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Date Posted: Tuesday, September 13, 10:13:29pm
Author: AurraSing
Author Host/IP: d154-20-56-110.bchsia.telus.net / 154.20.56.110
Subject: That sounds pretty likely.
In reply to: Lij 's message, "Did they name this after Fernie, BC?" on Sunday, September 11, 06:33:56pm

I believe Fernie was the site of the first successful Avalanche dog rescue in Canada, around the time we moved there. Since that company does work with Avalanche teams, it would be a good fit.

By the way, we spent the long weekend over in Whistler and Squamish, the first time I have been over there. Whistler of course is big and pricey, it was interesting visiting the Olympic venues in the town area (our hotel backed into Blackcomb, which means the town itself is a short walk away) and of course was busy with mountain bikers and crowds wanting to enjoy the mountains. What was more of a surprise was Squamish, which is slowly evolving from a working class town to an outdoor recreation mecca, We took the Sea-to-Sky gondola ride and it's the most fun I have had on a mountain since we moved away from the Rockies. Of course the relative proximity to Vancouver has helped turn the town around from being a resource/port based economy but while it's a fun place to play, a quick look in a realty firm window showed us it's also expensive...a house that here might be $500,000 was $800,000. Yikes!!!

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[> [> I stayed in Squamish for two nights. -- Lij, Sunday, September 18, 11:08:13am (162-199-224-176.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net/162.199.224.176)

I didn't want to pay for staying in Whistler. The motel (or motor hotel or hotel) was just a big box that I think might have been an old barracks for a company. It wasn't too far off the waterfront. Doubt if it is there anymore.

The road to Whistler was a pain in the ass back then as well. It had more twists and turn in it than a Grand Prix race course. Plus it was lain over the topography instead of having road cuts. Looking at the maps I had I had no idea what a pain that road would be to drive, especially with all the traffic on it - not to mention the little old man, slow-ass driver I got behind and couldn't pass.

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[> [> [> They spent many millions upgrading that highway before the Olympics. -- AS, Thursday, September 22, 09:59:02pm (d154-20-59-185.bchsia.telus.net/154.20.59.185)

We had a fairly easy drive on the Saturday morning up to Whistler-the road was pretty quiet that early and nobody was being a fool. Even so we saw two cars being towed off after an accident and there are always stories you hear about weekend drivers causing issues. It's one of the favourite playgrounds for the 2.5 million people living in the Fraser Valley, not to mention northern Washngton and Vancouver Island. Actually the oddest licence plate we saw was in a high end SUV from Hawaii, of all places. So the sheer volume of traffic is the biggest issue even after all the ugrades.

Not that we plan on going back soon anyhow. Our next trip to the mountains will be next year, when we are taking the dogs and trailer on a road trip to Jasper and the Rockies...Don did an 1800 km bike trip that looped up to Jasper then Lake Louise, Revelstoke, etc then home. A good friend of ours is the CAO of Revelstoke and we're hoping to meet him for a few nights of camping together. We used to visit the northern Rockies a lot when the kids were small but once we moved to Fernie we started going to the Okanagan, etc for swimming and wine country tours. Don enjoyed his time up there and we thought it would be nice to try full service camping since they now have RV sites with water and electric hookups at the main campground in Jasper. I am looking forward to it!!

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[> [> [> [> Sounds fine! -- Lij, Wednesday, September 28, 02:16:15pm (162-199-224-176.lightspeed.iplsin.sbcglobal.net/162.199.224.176)

I see Chabot had been CAO of Fernie... makes sense.

I don't remember much about my time in Revelstoke. I think the air was thin those two days I was there and effected my memory! I remember being up at the lodge on the pass (Rogers Pass?) on '1' and just amazed how much more wintery the scene was as compared to the road through the Lake Louise area (it was actually snowing at the pass in early September). I was also surprised at the shear intensity of those mountains. I'd been in the Cascades in Washington, so I had knew that geologically accreted terrains could be scenic, but those mountains east of Revelstoke were simply amazing. Remember catching some rainbow trout and grayling in that area too.

I do remember driving up north to see the dam on the river and at that time the road was gravel and there weren't much of any visitor services. The overlook above the dam (looking at the lake-side) was not much more than a wide spot in the road without a guard rail or anything to stop you from driving off the cliff. I got out to take a look and got near the edge and suddenly had an attack of vertigo. Heights have never done that to me before, so I have always associated it with thin air, though probably not! But if I hadn't had leaned back and fallen on my butt you would have heard in 1986 about some crazy Oklahoma tourist who had fallen off the cliff overlooking Revelstoke dam!

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