19/1/2014: Whistler here we (all) come

Spent a lovely morning walking down to the waterfront with my Dad and Barbara - we went across on the ferry to Granville Island and had breakfast at "Edible Canada" which came highly recommended on Yelp. Because we had to head back to the hotel to check out, we left Dad and Barbara down at the Island to go sightseeing while we went back and checked out. We went down to Robson Street to Cafe Crepe with Sam, Dave and Stacey (where we waited a little bit too long for food, but received half off our bill - they were surprised at how patient we were) - then we went back to the hotel to catch our charter bus up to Whistler with (nearly) everyone. The bus trip took a little over an hour and a half. It dropped us at our various accommodations and then we all went out to the "Fire and Ice" show at the base of Whistler Mountain, and then to dinner at the Spaghetti Factory.