Whistler - again!

So I heard that Martin Cannon was going to be in Whistler this week so I made a point of rolling up there again to do a few runs with him. This is Joan, the Ski-Host who kindly took our photo....



Kiyoka has been skiing since she was 6 so she came along too :-)



Although it was raining at the bottom, the skiing was awesome further up in the brilliant snow conditions.....Although it was cold



After a few runs with Martin, we said our goodbyes and while he went down for lunch we headed further up to get in as much ski time as possible before the lifts shut. We did stop for a bite to eat (at the top) but didn't eat this traditional Canadian dish as it's clearly WRONG! Gravy? On chips. Noooooooooooooo!



And so back to skiing.... Kiyoka's a really good skier so I was teaching her to ski backwards...... with a lot of laughs and a varying degree of success! - sorry about the neck/shoulder/arm Kiyoka :-(



but all too soon the sun started to go down and the lifts shut for the day
......so we decided to to make our final run last a long a possible



by making a snow-woman modeled on the Japanese lady with the pink hat....



...and practiced a bit of juggling. S'funny y'know, ice is very slippery stuff to juggle!



You know, I always thought Japanese people were short - Kiyoka is actually 57ft tall.....



Once we got down, we did a bit of gear-fondling in the shops (I realllllllly want a pair of those Bandit skis!) and had a slap up binge at Mrs Miggins Pie Shoppe before heading back to Van. Fortunately leaving late meant there was no traffic - awesome!

Thanks again to Martin for meeting up, and I hope he enjoys the rest of him holiday here in the best place in the world!