Visitors not only come to Squamish for the camping, fishing and other outdoor sports but also to take advantage of the BC historical sites in the area such as the mining museum and heritage park.

To the north, Whistler offers world class skiing while the many provincial parks offer endless opportunities for outdoor recreation.

Squamish Retreat is a perfect place to stay during the 2010 Olympic games because you are right in the middle of venues in a vibrant community.

Why settle for a hotel room when you have a home away from home?

Contact info (AT) squamishretreat.com if you have any more questions!

The next opportunity to purchase tickets for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games will take place November 14, 2009, which is tomorrow! Yay.

Here is some information on how to get your hands on those tickets, here.

The Squamish Retreat would be a perfect place to stay during the 2010 Olympics because it is located smack in the middle of the Olympic venues! Just 40 minutes to Vancouver and 30 minutes to Whistler is a perfect place to be. There will be events held in Squamish and lots to see and do.

There will be a bus depot available which is only a 10 minute walk from the Squamish Retreat. Once you are at the bus depot you can get on a bus to Whistler, Vancouver and explore Squamish. Will post information on this in more detail shortly.

The Squamish Retreat holds 6 people comfortably and all amenities are available for your home away from home.

The house is geared up for some action. Our kitchen got delivered today and we will be starting the install in the next few days.

Chris is going to the mill this weekend to pick out the remainder of the flooring. The flooring we have going down is some really sweet old growth fir and hopefully we can find some more that is similar to it.

On the weekend we were clearing out both bedrooms and getting them prepped for new flooring. Which means using a planer to smoothen the wood we currently have and taking out the current carpet so we can lay the planks down.

We have also decided to do this in the whole house with this really cool fir. It’s thicker than the usual hardwood floor and has more character.

The floor will have a blackened finish on it like this photo below.

My inspiration today is the rain. For the first time in a longtime it is pouring down with rain and I have to say, I love it! I can hear it drumming on the roof and it is the most relaxing sound, especially when falling asleep or waking up to it on a lazy Saturday morning. Bliss.

The weather in Squamish on average is actually perfect, we get all four seasons; Winter: cold and snowy, Spring: sunny, cold, and rainy sometimes, Summer: LOVELY – dry, above 25 celsius and windy, Fall: cool, sunny and rainy. That pretty much sums it up.

You find more information on weather here.

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.  ~ John Ruskin

There are 100 days of posting to go before the Olympics! Yay. That means in under 100 days our renos will be completed as well. We hope to have them actually done for January.

We are off to IKEA to measure and order our new kitchen. We decided to design a neat layout as we have all of our kitchen currently in this tiny alley area. We are looking forward to ripping that all out and creating a little nook so breakfast, lunch and dinner can be enjoyed in this area. A nice way to separate the kitchen.

The plumbers are on their way next week, which means radiant heating will be installed to make the house nice and cozy for the Winter season.

Here is a picture of our dining space which will be converted into a modern kitchen.