Natural Wonders of BC

We've had a great time here in beautiful British Coumbia, Canada. There are seemingly endless opportunities for outdoor adventures in and around Squamish to keep us occupied for a couple of more weeks...but it's back to reality with less that 24 hours until we depart for Perth via LA and Melbourne.

Over the last week we have visited Whistler (still quite a lot of snow around - minus 5C at the top, but too much rain for skiing!), caught the ferry to Vancouver Island (the hiking in the Pacific Rim National Park was amazing and sad we only had a few hours there), viewed amazing Titanic and First Nations Exhibitions at the Royal BC Museum, had a few beers at the Stickey Wicket (a cricket pub in Victoria!) and completed numerous hikes in around Squamish.

The Garibaldi Provincial Park, only a few kilometres from Squamish was very beautiful. Yesterday we set out on a day hike, hoping to complete the 28kms to Black Tusk. After 6km we encountered a lot of snow and at 9.5km we hit Lake Garibaldi which was still frozen in some parts. At that point although we tried to proceed we had to turn around as there was so much snow around that it was very difficult to follow the track.

It will be sad to leave North America but looking forward to catching up with our family, friends and news from the last few months.