Day 15- = 2 weeks on the road

Well today marks 2 weeks of being on the road since we left Sarnia.  We woke up in Revelstoke to fabulous powder (POW as they call it here).  The original phrase “there are no friends on powder day” crossed both our minds, however there are spouses on powder day!  We got to the hill as it was opening to get first tracks.  Unfortunately so did everyone else.  Here is a pic of the line up at 8:20 in the morning to get up the gondola.  It took about 15 minutes to clear the line once they started loading.

LIne up for 8:30 lift opening

There was a storm at the top of the mountain and goggles were a must.   We mainly skied the north bowl which had the best snow and lots of glades.  We got a great rush when going up the chair with a younger couple and chatting of course as Dawson and I do, the young woman goes to Queen’s university and knows Kevin very well.  Not only that but she is Casey’s housemate in KIngston.  Casey is Kevin P’s friend that has joined him for her spring break skiing at Marble mountain in NFLD.  What a small world.

Casey's housemate and friend of Kevin at Revelstoke

After a full day of skiing we got off the hill around 3 to head to Vernon, BC where we will visit with family friends The Godfrays who used to be from Sarnia.  We got a good start as we are at the east end of the time zone so it gets dark by 5:30, and it is snowing out so wanted a daylight drive.  We got about 10 minutes west of Revelstoke when we were stopped for 1 hour as they were blasting for avalanche control.  Drats!  A line up of cars ensued.

Waiting for the road to open

We of course made it safely and are tucked away near Vernon at Joan and Ron Godfrays.

Chat to you tomorrow.
Julie and Dawson