If You're a Snowbird from Beautiful British Columbia, What Are U Doing in Arizona?

Okay, enough of the heat, enough of the harassment about being a lame blogger, it's time to showcase our trip to Whistler.

This is the view from our room.

Prior to hitting the slopes I do my yoga & get some gear @ Lululemon.

Namaste Astird...

I mean, Astrid.

If you're a loyal "Office" fan, you saw this coming a million miles away...
(if you have no clue what I'm talking about, make sure to leave a comment in regards to the pic and I'll be sure to Not invite you to our Office Trivia soiree)

Quinton cooked up some bacon (bleh) and I took the liberty of wrapping up the leftover slices and feeding them to dogs around the village. Moby wasn't around & I waste not.

This was the gondola that went up Whistler mountain, 4 days later, one of the lifts off the neighboring Blackcomb gondola would come crashing down. No fatalities thank heaven.

Quinton is lightning fast. He was willing and oh so sweet to go 100 yds, wait for me to catch up, then disappear back into the fog. I did get braver with the practice.

Crisp. Clean. Clear. Cold Canadian Rockies.

Loved the hot tubs here at the lodge...no pics, sorry.

Some say stupid, I say dedicated, Quinton boarded his butt off with cracked ribs and a fractured shoulder blade. Next time he wants to do the helicopter drop (only after he gets a life insurance policy)

We missed the grand opening of this ride by 6 hours. Guess we gotta go back.

Gibson hung out with Grandmapa Durney and his aunties, plus Meghan my cousin while we were gone for the week, here we are looking a little anxious to see our little dude.
We're excited to get his EXPENSIVE feet in snowboard boots asap. (hope he's half as good as Ketsy's boy, Rune)

As much as I loved this matching mom&stroller ensemble, I'd look ridiculous sporting it even on the coldest day in AZ

This is me, tired & ready to get back to Gibson.
Me and Q fought out a few paper rock scissor rounds to see who got to hold and cuddle with him first.

I cheated.

Just FYI if you go to Whistler:

1. Get ready to hear remakes of every american pop song.
2. Solarice Spa, request Emily if you get a facial- she's fantastic!
3. It does a body good to get a massage after 3 days of boarding, mine was luxurious!
   
4. There are mostly Aussies on the mountain, Aussies everywhere!
5. Try to hit up the Costco in Vancouver, you'll save $ on food, like i wish we had.
6. Canadians really don't like their health care system... I'm gonna hold myself back and make no further comment
7. You can sell your lift ticket to locals who can't afford the season pass and just want to hit the slopes for an hour or two... $20-$30 bucks...reinvested back to Solarice Spa...
8. Alkali lake is not very far from the resort. That's for you X-Men fans out there.
   
9. You do not need a car at all if you are staying in Whistler Village, everything is walking distance.
10. Incase you don't already know, don't even think about Whistler for winter 09' the Olympics will be there.
11. Funny story/ golden info: Q and I were having a 2nd honeymoon kind of a time when all of a sudden the fire alarm for the lodge went off. We scrambled for our warm clothes, passports, laptop, money, snacks, phones, phone chargers, boots... can you picture it? It was such a joke, probably took us 10 min to get the heck out of our room. (Dwight would've been gravely disappointed) So word to the wise, have your necessary things that will get you back to America, altogether in one place. Thank goodness there was no actual fire, but boy did we look ridiculous being the last people in the lobby with all the crap we had. As if my cell phone, let alone the charger, was worth my life.... sheesh.