{"id":3648,"date":"2016-07-15T15:02:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T19:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prstevens.stonehippo.com\/blog\/?page_id=3648"},"modified":"2016-07-16T19:36:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T23:36:21","slug":"canadian-rockies-page-06","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prstevens.stonehippo.com\/blog\/canadian-rockies-page-06\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Rockies – Page 06"},"content":{"rendered":"

At Whistler Village<\/h1>\n

We arrived at the Crystal Lodge in downtown Whistler around 6PM and had snacks and wine in our room for dinner.<\/h2>\n

Here is an interesting picture of the location of our hotel.\u00a0\u00a0 As you can see, there are no cars in sight.\u00a0 All motor traffic is on the other side of the hotels, stores, cafes, and restuarants.\u00a0 The walkway you can see is called “The Stroll” and it’s strictly for pedestrians (and an occasional mountain bike).\u00a0\u00a0 You can also see ski\/bike trails in the distance.<\/h2>\n

The area in light tan on this map is the “Stroll”.\u00a0 It winds through the entire\u00a0 “Village” area (including 2 parts of the Village not shown).\u00a0 Neat concept!\"\"<\/h2>\n

We started Day 13 after a nice breakfast at the hotel, several of us decided to walk to the nearby\u00a0 Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Center\u00a0 <\/a><\/span>\"\"<\/h2>\n

We had a\u00a0 tour and saw a canoe made from a Cedar log.\u00a0\u00a0 The paddles are pointed so they can be used as\u00a0 weapons.\u00a0 The Western Red Cedar is an evergreen<\/a> coniferous<\/a> tree<\/a> in the cypress family<\/a> native to western North America. The provincial tree<\/a> of British Columbia<\/a>, it has extensive applications for Native Americans<\/a> of the Pacific Northwest.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n

Our docent is on the left.\"6050<\/a><\/h2>\n

The coastal tribes dressed in leather and wood fiber clothes.\"6060<\/a>The inland tribes had some wool clothing. The wool was collected from mountain sheep that shed their winter coats in the spring.\"6055<\/a><\/h2>\n

The “Red Dress Project (or REDress) was started in 2014. At That time there were an estimated 225 missing or murdered aboriginal women in Canada, according the RCMP statistics.<\/h2>\n

Jamie Black, an aboriginal artist from Winnipeg, wanted to showcase the issue in an artistic way, so she created the REDress project.<\/h2>\n

Each dress is \u201csymbolic of the violence faced by indigenous women but is also a symbol of the power of a community coming together to fight this violence,\u201d said Black.<\/h2>\n

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After visiting the museum, Mary Ann and I “strolled” to the The Fairmont Chateau Whistler. It\u00a0 is a four season, four star resort and opened its doors in 1989. \"6080<\/a><\/h2>\n

Here is the lobby.\u00a0\u00a0 That’s as far as we got… It was pretty swanky!\"6085<\/a><\/h2>\n

We got out of there and went back to the Stroll to check out the down hill bikers with their fancy bikes and special biking gear. Biking shoes cost $150.00. I can’t imagine what the rest of the equipment and clothes cost. Fun can be expensive!\"7000<\/a>We also watched the tourists. We noticed that there were lots of Asians all over the Rockies.\u00a0 Apparently, the summer was a busy time for Asian tourists in the US and Canada.\"7000<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

There was also a couple of spectators you might recognize.\"7005<\/a><\/h2>\n

We wandered over to the downhill biking area.\u00a0 There were hundreds of bikers lining up for a lift to the summit.<\/h2>\n

A two day pass on the lift cost $130.00<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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This is how the bikes and the bikers get to the top.\"\"<\/h2>\n

The way down:\"\"<\/h2>\n

A few curves in the woods:\"\"\"\"<\/h2>\n

The final sprint to the end:\"\"<\/h2>\n

Back at base, lining up and ready to go again:\u00a0 A two day lift pass costs about$130.00.\"\"<\/h2>\n

Washing your bike at the end of the day:\"\"<\/h2>\n

After a busy day as a spectator, we had a bi slice of pizza for dinner and went back to he hotel to pack for our last long bus ride to Vancouver.<\/h2>\n

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