Preview of Jennykelly’s blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Clinton Canada, Canada Entry Title: “Through the Canadian Rockies” Entry: “08.05.2010 Des was up at 6am and ready to leave Vancouver! What was he thinking, it was nice and warm in bed and we were going to head up towards the Rocky Mountains, couldn’t we just lie in a little longer? The sun was shining and we wondered if we would really need all the rain gear and heated jackets we had put on. The bike temperature showed a beautiful 16 degrees Celsius, as they were parked in the sun. The snow glistened on the mountains, and it was really was nice to be on our way again. Lou had programmed our next destination into his Zumo and lead us out of the city. Whistler was about 100 kilometers from Vancouver, so we made that our first coffee stop. Part of the winter Olympics was held around here, a very pretty city and popular with tourists. There were many small town names beginning with a the number of miles, for example 70 mile house, 100 mile house 150 mile house. It’s odd really, because, as I mentioned, Canada works in metric. I guess it’s the remnants of the gold rush. We were travelling along the Gold Rush Route all day on highway 97 in British Columbia. We stopped at a fuel station for drinks and petrol, which was at 105 mile house. The service station was called Husky. Slowly, we started …