Fifth Day in Canada

Today, was a great day. We didn’t have the earliest start, because I don’t think any of us had the greatest sleep but once we hit the slopes, it was great. The snow was pretty good, if a little icy. The visibility was fantastic and it was surprisingly warm. Jonathon and Dad chose to warm up on a green run, which turned out to take a very long time. Mum and I did the nursery slopes with the Magic Carpet, I saw my class from yesterday with lovely Leslie and Lida. It didn’t take long, though, til we’d sort of had enough. It is really tiring standing on the magic carpet, even though my boots were so much better today.

Then Dad and Jonathon came down and we all went on the Olympic Run. It was great to sit on the chairlift and rest our feet. We took the run pretty slowly, I was unfamiliar with it but it was fun. I was getting better. Having the new boots made heaps of difference.

We then went up to the top of the gondola to grab something to eat and mostly – a drink. It’s very dry on the mountain. Dad and Jonathon both had Asian food, but I had cream of broccoli and cheese soup in a bread bowl which was delicious. It’s hard to stand up after lunch, after sitting down!

But we did eventually stand up, Jonathon and Mum decided to try a blue run, and Dad and I did another green. It was pretty good, but Dad likes to show off and pretend he’s really good. Well he is really good, but I can’t keep up. Jonathon’s really fast, and Mum’s good too, but cautious.

Then we just kept doing some runs, Jonathon and Dad did there’s and Mum and I did ours. Mum and Jonathon both had some spills, but I didn’t… until the last run.

The run was icy, so I was doing some serious snow-plough…. and ended in the splits. My knees were twisted, but it didn’t really hurt because it, luckily, was so slow. I cried out pathetically to Mum who laughed hysterically, and tried making her way up the hill – which she did quite well! I couldn’t physically get up until I took my ski off, by then Dad and Jonathon had met us, since they’re run joined up with ours. They both laughed too. It kind of hurt, but I had to take off my ski, and after I did that I face-planted and twisted the other knee! But luckily I eventually got up and we finished the run.

We are all pretty sore, and are now sitting, eating orange cheese (I’m not) and crackers, and also these funny corn chips with salsa – the corn chips are funny because they are like a tiny little bowl so you can scoop up salsa. Pretty cool. We are eating in tonight, and tomorrow Gabi and Lance will come and join us, after a full day of skiing. It was Lance’s birthday today, and he had a dog arrive the other day (he does Schutzhund, should YouTube it, so does Gabi) but unfortunately he doesn’t think he likes him much. I guess we’ll find out more tomorrow.

It’s made me very sad to hear about the disastrous snowfall the East side had had, I hope that everyone is okay and can stay WARM!