April 23, 2006
Summer is here the Robyn has flown
(TrackBack)See what I did there? Clever huh?
So the past 2 weeks have been incredible for several reasons, not least of all Robyn. I had the most amazing time with her and created a whole new bunch of special memories, her leaving has to also be the lowest point of my trip but I'll forgive her for that.
This last week has been the Telus World Ski and Snowboard Festival, which I must admit was a bit of a disappointment. Here's the run down of events:
a) A lot* of shit bands played between 2.30pm - 5pm every day on a stage at the base of Whistler
b) A lot* of tourists and townies invaded the town and made it nearly unbearable. The buzz was relatively nice but eventually it just got tiresome trying to do stuff.
c) It snowed, and quite a bit! We had about 30cm over the week which for April is astonishing.
d) Blackcomb closed. I had a great last day in full on sun in toasty temperatures convincing Rob to come up Spankys with me and promptly falling off a cliff (don't worry Mum I'm still alive)
e) There were a few random events in the village which caused a bit of excitement including a Big Air jump competition, a very cool art exhibition, a local film competition etc.
f) People gave free stuff away and I drank a lot of Yop.
g) I stayed at home a fair amount and just slobbed around enjoying the company.
h) I got an awesome sun burn which I added to today in Vancouver in blistering (again, for April) temperatures of 23c
i) Izzy left and now there remains only Sarah and I in our house
j) I have never made a list that has gone this far through the alphabet before
k) I'm stopping now
So Whistler is basically empty now, the bulk of the seasonaires have left or leave May 1st, all the tourists left, the locals are staying at home BBQing, I think it's going to be quite lonely so I have taken on fulltime support with Dereck answering the phones as well as a few new jobs for Chris (development) and I had a meeting with another local guy this week about working on a website for the Municipality. I'm hoping this is at least going to keep me occupied and money fueled enough to pass some time until I can go out East.
* Official numbers have not yet been released.
Posted by Mark at April 23, 2006 11:38 PM