Snow's melting... :(
Hmmm...6-10 degree days = melting snow...the end of winter and the grizzlies will soon be waking up...
Canadas spring started on the 21st at 11:26am. How wierd is that? why not start it at the beginning of the month? or at midnight or something??? that is so strange...
Anyway,
stuff...
My beloved snowboard boots have fallen apart, I've had to take them back to try and get warranty on them but it's been hellishly annoying in the meantime dealing with stinky rental boots that are way too loose. Sales are starting to happen and stuff here is so much cheaper than at home so Mum and Dad, if you'd like to give me an early birthday/christmas present...
The grease and grind which is the final staff party was held in the workshop with the lift maintenance boys doing the bar, one for you one for me style...it got pretty messy with pickled egg eating competitions and many a hook-up happening...Oh and I have to let you know....it's all true about lifties being drunk on the job...i think 3/4 of the staff on the hill the day after were still under the influence...I had a skidoo ride up to the top in the morning with one of the maintenance guys who didn't go (luckily) but we were still going so fast that we got air about 3-4 times and the last one we flew through the air for about 3 seconds, me holding on with only one hand as i had my bagel in the other...lucky i was carrying my breakfast otherwise i would've lost it everywhere at the top...
Went to Panorama on Tuesday/Wednesday with Bryan and Matty...it was fun...it was pretty hard in the morning but then softened up in the afternoon which made for some nice runs...except for the massive long one we took after a short break at the cute summit cafe which was full of rocks, moguls, ice and trees with a little bit of snow...the boys had fun...i was completely over it by the time we got down...we stayed in a place right on the hill, we had a view of the snowboard park and the chairlift from our window but it was like a maze to get into the room and out of it as the floors were all wierdly setup...p.s. outside hot tubs are so good...saunas are gross...
We've got a lifty party on Sunday which should be ok...going to Banff drinking (surprise, surprise)...Working on Monday, Gold drive station...ugh...that means skidoo ride right to the top...might take it easy i think...
We've volunteered to stay on as lifty skeleton crew for a couple of days after the hill closes (April 16 is closing day) which means we'll be taking chairs off the lifts so they can be stored...thought we'd do it for a bit of extra cashola...
So, our travel plans after Nakiska are slowly formulating...Here's how it stands so far:
Leave Nakiska head through the Kootenays up into Jasper National Park for some glacier sight seeing and more amazing mountains...this is the slow way to get back to vancouver where we are then going to dump our car and fly down to the states for Coachella...not sure how we're getting back yet...it maybe via a very long bus trip. We decided we didn't want to put the extra mileage on the car (over 5000kms return) which we will be selling when we get back to Vancouver...then we fly into Frankfurt...
Now, we're starting to think about hitting the easy button and going for a Contiki tour that will show us the good bits of Europe for a decent price and we don't have to worry about finding places to stay and all that crapola...I know it's the wussy way out but we're tired and can't be bothered organising anything...but we're reading up on some europe books Alli's got so i dunno...depends on the money situation too..we've both realised we've got a lot less than expected when we haven't really been touching our savings...wierd...hopefully with our bonuses, tax return, selling the car and selling our souls we'll have enough money to get through europe and thailand...
Any donations happily accepted!
Ok, I need to go now
Canadas spring started on the 21st at 11:26am. How wierd is that? why not start it at the beginning of the month? or at midnight or something??? that is so strange...
Anyway,
stuff...
My beloved snowboard boots have fallen apart, I've had to take them back to try and get warranty on them but it's been hellishly annoying in the meantime dealing with stinky rental boots that are way too loose. Sales are starting to happen and stuff here is so much cheaper than at home so Mum and Dad, if you'd like to give me an early birthday/christmas present...
The grease and grind which is the final staff party was held in the workshop with the lift maintenance boys doing the bar, one for you one for me style...it got pretty messy with pickled egg eating competitions and many a hook-up happening...Oh and I have to let you know....it's all true about lifties being drunk on the job...i think 3/4 of the staff on the hill the day after were still under the influence...I had a skidoo ride up to the top in the morning with one of the maintenance guys who didn't go (luckily) but we were still going so fast that we got air about 3-4 times and the last one we flew through the air for about 3 seconds, me holding on with only one hand as i had my bagel in the other...lucky i was carrying my breakfast otherwise i would've lost it everywhere at the top...
Went to Panorama on Tuesday/Wednesday with Bryan and Matty...it was fun...it was pretty hard in the morning but then softened up in the afternoon which made for some nice runs...except for the massive long one we took after a short break at the cute summit cafe which was full of rocks, moguls, ice and trees with a little bit of snow...the boys had fun...i was completely over it by the time we got down...we stayed in a place right on the hill, we had a view of the snowboard park and the chairlift from our window but it was like a maze to get into the room and out of it as the floors were all wierdly setup...p.s. outside hot tubs are so good...saunas are gross...
We've got a lifty party on Sunday which should be ok...going to Banff drinking (surprise, surprise)...Working on Monday, Gold drive station...ugh...that means skidoo ride right to the top...might take it easy i think...
We've volunteered to stay on as lifty skeleton crew for a couple of days after the hill closes (April 16 is closing day) which means we'll be taking chairs off the lifts so they can be stored...thought we'd do it for a bit of extra cashola...
So, our travel plans after Nakiska are slowly formulating...Here's how it stands so far:
Leave Nakiska head through the Kootenays up into Jasper National Park for some glacier sight seeing and more amazing mountains...this is the slow way to get back to vancouver where we are then going to dump our car and fly down to the states for Coachella...not sure how we're getting back yet...it maybe via a very long bus trip. We decided we didn't want to put the extra mileage on the car (over 5000kms return) which we will be selling when we get back to Vancouver...then we fly into Frankfurt...
Now, we're starting to think about hitting the easy button and going for a Contiki tour that will show us the good bits of Europe for a decent price and we don't have to worry about finding places to stay and all that crapola...I know it's the wussy way out but we're tired and can't be bothered organising anything...but we're reading up on some europe books Alli's got so i dunno...depends on the money situation too..we've both realised we've got a lot less than expected when we haven't really been touching our savings...wierd...hopefully with our bonuses, tax return, selling the car and selling our souls we'll have enough money to get through europe and thailand...
Any donations happily accepted!
Ok, I need to go now
posted by mazspazz at
8:05 PM
1 Comments:
Hey guys!
Omg it still all sounds like so much fun! I want to fly through the air for three seconds on a skidoo too!
Hey, instead of Contiki, try Busabout - it's kind of hop-on, hop-off, they have several different routes and they can organise accommodation for you - not the cheapest but still in the backpacker range. I thought it was a pretty cool deal, anyway.
Take care! Miss you! Glad to hear you're having an awesome time!
xxxx :-)
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