April 8, 2006
Home Sweet Home (King of Whistler)
(TrackBack)I got back to Whistler on Wednesday and have been busy catching up on work and such-like since. Vancouver was pretty unexciting, except for the fact that it's a wonderful city and the weather was glorious. We did all the tourist stuff packed into a day so Kate got to see pretty much everything, a drive through the hobo/druggy/ohgodno Hastings district, breakfast on Granville Island, the tiny ferry back over to downtown, a walk along the seawall to Stanley park and the aquarium, shopping on Robson following by an evening jaunt through Yaletown and dinner in Gastown. How many other cities could you cover in an entire day?
The drive back up was perfect, it's the first time I've travelled between here and the city on such a clear day and the views are really spectacular.
The trip on a whole was a great idea. Getting out of Whistler was nice, it made me realise (once more) how lucky I am to be here, what a great place it is, and that there's still one of the greatest cities in the world just down the highway. Work is picking back up again and I'm completing on a large project in the next few weeks, after which I'll probably be taking on fulltime telephone support for my other job, in order to get enough money to fly East over the Summer.
Today was my first day back up the mountain for a week, since my ski insurance ran out and I've been away, and I'm afraid it's with great disappointment I have to report that the season is all but over. I guess I could have guessed that Spring conditions are very much like early season conditions, just with a bit more sun thrown in. Still there is great merriment in the fact that I am infact LORD OF WHISTLER BLACKCOMB as I have completed all runs on both mountains, which indeed was not as easy as it sounds, sure there are only 100ish runs but the map and sign posting are very poor.
Oh, if anyone wants to move into our place over the Summer we have a spare room...
I've saved the most exciting news for last as Robyn is arriving after the weekend, just in time for the Ski & Snowboard World Cup and more importantly just in time to douse the feelings of having missed her, badly, for the past 6 weeks. Do excuse me if there are no updates as activities planned include:
a) bed picnic(s)
b) sitting in the glacier
c) cheesy movies
d) filling our photo album
So as you can see, we're going to be awfully busy! Rather upsettingly her visit once again coincides with a housemate leaving. Mark departs on Tuesday, we've been hanging out a lot since Ads left and again he'll be sorely missed.
Visa application is back in the hands of my overly unimpressive lawyer who obviously couldn't find the time to get back to me before the weekend in order for me to be able to print out all the documents and get them sent off.
Oh and if anyone is after any sort of long-term insurance for a trip such as this, World Nomads are very cheap and comprehensive.
Posted by Mark at April 8, 2006 12:42 PM