Planned As Planned

Another beautiful morning with a blue sky and sunshine over the bay of Squamish. How did we deserve this? Probably we did :)
Our plan for today is to have no plan. In the morning we stroll through Squamish, a small town with little shops, restaurants, and cafes. We can’t resist buying a cranberry-orange cake at a bakery. We also need to fill up (2.07 CAD per liter of gas, capacity of the tank: 150 !! liters) before we continue driving north along the Sea-to-Sky Highway. We see a signpost to Brandywine Falls Park. That sounds promising. A short hike to the waterfall - without brandy - and there it is. It plunges almost straight down 70 meters. Impressive. By a lonely river, we eat our cake, which is so delicious that we finish it right away. The bear lurking somewhere won't get even a crumb. In the afternoon, we check in at the Riverside Campground in Whistler. Nothing special, but close to town. We will stay here for two nights. Whistler was the co-host of the 2010 Winter Olympics alongside Vancouver. The town is similar to cities in the Alps. Skiing in winter and biking and hiking in summer. In the evening, we sit in town, eat, drink, and watch people (who, of course, do not watch us) and amuse ourselves; sometimes we also have to shake our heads. Everything is allowed, and that’s a good thing. This is what summer feels like: music, laughing people, a cool town, and above everything towers Whistler's local mountain, 'Blackcomb Mountain,' still with a bit of snow from winter. We need to head back to the campground soon. It’s 3 kilometers by bike. There is a bike path that goes directly there. Interesting signs are posted along the way. One should share the path with pedestrians and bears. Well, we are curious. We’ve already seen small, or rather large piles. Do bears also ride bicycles? And do they have to wear helmets (mandatory in British Columbia)? They are probably just waiting for us: food on wheels.
It’s getting dark, and our chances and those of the bears look good… we have pizza in our stomachs… until tomorrow, dear readers…