When we woke this morning it was snowing!! The view from our condo balcony was amazing –
it felt so surreal to be in Whistler – almost like we were in a dream.
Today was day one of skiing for Wade and I. We had arranged a half day private ski
lesson, and given we could have up to four people, Trav came along as
well. We met up with our instructor
Myrna and headed up Whistler Mountain on the gondola to Olympic “Mid” Station. Our lesson went for 3 hours and by the end of
it we were all pros!!! Well pros in the
learning section anyway!!
After three hours with Myrna, I’d had a bigger workout in
that time than I’d had all year combined, so I called it quits and headed back
down the mountain with Mum, Bel, Milly and Harry to get warm. Trav and Wade continued on for the afternoon and
we met up with them at the end of the day.
Our condo had a hot tub on the balcony off our bedroom, so
at that point Wade and I headed back for a soak and a well deserved drink!
Tonight we had all arranged to meet up with Jason, Emma,
Lucy, Josh and Holly for dinner at El Furniture Warehouse. This was a restaurant where all meals cost
$4.95 and we had a great night catching
up (even if the music was a bit loud for us "old" ones!!). After dinner we went for a wander
through the upper village before heading home to bed for the night.
Christmas Eve and we woke to 13cm of snow having fallen
overnight and it was still snowing!
Walking through the village this morning with snow falling on the way to
the Gondola, it felt like we were in a snow globe!!
Wade and I jumped on the Whistler Gondola again and got off
at Olympic “Mid” Station. It was then
further up the mountain on Olympic Chair where we did my first run down Upper
Fantastic (Wade had been there the day before). I managed to not only make it off the chair
lift without stacking it, but made it all the way down the mountain without
falling over either! Halfway down the
mountain, we could hear our names being called out – it was Trav and Harry were
on the chair lift above us!! We met up
with them and did few more runs on Upper Fantastic. Harry killed it – although he told us he didn’t
like turning, so he basically just went full pelt down the mountain straight on
and eventually snow-plowed to a stop!!
After a few runs it was almost lunch time so we jumped back
on the Whistler Gondola to the Roundhouse Lodge. Not long after we got up there we ran into
Mum and decided to jump on the Peak to Peak Gondola and head across to
Blackcomb Mountain where we had some lunch.
Deciding we weren’t up to some of the runs on Blackcomb, we took the
Peak to Peak Gondola back across to Whistler Mountain.
From here we had all the best intentions of skiing all the
way down the mountain from the top. For
me – given how long we had been out for the day – I soon realised I had
definitely bitten off more than I could chew.
We went down Upper Whiskey Jack into Lower Whiskey Jack. After falling over more times than I can
remember and with my legs burning, I eventually called it quits and decided to meet
the boys back at Olympic “Mid” Station via a chair lift and a Gondola.
By the time we got back to the village, it was about 3.30pm
and we had been out for nearly 6 hours! Wade
and I headed back to our condo for a much needed soak in the hot tub! We then met up with the McMains and went to
the Old Spaghetti Factory for dinner.
After another wander through the village it was then home to bed
to get ready for Santa’s arrival!
Here are some photos from these few days:
More amazing views from our Condo
All set for our first day of skiing:
Killing it at our ski lesson!!
Day 2 skiing - on Olympic Chair with Harry
Harry outside Roundhouse Lodge
Which ones are mine???!!!
Awesome views from the mountain
Views from the Peak 2 Peak Gondola (I think photo credit goes to you Mum!)
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