We drove out here - a 28 hour continuous drive to Seattle, and a few more hours the next morning, where we arrived during business hours to check into the condo that we've rented for the time we're here. It's a great little condo, especially for a ski town - furnished with a basic mini galley kitchen, separated living area and one bedroom... and the complex has a hot tub and outdoor pool which our sore skiing muscles are enjoying!
After a few days of trying different random snow paths around here, we've found a pretty nice "ski in" route that cuts more or less downhill between the other condo buildings and gets us around 30 yards from our front door, and a similar different flat trail to "ski out" if we want to ski the Blackcomb runs, or only a 15 minute walk to the Village for the Whistler gondola and stores, restaurants, grocery.
We've been joking that we've almost had more social outings on our 6 days here in town than we did all of the last couple months at home: 4 days skiing together on the mountain, Chris hooked up with his backcountry buddies from when he was here in 1998 for a day of hiking/backcountry skiing, Jodi found fun volleyball on Monday and an open pottery class on Tuesday, and tonight a date out with another couple for sushi out on the town.
It's been snowing like crazy the last two days - 16+ inches up high, and 16-24 more to come. But, the coastal weather is still having early season fun - down at the base it's been raining and today up top it's so windy they only have 3 lifts open. Whenever this storm blows over, it should make for some great skiing up top!
Super excited that you have set up a blog so we can keep track of all your fun- while we are working away!
ReplyDeleteMiss you guys and looking forward to hearing more of your adventures over the next few months. One thing for sure, you'll have time to blog...that is if you aren't too busy skiing, spiking balls, and throwing pots :)
Lucy