December is here and a white Christmas (the thought of which is just glorious!) speedily approaches. Yeh, its strange not to be able to enjoy the sunny December holidays with our families in SA, but we trust Whistler will put on a good show!
Andy's family are coming to the US in a week or two, and we are hoping to meet up with them in New York for a few days. Its tricky to get time off so close to Christmas, so there are negotiations currently taking place with our respective bosses! If we get the thumbs up, then we will be there over Andy's birthday, yes!
The Luge World Cup is taking place at the Whistler Sliding Centre on 9&10 December, and this past week all the Nations have been training at the track. They chose a bad week for us to be assisting out on the track, as it's forecasted to be bitterly cold! At 10am today, it was a chilly -10C'! The crystal blue skies are misleading.
Brendon and Sam arrive tomorrow evening, which is very exciting! It will be great to have some good friends here with us. Andy is off for 3 days this week, so he will showing them the ropes, while his wife brings home the bacon! ;)
We have really been enjoying the mountain - every trip up the mountain leaves us on a bit of high! I am still pretty wary, and am sticking to the green and blue runs for now. Poor Andy has to wait for me at the bottom on each run, where he reminds me to relax my body and stop sticking my bum out! We took the Peak to Peak Gondola for the first time the other day (see pic below) - it is the longest and highest mountain-to-mountain journey in the world. It links the two mountains, Whistler and Blackcomb, which makes the skiing experience just that much better.
The Peak to Peak Gondola views...
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