Just put your lips together...and blow.

Vancouver has a brilliant little airport in the middle of the city...a float plane harbour. From there, you can access scheduled flights all over the place. It took us 10 minutes to get there and within half an hour, we are on our way to see Whistler. A scoping trip for a winter holiday....maybe.

Such an easy way to travel...lots of regular suits seem to use the service

The flight was great...except he went very close to the mountain at one point. I'm flapping my arms trying to fly away from it!!!

"Hey Pilot Man...can you see the bl%%dy mountain?"

Such stunning views everywhere you look. Which is possibly why the place is full of Aussies. One young Aussie told us he came for one season and ended up buying a house in Whistler and is getting married next month. I get it. I want to go back too.

Can't get enough of this....

Finally we spy the landing strip.

Lake Green in Whistler

Quick jump off and we whistle into town. Now we did have a few sarky comments from Kiwi cousins about going to a ski resort in summer but Whistler never shuts down. It is a haven for extreme anything. They often say that Wanaka (our home port one day I wish) is a small town with an adventure problem. It's an apprentice to this place. Everything is buzzing and there are bikers and hikers everywhere. Rob and I caught the fever and indulged in some extreme sightseeing.

Olympic Square

Top of Mount Whistler

Running between the top of Whistler and Blackcomb is the longest unsupported freespan cable car in the world. It is 4.4kms long with over 3 kms unsupported. At its highest point, it is 436m high (another world record). Quite a ride too!!

It's a looong way down. We enjoyed the ride across and had a wander around Blackcomb where it was brisk with little splotches of snow.

We headed back down to sports central where the bike renting business was going very well.

After a late lunch, we head back for Whistler Air. Rob spends a fair bit of time checking out the plane. Great...I can already see him wanting one of those for Lake Wanaka next.

The pilot advises that he is going to run us back to Vancouver via the India Arm. This is a beautiful area full of luxury waterfront homes that are only accessible by boat. Bit like Fisherman's Island back home (maybe that is a bit of a stretch).

Seriously gorgeous and I still want to immigrate to Canada!!

Landing strip approaching...right in the city.

We'll be back Vancouver. No doubt about it.