Fernie, view from Lost Boys Cafe
Birthday creation for Annas Birthday
Anna having a casual swing in the playground, infront of Mt Fernie
Anna, the typical struggle down the trail to get to town walk.
Spring has come… which would mean an entire season has passed… and that I have pretty much not ‘blogged’ the entire season….oops. Karmali has issued me with complaints for this terrible behaviour, and challenged me to write another update… although his challenge was weeks ago… again oops. Our last few months haven’t really needed an update as we… I say we, but really I mean I slipped into a pattern of drinking (too much) working (too much) and skiing/snowboarding (not enough),Anna’s routine was more along the lines of sleeping, playing boggle, skiing and working….and sleeping. Life has been wonderful; our biggest decisions have pretty much been whether to buy a 6 pack or a 12 pack or which side of the mountain we feel like being on, old side or new side?
Whats that? You want to know how Anna and I, the girls with no snow skills what so ever before December have progressed in the snowy peaks of the Rocky Mountains? Well Anna, skiing pro, is shoooooop shooooop shoooopoing down black runs with the grace of a swan, and me? I am still tumbling down in typical Nish form, it was always going to be wasn’t it, clumsy on grass, clumsy on pavement, may as well add clumsy on snow to the list too… sad isn’t it. I am just not cut out to be a skier, in fact I gave up halfway through the season… skiing is stupid, the boots are uncomfortable, and my limbs seem to have the inability to act independently from each. I hope the thoughts of me giving up haven’t met you with shock and horror, I can hear you now ‘she gave up!? She spent $1500 on a pass WHAT WAS SHE THINKING” but no, this is not like when I joined the gym in second year and only managed go to about twice, my ski pass was still completely worthwhile, as I converted to the much cooler and badass sport of snowboarding (because you know I am much cooler and badass than Anna). My friend (Cat- bartender extraordinaire at Lizard Creek) took me on an epic powder day, and instead of starting me on the mighty moose... shoved me on the elk chair lift, for convenience sake as it was right outside Lizard Creek. It did take me 2 hours to get down, but only because I fell over in powder, in a direction Cat did not want me to go down…and then she refused to let me unstrap to clamber back up to her... instead a lot of rolling and crawling occurred, only to end with me tumbling down again, and a lot of deep snow with Anisha shaped imprints in step by step moving up the hill.. but I LOVED every minute of it. I think the fact that it was a power day was a key reason why I loved it, because falling does not hurt at all when you are falling in soft fluffy snow, I have since fallen on horrible ice, but seeing as I already love it this was not to detrimental, I am no pro though… but I will be.
Other key news from the season includes, our replacement housemates for Milly, Ollie, and Rob two Kiwi guys, who’s accents we enjoyed fully especially when we made them say ‘ there is 10 inches of snow my deck’, a number of stupid decisions involving alcohol, the loss of numerous clothes and accessories (due to alcohol), Anna’s birthday, with epic cake number 10 ( poor show at home guys clearly you need us there to keep the birthday creativity alive), hot dog day (80’s themed skiing day) a trip across the US for a spot of bowling, and to end the season a trip to the hot springs with a picnic to sooth our aching muscles from our world wind season.
And with that….see you later Fernie… greyhound out of here 4am 26th April
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