Squamish is in between Whistler and Vancouver and it sits in the middle of tons of provincial parks. It is FULL of things to do, if you like to do outdoorsy stuff. Our kids are starting to become mountain goats. They climb and hike things that most adults couldn't do and their endurance is improving daily, which means we get to go on longer, less whiny hikes.
Last night we stayed in the Squamish Wal-Mart and then this morning we went to the Chief--a gigantic rock face that sits in a beautiful forest. We brought our climbing gear, hoping to get some bouldering in. However, after hiking and exploring for an hour, the kids wanted to eat lunch, so we headed back to the RV, hoping to come back another time SANS children. We found some blackberry bushes on the way, and took advantage of the free fruit.
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In the afternoon we headed to Shannon Falls. WOW! This was an incredible waterfall. We hiked up the long, hard way and just loved it. Annika said, "not to brag, BUT we hiked up the way better way." We drove to Burnaby after that and are staying in a 'ritzy' RV park that has an indoor pool, a gym, a hot tub, AND a playground. We skipped dinner to go straight to the playground and the pool and tonight, while I did laundry in the laundromat, I got to go on the treadmill. It felt like we were at a hotel! Tomorrow we are hoping to head over to Vancouver Island....a first for me and the kids. Anyone know what we should see?
We took a trip there a little while ago. Mike, our travel agent extraordinaire, found us some great spots. Here they are:
ReplyDelete1) Strathcona Provincial Park - absolutely beautiful. More great hikes than you'll likely be able to do unless you stay a while.
2) Botanical Beach - Look up the right time to go (low tide) so you can see the tide pools and maybe even a bear catching its breakfast.
3) Tofino (of course)- the drive out is beautiful as well.
4) We stayed at a place called Point-No-Point near Sooke. I remember the coast line leading to Sooke and beyond was beautiful.
Hope you guys have fun there. I think a lot of people like Victoria as well but we didn't really spend much time there.
Steph
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Greetings! Well if you go to Victoria you'll need to go catch up with Mark as Laurel is still in Edmonton and he's lonely! Plus, he can tell you the cool things around that area and likely has a place you could do some laundry. Tofino is beautiful and I need you to go to the bagel company and get me a rosemary rocksalt bagel and just freeze it until Hawaii okay? lots of awesome hikes to beaches and fun spots for your kids to explore. There were tons of blackberry bushes that weren't ready there so they should be ready for you!! YOu could go to Ucluelet and park in front of our land so that someone can get use out of it! The ferry ride will be fun for the kids, go up to the top deck so they can run around in the wind, sadie loved it!
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