Calves and Daves at Whistler: Awesome picture taken halfway up the mountain. The trip began with an unusual encounter with a customs agent in Vancouver. Here are the details. We woke up early to make the surprisingly short drive to Whistler from Calves’ fancy Vancouver apartment. Naturally we stopped at a Starbucks for breakfast. I was shocked when I learned they do not accept the precious Gold Card. Sad face. We spent the first day on Blackcomb Mountain and the second day on Whistler Mountain. We focused on intermediate courses the whole time. The one black we tried was really icy. No thanks. We (read: Calvin) tried the terrain parks while I watched and encouraged. Skiing in Canada showed me how much of a joke Tahoe is. Tahoe is California cold. Reaching the top of the mountain in Whistler was a whole new level of cold that 5 years in Ithaca did not prepare me for. My soul was shivering. I seriously thought I was too weak to ski down. Fortunately we made it to the next level down where it was somewhat comfortable again. We ate at a great steakhouse the first night and that’s how I learned my other lesson of the trip. Don’t drink excessively after a long day of skiing when you have to wake up and do it again the next morning. Brutal. After the second day of skiing we drove back to Vancouver and walked around the downtown area for a quick Calves tour. We ate at a delicious Thai restaurant. When we got back to the apartment we looked up directions to the airport. The return trip was out of Bellingham, WA instead of Vancouver. We were told it was a half hour drive. Nope. 1 hour and 40 minutes… to make a 5:20AM flight. OMFG. That meant we were up at 2:45AM and out the door at 3AM. Did I mention OFMG? We made it though. I can’t wait to go skiing again. Although, I’ll probably snowboard again next time. Everyone says it’s better (more comfortable boots!). Note: I used an HP Photosmart C4280 with default settings to scan the picture. The company that took the pictures charges $100 for a sub-megapixel digital version even though they use a Nikon SLR. Ridiculous.

Calves and Daves at Whistler:

Awesome picture taken halfway up the mountain.

The trip began with an unusual encounter with a customs agent in Vancouver. Here are the details.

We woke up early to make the surprisingly short drive to Whistler from Calves’ fancy Vancouver apartment. Naturally we stopped at a Starbucks for breakfast. I was shocked when I learned they do not accept the precious Gold Card. Sad face.

We spent the first day on Blackcomb Mountain and the second day on Whistler Mountain. We focused on intermediate courses the whole time. The one black we tried was really icy. No thanks. We (read: Calvin) tried the terrain parks while I watched and encouraged.

Skiing in Canada showed me how much of a joke Tahoe is. Tahoe is California cold. Reaching the top of the mountain in Whistler was a whole new level of cold that 5 years in Ithaca did not prepare me for. My soul was shivering. I seriously thought I was too weak to ski down. Fortunately we made it to the next level down where it was somewhat comfortable again.

We ate at a great steakhouse the first night and that’s how I learned my other lesson of the trip. Don’t drink excessively after a long day of skiing when you have to wake up and do it again the next morning. Brutal.

After the second day of skiing we drove back to Vancouver and walked around the downtown area for a quick Calves tour. We ate at a delicious Thai restaurant. When we got back to the apartment we looked up directions to the airport. The return trip was out of Bellingham, WA instead of Vancouver. We were told it was a half hour drive. Nope. 1 hour and 40 minutes… to make a 5:20AM flight. OMFG. That meant we were up at 2:45AM and out the door at 3AM. Did I mention OFMG? We made it though.

I can’t wait to go skiing again. Although, I’ll probably snowboard again next time. Everyone says it’s better (more comfortable boots!).

Note: I used an HP Photosmart C4280 with default settings to scan the picture. The company that took the pictures charges $100 for a sub-megapixel digital version even though they use a Nikon SLR. Ridiculous.


The hot camera girl said “jump!”: We took two jumping pictures. This is the one where I was in the air. Seriously though. The cutie Australian girl told us to jump so we did. Note: I don’t own a single piece of clothing you see in this picture. I really need to purchase my own gear. Note 2: I used an HP Photosmart C4280 with default settings to scan the picture. The company that took the pictures charges $100 for a sub-megapixel digital version even though they use a Nikon SLR. Ridiculous.
The hot camera girl said “jump!”:

We took two jumping pictures. This is the one where I was in the air.

Seriously though. The cutie Australian girl told us to jump so we did.

Note: I don’t own a single piece of clothing you see in this picture. I really need to purchase my own gear.

Note 2: I used an HP Photosmart C4280 with default settings to scan the picture. The company that took the pictures charges $100 for a sub-megapixel digital version even though they use a Nikon SLR. Ridiculous.