DAY 10 WHISTLER!!!

Breakfast this morning we were told that there are two ways from Salmon Arm to Whistler. One is mostly highway with lower elevations and faster. The other is into the mountains winding roads, slower speeds, iffy weather, closed most of the year but open now. Do you really need to ask which way we went?

The road didn't really turn interesting until after lunch and we headed south from Lillooet on 99. Suddenly the road became real interesting with deep canyons, snow covered peaks and roaring rivers along the road. Many of the corners had warning signs advising a top speed of 20 KPH which is about 12 MPH but MOST could be taken much faster. The favorite sign was "No Stopping-Avalanche Area"  and the usual WATCH FOR, name your animal, we saw signs for deer, elk, wild horses, cows, and bears. The road also had numerous one lane wooden bridges and a few gravel areas were the road had washed out in the winter, what a great ride.

Ended the day in a lodge in downtown Whistler walked around the touristy (sic) area and watched the dirt bikers coming down the ski runs. Ate dinner at probably the only low life little pub in all of this tourist trap area, waitress had plenty of tattoos and a great attitude, good fun too.

Started the day as usual with the radio off listening to the bike making sure everything was right with the world. Finally turned on the radio to hear a live version of Springsteen belting out Rosalita,

Dynamite's in the belfry, baby, playin' with the bats
Little Gun's downtown in front of Woolworth's, tryin' out his attitude on all the cats
Papa's on the corner, waitin' for the bus
Mama, she's home in the window, waitin' up for us
She'll be there in that chair when they wrestle her upstairs, 'cause you know we ain't gonna come
Ah, I ain't here on business, baby, I'm only here for fun
And Rosie, you're the one

 not thirty seconds after he started came to a large yellow sign with flashing yellow lights that said ROCKS and I had to just nod my head and say yes, yes it does.