On the Road Again

Michelle and Craig’s thoughts:

Yes, we are back! Hope you didn’t miss us too much!! We started the second part of our adventure in Western Canada for some alpine skiing on January 5th. We skied in Panorama, Kicking Horse, Lake Louise and Whistler. When driving to the first three ski resorts, we drove through some beautiful valleys surrounded by majestic mountains in Yoho and Banff National parks. The scenery was breathtaking.

The skiing was fabulous. We really enjoyed skiing in all the resorts. Loved skiing the bowls and glades. Great powder and awesome terrain!

We also went swimming at the Radium Hot Springs, dog-sledding at Panorama and a sleigh ride around Lake Louise. We had so much fun! Definitely a great experience! We even played ice hockey on Lake Louise- very Canadian!!

Being in Whistler -Blackcomb before the Olympic games was amazing. Olympic fever is definitely in the village. Banners are everywhere. People are buying anything Olympics: t-shirts, pins, hats, posters, etc. Every person we’ve encountered was not from Canada. It was so international and everyone was having a great time. We watched the Fire and Ice show at the base of Whistler mountain. There were fireworks, fire spinners, and skiers and boarders jumping through a ring of fire and doing tricks. At night, it’s a party at the village, but there is definitely serious skiers and boarders in the morning!! Unlike Cypress, Whistler-Blackcomb has plenty of snow and because the mountains are so vast, sometimes we felt like we were skiing on our own private hill. We skied the Men’s Down Hill and Super-G. Pretty awesome!! We wish Whistler and Vancouver the best during this exciting time!

Now that we’re battered and bruised, next stop is Maui, Hawaii. From the snow to the beach! What a life!!

Love,
Michelle and Craig