Happy Canada Day! Part 2

The hiking for the day was done. All day on the trail we had been wishing people a Happy Canada Day. Now it was time to celebrate on the Olympic Square in Whistler with Sam Roberts. We parked and John was asleep. Gen volunteered to nap with him while the rest of us went looking through the village for washrooms, coffee, the concert location, and to check out the mountain bike park. The mountain bike park looked amazing with banked curves, jumps and a gondola to the top of the mountain. We found the washrooms, no coffee and by the time we found the concert location, the mountain bike park had closed.

There was a spot on the lawn by the side of the stage and I went to get John, Gen, and dinner. The concert was great. Sam was energetic and put on a good show. We had a great view of all the musicians from the side of the stage. A dinner of mung bean curry was delicious. The kids were bored after a while and went to climb on a fireplace while we enjoyed the show.

Afterwards, a quick trip to the play structure located nearby and we were wandering around the village at night. The night life for the middle of summer was impressive. There are so many bikers and hikers hanging around; the bars were packed. Finally, we returned to our power line adjacent campsite.

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