Squamish and ribs

Wednesday August 17th

  Were off to Squamish today it's a town on the edge of of the Howe Sound just off the Sea to Sky Highway midway between Downtown Vancouver and Whistler. 'Himself wants to visit the West Coast Railway Heritage park. It's the home of the great Royal Hudson Steam Train. We traveled on the Hudson back in 1980 up to Lilooet from Vancouver. The train is now mothballed in the Squamish museum.

Shannon Falls near Squamish.

Our first stop was at Shannon Falls. BC's third biggest water fall dropping over 1000feet  and eventually flowing into the Howe Sound. This was another place we last visited in 1980. It's been developed, but not overly, to accommodate all the tourists that stop to look at the falls. The area is now a Provincial Park It's a short stop and we're soon on our way again.

Mossy fallen trees

Resting At Shannon Falls....

Visable from Shannon Falls but just a few yards along the road we pass the Stawamus Chief a massive 500mtere high outcrop  of granite that's a must for local rock climbers.

The Stawamus Chief

                                                                                                                                                                    

 In Squamish we have lunch at White Spot as restaurant that we know is good by reputation. After lunch we find the West Coast Heritage railway Museum on the other side of town. We deposit 'Himself' and camera to wander around the site on his own and we go back to the nearby Tim Hortons to wait. John and I loose ourselves in the novels we are reading  and Nancy knits, socks as she doesn't need the pattern! After a couple of hours a bottle of ice tea and a shares plate of fries later 'Himself' phones to be collected.

just a few of the many train photos!

 The little town of Squamish has grown

 We take a ride in downtown Squamish to see how it's grown. it was a 'one horse town' back in 1980. It's grown a little but not much but it was 'prettified'  the other year for the Winter Olympics as it was on the route to Whistler a major player in the Olympics.

The Britannia Mine has been spruced up.

 The Britannia Mining Museum was another of our 1980 visits. It's been drastically spruced up and developed of tourist to visit. Once it was the largest Copper mine in the British Empire. It closed in the 1970's It mined copper zinc lead gold and silver. We actually panned for gold on our last visit, didn't find any of course. We didn't stop to visit this time.

Back home we have a short rest and refreshed  ourselves before being collected again by Nancylee back from teaching, and John  and we all drive down into Steveston.

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The Hog Shack in Steveston

 OK here comes the food part. we are going the 'The Hog Shack' for a Ribs supper. The smell waiting for our order is almost too much.

The beers arrived, now waiting for the Ribs!

The Hog at the Hog Shack!

Half a Rack of Baby Back Ribs, Yam Fried Slaw and Corn Bread

The meat on these half rack of baby back ribs (pork) just falls of the bones and soon all are sucked clean and the bones deposited in the little tin bins placed on the table to collect them. Dino bones are beef ribs, much larger! Yam fries are so much more tasty than Potato fries. Don't ask for chips here or you get crisps! The corn bread is soft and tasty so different than any bread. Even the coleslaw is so much different made with thin sliced red cabbage corn onions and seeds and with very little dressing and not smothered in Mayo. A very tasty meal topped off with a frothy cappuccino and a coffee shop a short way along the street.