I went camping on an extended weekend last week with Spasibada Federompsons and their friends. We camped at Lillooet Lake Lodge, near Mount Currie north of Whistler. The map shows where we travelled from Vancouver and around the area. I took the bus up and met them on Friday.

In addition to the things described and depicted below we:

• I got off the bus at the village stop, which I reasoned was the main community, but they waited for me at the creekside stop which is where the buslines office is, eventually we met up and we were on our way
• went to The Keg restaurant in Whistler, Lindsay seated us, our waitress didn’t introduce herself
• made pancakes for breakfast on a gas stove (no fires)
• cooked tortellini and gnocchi for dinner with an alfredo sauce
• went to an aboriginal village of the Skatin First Nation and bought some ice cream
• went in hot springs at St. Agnes’ Well or Skookumchuck Hot Springs
• ate blackberries
• cooked curry couscous with stew
• went to the Longhorn Saloon in Whistler, our waitress was Sarah from Australia

Our site was on a flat space of shore between the mountain slope and the road on one side and a valley lake on the other. The area seemed a lot like the North-by-northwest, only drier and with some differences in which plants were more common. Because of the dryness, there was an extreme fire warning, which means no campfires.

We moved logs in the water to float with, but for me staying on a round log in the water is a challenge.

There was a waterfall across the road and a few hundred metres into the forest.

One morning I walked down the road to get a different view down the valley you can see the shore of our campsite on the lower right.

During the few days there we saw kingfishers, a small lizard, a hummingbird, caterpillers, and, oh yeah, some dogs.

We also went to Nairn Falls of Green River on the way back to Whistler.

I caught the bus in Whistler. The other kids were staying for the rest of the week. I caught this sunset setting on the Sunshine Coast for another day.

I disembarked at Hotel Vancouver and walked back to OOMSL’s and BC’s place.