Our Canadian Roadtrip Adventure: Revelstoke to Panorama

We woke on Wednesday morning to glorious sunshine, a sight we hadn't seen for a few days and a bonus for our four hour journey to Panorama.

After throwing all the suff back into the bags and then throwing the bags into the back of the Highlander, we left Revelstoke and set on our way.

Don't forget my skis daddy

Loads'a room

And thank you for having us!

This was not my favourite journey, in fact it was my least favourite. Difficult to say why because there was always something to look at, something to keep you captivated at all times, the roads were clear and easy and the miles seemed to tick by. I think maybe it's that mid holiday lull, we are now over half way through and although we are having an incredible time, seeing some incredible sights, skiing some incredible slopes, eating well and generally taking it all in, it does come at a cost. We always seem to be on the go and despite having all this time away we have not really had much time to relax (the photos might suggest otherwise, uh?). I think we are at that turning point now and having got to Panorama where we are staying for five nights we are going to really try to find time to chill out a little more and recharge before out final chapter at Lake Louise from Monday onwards. We also had Ellie flying out on Wednesday and thankfully everything went exactly to plan, she travelled out all by herself, from Manchester to Calgary via change of planes at Heathrow, then onward to Panorama using the Calgary-Panorama shuttle bus. Once we knew she was on that bus safe and well we could all relax and, for me at least, that was the last stress point of the holiday over and done with. There was a minor scare when at 3 minutes to 5 she had still not found the bus, which which due to depart in, err, 3 minutes. This had me running around the resort, on the phone trying to get them to call the driver and tell him to wait etc etc but in the end she sorted it all out, sent me a message and I could get back to the room for a well earn't beer. Make that two.

Leaving Revelstoke and going over the Rogers Pass had been a journey I'd been both looking forward to but also apprehensive about. It's often closed due to snow for hours on end and also for avalanche clearing, but we were fortunate to time it right and hit it on a day where the roads were clear. Some spectacular views going over the pass and down into Donald. Then we stopped at Mountain View Cabins before continuing the journey through Golden, did some shopping in Invermere then got to Panorama around 4pm.

When we arrived at Panorama the sun was in full swing, the slopes looked mighty impressive and the resort feels much more like a ski resort than anywhere else we've been. The room we have is great, nice and airy, great views, so now it's time I put this computer down and get on with that chilling thing ...

Karen, beer please ...

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