We slept in because our flight was not scheduled to leave until 12:30 pm which gave Wife and I the morning to finish cleaning, packing, and take the dog for a walk. My mother picked us up at 9:45 am and dropped us off at the airport to begin our Amazing Race (Wife’s favorite reality show).

A few weeks ago, unbeknownst to us, Alaska Airlines changed our flight from 12:30 pm to 10:30 am because they canceled our first connecting flight from Seattle to Vancouver (they said they sent an e-mail and called but we never heard from them). The agent changed our first flight back to the original with our Vancouver arrival time moving from 5:05 pm to 7:15 pm meaning we would miss our Greyhound bus to Whistler.

Wife was understandably frustrated but I focused our Amazing Race energy into alternatives. I reserved a one-way car rental from Avis (no credit card required) and made sure we knew the other bus schedules which were scheduled to leave at 7:30 pm. Remember we arrive at 7:15 pm.

After arriving in Seattle we settled down for some lunch and chatted with a former Cal Poly SLO professor (not one of mine but a nice lady). Wife then beat me (it hurt) in War twice. A few hours later we walked out onto the tarmac and boarded our puddle jumper.

Luckily the flight only took 30 minutes and we arrived at 7:00 pm. In Amazing Race style we ran off the plane towards customs. Once through customs we found an information desk and book two tickets that would take us directly to our hotel (a much better drop off spot than the Greyhound station). So we hopped on the bus and headed for Whistler.

During the drive up and after the beat boxing passenger left we chatted with another passenger and the bus driver hearing them say “eh” a lot. After 2 hours we arrived at our hotel ready to lie down.

We checked in and after a lengthy description of the places around the resort (free arcade games!) Wife and I went to our room and what a room it is. You can see it in the pictures below and the video above. We relaxed and Wife enjoyed some television while I wrote this. So here is to much less traveling tomorrow.