With Matchbox cars in hand, and happily looking at all of the new scenery ("treeeeeeees! Treeeeeeeees!), Mr P was ready for travel.
We've taken a bunch of different routes to Vancouver, but never Sea to Sky Highway. We had never been to Whistler . We decided it was time to change that.
However, before you can get to Whistler (and the Sea to Sky), you have to drive BC Highway 99. If you love twists, turns, extreme drop offs, trees and water, this is the road for you. Full of 50 km/h speed zones (and really, with the twists and switch backs, you should pay attention to these speed signs), it takes what feels like forever to get to where you're going, but it's totally worth the drive.
(I apologize now for not having photos, but due to weather and wildlife on this road, I was being more of a co-pilot and less of an archivist as we went).
We stopped in Lillooet for lunch. It's a quaint little town nestled in the heart of a valley, accessible only by these heart-stopping curvy roads. Mr P was having a blast looking down at the village though, and liked being able to see airplanes and helicopters so close to us when we were at the summit.
After lunch, we surprised Mr P with a 45-minute visit to the local playground. There wasn't much there - a slide and a lot of rocks, but plenty of room to run. He was in heaven when he realized he had free reign.
Back on the road, we picked out a campground from the BC Parks Guide and made our way to Nairn Falls Provincial Park 30 km outside of Whistler. While we didn't get to see the falls (the 2.5 km one-way hike is on a super narrow trail and runs right beside the river - plus it was raining), it was a great place to stay. It was P's first night in a tent since the 2012 road trip, and he did well.
As all toddlers do, he took up almost all of the room in the tent by sleeping at a strange angle. We found as long as he had a car and his blankie he was good to go. Oh - and as long as he could spend at least 20 minutes using Mr T and I as his personal trampolines, he slept just fine. Not like a baby at all!
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