Today we are moving on from Vernon, where we have been the past few days following our stay in Merritt. As the drive was only a few hours we decided to stop en route in a place called Kelowna, somewhere that was recommended by one of the bar staff in Vancouver actually. Kelowna is a small city in the Okanagan Valley and much of the central part is situated along Okanagan Lake, and is surrounded by parks and mountains –…
We’ve spent the last 2 days of our trip in a small town called Merritt which we used as a base to break up the long travel distances as we move across Western Canada. We were originally attracted to Merritt because it is promoted as the “country music capital of Canada”, although to be honest, there’s very little sign of that at all! They do have an annual country music festival, but that’s in August, and some murals of country…
We had a really fun day in Whistler today marking the end of our stay here. I will tell you about it in reverse as the afternoon activity we undertook was by far the most enjoyable and exhilarating part of the day. This was another recommendation from Sarah and Tom, but unlike the Grouse Grind experience this is something we would definitely want to do again. Ha ha. And what was it?…well here’s a picture to start with which gives…
We opted to do a few hikes on our first full day here. There are obviously a lot to choose from, varying in length and difficulty, and we opted to do a few of the smaller ones so we could visit a few different areas and sights. Nairn Falls The first we did was in Nairn Falls Park which is a nice trail along the river leading you to the falls. One of the first things you notice is the…
This post comes very soon after our last post from Day 3 in Vancouver, so if you missed that you can find it here. Today we left Vancouver after a busy 3 days around the city to move on to our next destination which is Whistler, up in the mountains. On the drive there we stopped at various different places which were along the route. We made a quick stop by the ‘Murdo Frazer cabin’ which probably won’t mean much…
Ouch, my legs….only kidding, although it was a very tough uphill climb the day before at the Grouse Grind, we decided it would be a “good” idea to go on another long walk around Vancouver city yesterday on our last day there. We caught the Sky Train in to town and started by visiting the VanDusen Botanical Gardens, a really nice area to wander around a little outside of the downtown area. They had loads of different areas to wander…
Today we decided to do a hike called the Grouse Grind and the clue is very much in the name as to say it was a grind would be a massive understatement! This hike was a recommendation from Tom, Sarah’s husband (who we’re never talking to again…haha!). The picture below is from the carpark and we couldn’t quite believe that we would soon be embarking up it! The hike was basically a trek up the face of Grouse mountain in…
Hi everyone, the blog is back! 🙂 We’ve just set off on our long 2 month trip around Canada and flew in to Vancouver on Monday. The airports at both ends were easy and quiet which was nice, and the flight was on time and “modest” at around 9hr30. After waking up quite early due to the jet lag, we spent the first full day in Vancouver doing a lot of walking around the city. We are staying in an…
Continuing on with our theme parks we did back to back theme park days – first up was Universal Studios Hollywood. The main attraction of this was definitely Super Nintendo World, which is a Mario themed area with rides, interactive games and character meet and greets. They don’t have this at the Orlando version of the park so we were keen to experience it, and it didn’t disappoint. You enter the world through a green tunnel, like in the video…
We’ve had 4 days in L.A. now since landing back on the mainland, and it’s been pretty busy. We didn’t do much on our first day other than wake up late because we were now 3 hours ahead of Hawaiian time, pick up our rental car and then go to do a bit of shopping since the weather was pretty rubbish. Griffith Observatory and Philippe’s The crappy weather continued in to our second day, as it was pretty rainy and…