Tumbling Down the Whistler

Greyhound bus early on Friday morning. So spacious. Unfortunately, the same can't be said of the trip back on Sunday evening. The only thing worth noting was that on the return trip, bus driver U-turn where he shouldn't be uturning. Below, upon arrival at whistler village.

Tried skiing on first day. I thought it would be manageable. Notice how the staff hooked me up w RED boots, Red skipoles and Red skiboards. 

I was wrong. Zooming down the Upper Fantastic was exhilirating to say the least. But enough of that so we went to the Peak. There is a cable car 'peak2peak' which brings us from whistler to blackcomb mountain.

Accomodation at cascade lodge was conveniently located at the Village Stroll. One traffic light away.

The gracious manager apologised and insisted i take dessert. Caramel pecan nut pie. delicious! oh yes the spaghetti too.

View from balcony of our room in the morning. 

Snowboarding adventures. Sitting down on the slopes to take a picture was a good excuse to rest my tired ankle and knees. Lower Olympic route.

Sunday morning, building a snowman as part of a long standing winter tradition. This snowman was the 2nd snowman I saw here.

Snow tubing at Blackcomb. Im not in the picture below.

Walk to Alta Lake.

Yup unknown to us we were walking on the right of it for some time. But here it is. 

Yes thats the lake. Its frozen. I would have been able to walk to the centre of the lake if i was not stopped by this dog. 

Back in UBC the next morning we woke up to catch the lunar eclipse at the Rose Garden at 6am in the morning. Needless to say, I found it hard especially hard to keep awake during my morning lectures. 

Its 1.12am and i'm in a rush to go to the airport!

photo credits to Mark, Paula.