Road Trip - Woo Woo!
Marc and I took our 1st road trip of the year to Whistler, BC for some skiing, snowboarding and socializing. You can check out some of the pics here.
We were up at Whistler because of a work thing for me and at one of the parties at the Longhorn Saloon, I was asked a number of times if I was a Yankees fan (see pics link above). Obviously I still am a proud Yankee fan, but it was a bit strange since I was clearly wearing a New York 'Football' Giants hat.
One of the surprises of the weekend was that the resort we stayed at had a 'Ski Concierge'. I never heard of such a thing, to be honest, but I definitely enjoyed it - a warm, dry place to put on your gear right at the base of the mountain. The real bonus was that they had dry clothes and shoes waiting for you, along with a nice cup of hot chocolate at the end of the day.
It had been long enough since we had hit the slopes that I decided to invest in a ski lesson. Marc, on the other hand, took to his snowboard and looked like he had been boarding all season. The ski lesson was well worth the money as I was able to ski with Marc in the afternoon, and Veronique (my awesome instructor who hails from Quebec) showed us some great trails that are not well-traveled by other skiers/snowboarders.
Conditions started out as pretty decent on Friday morning on the top half of Blackcomb and continue to improve so that by Friday afternoon, I was skiing on some powder. By Saturday morning, we had about 6 inches of fresh powder. My hamstrings were pretty gassed by Saturday afternoon but it was well worth the soreness.
More to come.... when we got home, we had Purple Teeth Cellars business to attend to. Marc will report on that. :-)
We were up at Whistler because of a work thing for me and at one of the parties at the Longhorn Saloon, I was asked a number of times if I was a Yankees fan (see pics link above). Obviously I still am a proud Yankee fan, but it was a bit strange since I was clearly wearing a New York 'Football' Giants hat.
One of the surprises of the weekend was that the resort we stayed at had a 'Ski Concierge'. I never heard of such a thing, to be honest, but I definitely enjoyed it - a warm, dry place to put on your gear right at the base of the mountain. The real bonus was that they had dry clothes and shoes waiting for you, along with a nice cup of hot chocolate at the end of the day.
It had been long enough since we had hit the slopes that I decided to invest in a ski lesson. Marc, on the other hand, took to his snowboard and looked like he had been boarding all season. The ski lesson was well worth the money as I was able to ski with Marc in the afternoon, and Veronique (my awesome instructor who hails from Quebec) showed us some great trails that are not well-traveled by other skiers/snowboarders.
Conditions started out as pretty decent on Friday morning on the top half of Blackcomb and continue to improve so that by Friday afternoon, I was skiing on some powder. By Saturday morning, we had about 6 inches of fresh powder. My hamstrings were pretty gassed by Saturday afternoon but it was well worth the soreness.
More to come.... when we got home, we had Purple Teeth Cellars business to attend to. Marc will report on that. :-)