Canada Land

Part two of Vancouver:
After I finished up the sales meeting for work John flew in Wed night and the vacation was on! We left Vancouver Thursday morning (after ordering room service for breakfast but of course) and made our way North to Squamish. Squamish is the outdoor capital of Canada and is 1/2 was between Vancouver and Whistler. The drive was gorgeous and the road twist and turned along the Howe sound. We checked in to our hostel/inn early afternoon and then headed to the base of Stawamus Chief for some bouldering. The forest canopy was so dense that it made it feel like it was dusk....not to mention that I thought for sure I'd see an elf, it had that magical feel to it. Anyways we climbed (or I guess I should say John did most of the climbing) for the afternoon and not even a rain shower dampened our day. For dinner we hit up the Howe Sound Brewery for some awesome local pale ale and eats. Day 2: we did lots of exploring by car as it started raining late morning. We drove out on the peninsula in the Howe sound and got spectacular views of the Chief and Shannon Falls. I was hoping to see a bear or a moose but all the wildlife we encountered were: slugs, mosquitoes, a crane, a snake, and a deer. The pictures turned out pretty well but I wish it was clearer out b/c it was sooooo green up there and the pictures just didn't captured the intense color. Oh well. Towards the end of the day we made the trek back to Vancouver for the weekend. We ate lots of good food: tapas, sushi, wine, and mojitos to name a few and of course worked in some shopping. All in all a spectacular city meets outdoors vacation! Enjoy the pics!