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December 19, 2005
And so the Snow arrives....
The holiday season has begun in Canada and visitor numbers have started to rise steeply. Work over the past few days has been noticeably busier with a constant stream of customers to the main building.
Things are only going to get more hectic though...
Tomorrow I'm working in the office up the top of Whistler mountain - 'in the alpine'. After that I get 3 days off to snowboard.
The weather forecast cannot decide if its going to rain or snow, the best case scenario is 60cm of snow in 3 days, the worst is 60mm of rain... we'll have to see how it pans out.
Ben returned from his "Kokanee Valley Race Series" Giant Slalom race victorious and clutching the Gold "medal" having come first in his class! Before you all congratulate him it was slightly by default... he was the only snowboarder who entered. But it was an excellent effort anyway ;o)
Katharine is still enjoying Whistler despite the sore arm, She says it feels alot better so I thinking of going snowboarding with Ben and SK tomorrow as they both have the day off.
Yesterday herself and Ben investigated the newly opened 'Tube Park', imagine sliding down an snow/ice luge track on a tractor inner tube and your pretty much there. Add in a few jumps and turns on the more 'extreme' runs and you've got a really good evenings entertainment! I'm still waiting for a day off so I can investigate it for an hour or two but I'm certainly looking forward to it.
This evening we went for a meal at the local Thai restaurant. We each had a different thing to eat from fish cakes and spring rolls to start to egg noodles with spicy sauce and Wok Fried mixed seafood for main. The food was excellent and overall it was a fun evening.
Last night one of my supervisors had a small party at his house to introduce us to his specialty dish - deep fat fried (whole) turkey. He has an industrial deep fat fryer and so a few times each year fires it up and has some people over for dinner. The skin seals all the oil out so it doesn't get greasy and as it takes 3mins/lb to cook the meat doesn't dry out! Certainly something to try at home :o)
Wednesday night is the staff Christmas party at the Chateau Whistler (posh hotel). Drinks and an all you can eat turkey dinner, promises to be a fun night. I'm working Thursday morning from 7am so i don't think its going to be a big night for me though...
Anyway, I start work at 8am tomorrow morning so I should go to bed.
I have some photos of the Christmas lights so once I have got those sorted I'll post them up.
Posted by edwardnorthridge at December 19, 2005 11:25 PM