Deep Powder

Well, time for another update. We've left our friends Jen and Marc in cold Calgary, and have travelled to rainy Vancouver to visit Karen and Scott for a few weeks.

Searching for the Danadians.
Although we had initially planned to travel by car from Calgary to Vancouver to see the Rocky Mountains, after looking at the weather (and our budget), we thought it would be better to just Westjet it.

Even though the weather has been on and off (typical Vancouver weather; a combination of drizzling and pouring), we've had a great time so far. One of our first stops was Whistler Mountain for some alpine sports. The weather was uncharacteristically gorgeous with lots of sunshine; there was also plenty of that beautiful white powder (not the illegal kind). All in all, perfect conditions in one of the top skiing locations in the world. Lee settled for some serious downhill skiing with Karen and Scott, Karen's sister, Julie, and Julie's boyfriend, Colin (who was kind enough to drive us there), while I (foolishly) opted for a lesson in snowboarding, reasoning that since I've never done alpine, I might as well pick whatever looks coolest.

That Ulrik; he's so hot right now.
Despite taking a number of tumbles, I persevered and had a great time. I will certainly do that again.

We've also had a chance to check out some of Vancouver's other sites. While much of Stanley Park has been shut down -- there was a crazy wind storm the night we arrived that felled numerous trees and even trapped a man for five days! -- we did go to the Vancouver Aquarium, which was a lot of fun. We saw the dolphin show, the otter feeding, and the beluga whale training. Definitely a great place to spend a rainy day.

A jellyfish at the Vancouver Aquarium.
For more photos, see our Vancouver photo album, our Whistler photo album, and/or our Vancouver Aquarium photo album.