The Callinan Adventure Trail Journeys and Adventures in Canada and Abroad

Hi everybody,

Sorry its been a while since our last post. We’ve been busy settling in to Vancouver, checking out the sights and lazing around the house... sweet.  Its been so rainy here, almost every day it seems to be overcast and grey with a light drizzle or a little snow. Things took a turn for the better once we got our kick-ass new truck. We headed up to mount Seymour after we sorted out our gear, about a 40 minute drive out of town, and hit the slopes for the day. Pretty cool, but quite short runs and a little icy, which makes it hard when your such a gimboid. But it wasn’t long till we got the itch again and it was off up to whistler for a couple of days. I’d heard a lot about whistler and blackcomb and I’d built it up in my mind so much I was secretly a little worried that we might be disappointed…no snow, long lines, crappy runs, that sort of thing. I was totally wrong – IT WAS  AWESOME! I don’t know if its just cause I can struggle down a blue run now without  doing any serious damage to myself or anyone else but I have never had such a good time on the slopes. Cool as hell, maybe even better than Japan. I think it was a bit of a different story for Rosie though, things where going just fine for the first day, but that night there were the first signs of trouble. It seems that snowboarding on the x-box doesn't really use the same muscles as the real thing and all Rosies chickens where coming home to roost. And they where big chickens. Poor little thing could hardly bend down strap on her little boots. But she soldiered on and we had a great day none the less. The little township was so beautiful and there where plenty of familiar accents – seems  that almost all the lifties and waitstaff are aussies.  And then it was over. Time to start work again. So far so good.

Aidan