns, that along with the fact that there are no gas stations on route. (Should we have a tire problem). It turned out to be better than a lot of roads we drove in Alaska.
We also saw a very long train with 6 engines chugging it’s way out of the canyon, through a tunnel and up the hill.
We got some great views of a river confluence, where Native Indians were dip netting for salmon. After catching them they would gut them, slice the meat to the skin and then hang them to dry outside along the river under large tarps
We stopped and had lunch at a really nice rest stop in Lillouette While eating we saw mountain goats way up high on a shear rock face enjoying their lunch too! Personally I don’t understand how eating even comes into the picture when your hanging by your hooves to a two inch ledge with a 400 foot drop down below.
We carried on toward Whistler, but Colin miscalculated our fuel consumption. He figured we had enough for 100 miles, which would have been plenty......that is if we were not going straight up! We stopped syphoned some fuel from Ed’s truck into a windshield washer fluid container and then poured to into ours......all fixed.
We arrived just outside of Squamish at the Provincial Camp Ground only to discover it was full. On to Dryden campground which did have room for us. We made about 45 attempts at the spot beside Ed and Frances and finally gave up and moved over 4 spots to a much easier access. By the time we were parked it was quite late, had dinner, went to bed!
After much deliberation and discussing with others we decided on taking what is know as the “Sea to Sky Highway” Better known by locals as the “Sea to Die Highway”. There was some question about sections of unpaved road, very steep hills and hairpin turns, that along with the fact that there are no gas stations on route. (Should we have a tire problem). It turned out to be better than a lot of roads we drove in Alaska.
We also saw a very long train with 6 engines chugging it’s way out of the canyon, through a tunnel and up the hill.
We got some great views of a river confluence, where Native Indians were dip netting for salmon. After catching them they would gut them, slice the meat to the skin and then hang them to dry outside along the river under large tarps
We stopped and had lunch at a really nice rest stop in Lillouette While eating we saw mountain goats way up high on a shear rock face enjoying their lunch too! Personally I don’t understand how eating even comes into the picture when your hanging by your hooves to a two inch ledge with a 400 foot drop down below.
We carried on toward Whistler, but Colin miscalculated our fuel consumption. He figured we had enough for 100 miles, which would have been plenty......that is if we were not going straight up! We stopped syphoned some fuel from Ed’s truck into a windshield washer fluid container and then poured to into ours......all fixed.
We arrived just outside of Squamish at the Provincial Camp Ground only to discover it was full. On to Dryden campground which did have room for us. We made about 45 attempts at the spot beside Ed and Frances and finally gave up and moved over 4 spots to a much easier access. By the time we were parked it was quite late, had dinner, went to bed!