my car should be finished, so i'm planning on coming

Wanting to go on this, have to make sure I've got that day open.

BTW I don't think getting to that McDonalds is as easy as before.  I believe there's an Island blocking left turns from Willingdon to that road.  You may have to turn right where the new Keg/Costco is and go around the backside via Stillcreek.  Or overshoot McDonalds, left at the next light & busta U' somewhere.

Ok...I am in, booked the day off:).  So who else is going????, should I post to other clubs to get our car count up?...lol.

Our club events have been very low this year, not sure why, but we are a car club right?...this is a amazing drive, I would actually suggest we meet and leave earlier as without stopping, it can be 1.5 hour drive. 

Whistler is so big now that to visit through North Village and the old can be a few hours at least.  I suggest to bring change as it is like Vancouver now with pay meter parking.  I did live up there for a few years and certainly when we gather up can suggest a few local (cheaper) places to eat...where the locals go:)...a trip to Green Lake or Lost Lake is always great...I can even take us through a tour where the "rich & famous" houses are...ever seen a Mushroom home?...it's pretty cool, or the houses that have escalators to get from the street to their cliff side position:).

Here is a map & Web site: http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/getting_here/sea_to_sky/lower.htm - http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/getting_here/sea_to_sky/low er.htm

Porteau Cove is a nice place to stop, but we should gas up in Squamish as it will be cheaper than Whistler, then fill up on the way back.

"Spirited Driving" will be a concern only due to the RCMP have this highway loaded with speed traps, helicopters, and planes.  I have an idea where they used to position themselves, but there are not so many passing lanes, and where there is a passing lane will be a speed trap guaranteed!.  Most driving on this highway is fairly open, you have to take in the beauty of this drive.

I really hope more than 3-4 of us make this day, it will be an amazing run especially with the weather hitting 33+.  Make sure you check all the usual and pack what you may need for our cars...plus beverages, etc.

Cheers

Yep...I would be happy to meet earlier even 7:30 am if it means a leave by 8am. I would like to get up there and get parking (free) if possible, and have a good look round. I really would like to go up on the Gondala if its not to much $$$.

Don't forget to bring lots of water and maybe your own lunch to cut down on expenses.

Looking forward to this gentle run.

Fiero Zen

I'm still planning to make this run.  Hope we'll have a good turnout, nothing better than the sight of a dozen or more Fiero's in formation

I would like to come along but I dont want to bring the Formula this time, anybody have a spare seat, and wouldnt mind a passenger?

Thanks, and sorry about the late notice,

Ryan

Copied from club email list. With a few tweaks added.   Lisa and I's camera was locked up all day, so we did not get any pics, however Austin and Nigel were both taking lots of pics.

Ok so here is the run down.

Tim, Lisa and I left the house at 8am, we got to McDonald's and met up with Glen and Ethan, in their 88 Couple, which is in really nice shape.

Austin showed up shortly after.  During this time I was madly on the phone with Nigel trying to get his car fired up.  Seeing as he was only just up at the top of Willingdon, we all agreed to go up and try to get him fired up.

We waited around until 9:30 for the last of the people to hopefully show up as we were only 4 Fieros.  None of the Extra’s showed up.

So we tore off to Nigel and oddly enough as I walked up to the car, he tried it again and Vroom it came to life.

So we took the 5 cars and got on the road.

Nigel was in his 86GT

Lisa and I were in my 88GT

Tim was in his 86SE

Austin was in his 86GT

And Glen and Ethan were in his 88 Coupe.

We tore up Trans Canada and made it to Pôrto Cove, (sp)  Tim missed the turn so Lisa and I were franticly trying to get him on the radio or cell phone.    We finally got him on the radio, he had pulled over to wait for us. We ended up cutting that stop short, so we left there and found Tim sitting down having a coffee about 10 miles up the road.  We hung out there briefly checked out the mining truck and thought it was very cool, and left there.  About this time Lisa and I had discovered our new HD Camera had packed it in.  So we raced into Squamish to try and get it replaced.  No dice. 

We all regrouped on the 99 and headed north.

We arrived at Whistler Village around noon.  There seemed to be a lot more people and cars than we expected.  There was something called CrankFest going on and it was attached to a VW show thing.  So mountain bikes and VW’s were everywhere.  Live rock band, you name it was going on.  IT WAS HOT up there.  Felt like low 30’s however it was being in the sun that was killing us.   We all got sunburned, I am really feeling it today, Ouch.

    Because none of us really knew where we were going, we just kind of wandered around until we found an Earls so we stopped for Lunch.   We then wandered around some more and checked out the really cool scenery in the village. 

About 3pm we started back to the cars to head home.  We make a couple quick stops and then the Radio Comes alive with Glen saying we need to pull over and talk, There has been a nasty car accident on the sea to sky hwy, a truck had rolled over and the HWY was closed.  (this is our only route home) 

We stop at a Chevron and fill up the cars, grab cold pop and munchies, we hit up a Tim Horton’s / Wendy’s for some stuff and discuss.  The idea is, we start back down the mountain and try to find a swimming hole to park, hang out and relax until the hwy is clear.  Well, we drove until the traffic became a dead stop and we were parked.  A quick chat on the radio, said there was a sign for “Shannon Falls” a few KM’s behind us, so all 5 Fieros in what looked like a rehearsed ballet move, all pulled out and made a U-Turn together.  Then zoom back to Shannon Falls.   We did a quick hike up to the falls, (felt like I was going to collapse and croak before we made it to the top) Checked it out and then back down to the bottom where the creek was.  THIS WAS THE BEST IDEA OF THE DAY.  We all crawled down the rocks to the water, took off our shoes and got ankle deep in the water found a nice rock to sit on in the shade, kicked back and chatted Fieros for over an hour.  Cool glacier water running over parts of you, nice breeze blowing over you, in the shade, cold drinks on hand.  Oh man it was nice.   By this time it was 7:30pm we called Craker, and asked him about the online road report, it was finally clear.    However we guessed that the traffic was still going to be nasty for at least a few more hours.  We went across to what was supposed to be a quick coffee / food stop, which is now a gourmet restaurant.  Have ya ever tried to order a PLAIN CHEESE BURGER ON A CHEESE BURGER BUN at a higher end place.  I think I damn near offended our French Lady waitress.   (side note, a light red wine doesn’t go half bad with a cheeseburger)   However they had to add there Gourmet flair to the burger, even plain simple easy, it had to be on a Kaiser bun and even had onions mixed right into the handmade meat paddy.   LOL, those of you that really know me, will understand.

Ok on a plus note, Glen said the Salmon dinner was the best dinner he had had in a very long time.  Prices were a bit much.  Dinner plates were 15 for a cheeseburger to 33 for more fancy food item.    The view was awesome, while you ate dinner you had the view of the falls on one side and the view of the mountains on the other.  I think the place was called the Copper Kitchen.

Ok so dinner out of the way, we decided to start our trek back down the mountain.  It went really fast, I think it took Lisa and I a total of 60mins to make it from the Southside of Squamish to Surrey.   

I think everyone that came had a blast.  It was great fun, great times, and a really refreshing river.

Everyone that has pics, please send them to mailto:Capt@captfiero.com - Capt@captfiero.com so I can get them built into one big gallery and get them hosted.

Hey all

It was a great day out, lots of fun.  The Capt summed it up very well.  I took some pictures here and there, here's the link:

http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll117/AustinFiero944/2008%20-%20Aug%2016%20-%20Whistler%20Drive/?albumview=grid - http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll117/AustinFiero944/2008 %20-%20Aug%2016%20-%20Whistler%20Drive/?albumview=grid

Video:

http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll117/AustinFiero944/2008%20-%20Aug%2016%20-%20Whistler%20Drive/?action=view&current=2008-Aug16-FieroWhistlerRun-Shannon.flv">

Unfortunately I had to split early to get back in town.  Luckily the accident had been cleared and it only took about 45mins to get from Shannon falls to Burnaby and was home by 9pm.  Oh here's an interesting video of that drive :)

http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll117/AustinFiero944/2008%20-%20Aug%2016%20-%20Whistler%20Drive/?action=view&current=2008-Aug16-FieroWhistlerRun.flv">

Austin

Austin wrote: Oh here's an interesting video of that drive :) http://s286.photobucket.com/albums/ll117/AustinFiero944/2008%20-%20Aug%2016%20-%20Whistler%20Drive/?action=view&current=2008-Aug16-FieroWhistlerRun.flv">

Heh heh, that was kind of neat. Do you recall what the timelapse settings were on your camera?

Austin wrote: Hmm camera says 1 sec intervals.

Your timelapse video actually worked out pretty well, so I'm just interested in trying variations of it myself.

Any idea how many frames of video at every one second interval your camera shot? Was it one?

I could download your video and import it into my video editing program to find out, but it would be easier if you might know off-hand.

If you want I can send you the original AVI file.

AVI file says 640x480@ 15 frames/sec if that helps any.  Guess that means the video is 15X normal speed?

Capt Fiero wrote: My brain is not kicking into gear the way it should but, standard TV is 30 frames per second, IIRC.

Yes and no. In North America (and Japan), NTSC video is 30fps. Most of the rest of the world uses PAL video which is 25fps.

Capt Fiero wrote: 15 FPS would be half of standard, and would seem to play at double speed is replayed at 30fps, but I don't think the FPS really matters in this aspect.

Video recorded at 15fps will normally play back at 15fps. However, it has somewhat of a "strobe" effect because our brains notice the reduced frame rate (compared to 30fps NTSC or 25fps PAL or 24fps film).

In a video editing program, if 15fps video is added to a 30fps project, the program (unless instructed not to do) will duplicate each frame. The end result is that the 15fps video still looks the same way it was originally recorded when played back.

Capt Fiero wrote: I am guessing and Patric correct me if I am wrong, the camera must shoot 15 frames, then pause then shoot 15 more frames then pause in order to get the affect that the video produced.

Not necessarily. I believe the usual procedure is that with a one second interval, the camera/camcorder will shoot ONE frame of video (not a whole second of video), pause for a second, then shoot another single frame of video. However, it’s possible the default (or selectable) number of frames shot/recorded per second could be anywhere from one up to who knows what.

I’ll have to take a look at my Sony camcorders to see what the options are in regards to interval recording. I’ve never used this setting in twenty years of shooting video , but I can see from Austin’s video that there are definitely situations where it might be fun to try out.

Austin wrote: If you want I can send you the original AVI file.

Thanks Austin, but that won’t be necessary. We’ll figure this out without having to upload/download such a large file.

I was going to creat a big gallery of pics, however I only got pics directly from Nigel.  So here are the pics from Nigel.