Whistler, BC

Today we drove a lot, roughly 4 hours. First we drove to a place in British Columbia called Squamish. We stopped at the information center there and had some muffins. They were really nice but Mama did not like hers, so I ate hers too.
We then went to a site from a show Mama and Papa watch called Virgin River. In case you watch the show, it was the location of Jack's Bar.
Squamish has a place called Brackendale which is the Bald Eagle capital of the world. If you are there in the right season (winter), the skies and river beds would be full of them. Unfortunately we only saw one because it is the wrong season. There was a lot of information to read and we found out that female bald eagles have a 1m height and that eagles have 3 eyelids. Their talons are made of Keratin, which is the same stuff that our hair is made of, as well as rhino horns!
We then drove to Whistler, which is in the Rockie Mountains. It was the site of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Although Vancouver was the host city, most of the mountain sports were done at Whistler, a famous ski resort. We had lunch at the All Seasons grill, and then walked around Whistler looking at the sights whilst catching Pokémon because it was a community day. In a community day there are lots of one type of Pokémon that spawn and there is a 1 in 25 chance of it being shiny. Shiny Pokémon are different colours to the normal ones and have sparkles! I caught 8 shinys, Mama caught 5, and Papa caught 3.
We started to head back, we stopped at a few viewing points to take some photos. We stopped and did a walk to the Brandywine falls, which are some waterfalls that looked really cool and serene.
On the way back we were on the constant look out for bears, and Papa is really sad that we did not see any. He is also very sad about the lack of Bald Eagles.
On the drive back, we got stuck in lots of traffic. It took us ages to get back home.

I will see you tomorrow

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