Williams Lake to Vancouver BC!!

We were up and out by 11am with intentions to drive to Vancouver the shorter way through Hope. So this day of driving should have only been 7 hours at 341 miles. At last min we decided to take the scenic route. Now the scenic route down through Whistle is actually shorter at 324 miles. But shorter is just not the case! The roads were long, winding, up and down! It was a crazy mess! But absolutely worth it!

We stop for lunch at Lilloet Lakes. It was wonderfully warm and sunny!! We hiked down to the lake so the older boys could throw rocks and sticks into the water. We had a wonderful time, even after a hug flying ant landed on me. Yes, for all who know me. . I freaked out.

Benn: "This is awesome that God can create such awesome things!!!", "it is beautiful!!!", "Dad, look at the HUGE mountains!!" 

Josiah: "It is nice and warm, it is nice to walk in the warm"

 It was absolutely wonderful to be in the sun. Up to this point our trip had been very cold. The boys were excited to be able to run and play!

Snow, only 45 mins from where we had just played in the sunshine and grass

 But only 45 mins after we had just spend a wonderful time in the sunshine, we found snow again and lots of it! Oh the joys of the Mountains!





















Have you ever heard of a runaway ramp before. I had not until right before our trip down the ALCAN and then to my surprise, we almost had to use one!! The roads were so incredible steep that we over heated our brakes trying to get down them.

The runaway lane, we almost used

Our brakes smoking

We were driving down 11%-16% grades. It was a thrill!

Host of the 2010 Olympics

After we finally made is down the Mountains we stopped in Whistler for a little while. It was an adorable town!






We arrived in Vancouver at mid-night and dozed off for a wonderful nights sleep!