This morning we boarded the Rocky Mountineer train in Vancouver to begin a twelve day circular trip through the Canadian Rockies. Our train is marvelous.
Our car is called Gold Service. It is two stories tall with a dining car area downstairs and this fully glassed top dome seating area upstairs. It is almost like being out of doors with just glass in between. (Good for climate control and safety!)
The first part of our morning was a long breakfast downstairs as we traveled alongside bays where the Pacific Ocean touches Canada.
We then turned inland where crashing rivers ran beside us as we crossed over several times. Caretaking on the train is really splendid. We leave our luggage in our room in the morning and, lo, it is in our next room that night before we arrive there. The Rocky Mountaineer people surely do everything just right.
In the afternoon we came to our stop for the night in the town of Whistler. Whistler was the site of Alpine events in the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. The village is a pedestrian only village and is a wonderful place to wander, eat, and drink. Lots of people to watch!
Yes…and one of those people got her favorite soft serve dip top ice cream!
The wildfires are north of here. We do have some high level overcast from the smoke, but we smell nothing and if we did not know of the fires we would not be aware.
Tomorrow, for safety, the Rocky Mountaineer will take us on a slightly alternate route. It will be a route taken on one of their other trips and we may get some extra treats for this small change. These people are so caring and really do everything to please us.
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