Today was very clear all day. It really showed the amazing vistas from the top of the mountain. The Village is at 1600 ft, the top is over 7300. Some runs take an hour from top to bottom and back up. Its so tiring to ski such long runs, we have to stop frequently to rest our legs. Mostly we stay in the middle of the mountain but still stop often. I don’t know how olympic skiers can do it.
Lynn enjoyed her day at the fitness center and spa. We all went to the pool and hot tub which was very nice. Bob is really drawn the Inukshuk’s everywhere. They are markers for fellow travelers and an Olympic mascot. You see the rock statues in many pictures.
The run of the day was our adventure to creekside of Whistler mountain. It was before 2:00 and we promised Lynn we’d be back by 3:00. Bob was sure we could get to the bottom of creekside and back to the village in time. The farther we skied down, creekside didn’t seem to get any closer. We were already past the crossover when we knew we were going to be late. We got down as fast as possible but were drained and sweating like crazy in 28 degree weather. The gondola ride back up to the crossover seemed to take forever. Got back to our room at 3:30. Oops!
We took a horse drawn sleigh ride and dinner at a country club across town. It was very nice with hot chocolate for the ride and fondue for dinner. The views were awesome.
