Leaving Golden for USA

By all means of a timeline this post should've been uploaded before the Hawaii-trip. But we didn't get the pictures from the trip sorted until now. So enjoy these until next update.

Just outside of golden 1400kms to go...

First stop Whistler Creekside were we slept with the boys and girls in Vale inn #305 thanks a bunch dudes cya in a couple weeks

Mike is happy when driving through Vancouver

Mike was so happy in the last pic he forgot to change lanes... We did a timelapse of the scenic hwy 99 from whistler to vancouver or really, mike did his camera has waaay to many butons and dials for me.

The concrete/glass architectural marvel of downtown Vancouver, as well as any other big city. impressive and ugly at the same time

At the gates of freedom... Soon enogh we will be in the land of the free and home of the brave, just a terryfing passportcontrol between us and us.

The bordercrossing went fine 30min and then we were in. A high-speed drive for a couple of hours and we arrived at this fine 17buck a night lodging in the next vancouver. This Vancouver is just north of Portland.

We even got free wireless internet If snaking it from another fancyer motel... But holding the computer exacly at that angle I could call home to sweden for a couple of minutes.

We went past a load of funny places but this one we guessed werent one of them... Update: when going home from hawaii we took the road through boring and well, it wasnt Funny thats for sure.

Finally closing in on our goal. just 30mins left of our journey. Mt Hood is the Volcano straight ahead.

The Cascade Ski Club our home for the next couple of weeks. Notice the snow I am 180cm.

Same stair im walking towards earlier in the season

Inside, nice livingroom, TV with acouple of hundred channels (doesnt say much about the quality though)

Our Sleeping beds, where we sleep, mine the first to the right. Mikes to the left.

One side off the road in Government camp, about one tenth of the population in Golden a whooping 314 persons live here

The other side of the road, and thats about all there is to Govy Camp

The road to the skihill Mt Hood Meadows, one of five resorts at Mt Hood. The snow actually covered the exit sign so we missed it and had to u-turn back.

Finally at Mt Hood Meadows, now im the happy camper. in the background is our grey King Cab, not very king at all compared to the beasts that pass us on the interstate 5 all the time.

These handrails are depicted in a whole load of ski-/boardmovies.

Mikes one week Hawaii-vacation luggage, oh yes almost forgot a pro-grade Hi-Def solid-state Camcorder

Got some more snow. about 15-20cm

Yeah lots of snow, best season in 30 years the locals say.

Good old 2 seat slow as syrup liftequipment

Plenty of time for a photoshoot.

Mike the photographer, doing a selfportrait

Before we left to hawaii the parks and pipe werent really as good as expected but now its shaped like a dream, just some practise and the dumont altitude will be there =)