27 Dec - Monday morning we were all up at 6.15am - we were sharing a 3 bedroom condo with Sam & Andy. Chris set off to walk Jinx whilst I was sorted out breakfast and made packed lunches with Sam before we left the hotel at 7.15am - still very dark outside. The first day of Rec Ski is slightly more frantic as we have to get our passes in order to get onto the mountain and get Fraser register at Tiny Tigers. Tegan, Chris and myself were all in different groups whilst Fraser was booked into Tiny Tigers each morning including an hours ski lesson. Chris and I then took it in turns to look after Fraser in the afternoon - he very much wanted to ski with us and not stay in Tiny Tigers all day. So after a very long day we returned to the Copperstone and jumped into the hot tub - which is actually the size of a small swimming pool - great for all of us. The weather on the mountain on Monday was snow with very low visibility but warm well if you count -10degrees ok.
The rest of the week continued in the same routine, awake and up early (Tegan refusing to get up and Fraser announcing 'its toooooo early') ski all day, hot tub, supper and bed. We did however managed to play cribbage several nights (a new game to me but really good) and Sam & John came round for a few drinks a couple of nights. The weather remained to snow Mon - Wed hence giving us brilliant conditions to ski on, light powder on the pisted slopes making a slightly different experience than skiing at Whitefish. Sam was off snowboarding with Francesca, Tegan was in a group with her friends, I was having a great time with my group and Andy & Chris were off in the Advanced Group - or rather the crazy, off piste powder skiers, where you lost your skies under 4ft of snow and then had to dig them out!!!!
Thursday and Friday the sun came out with amazing crystal blue skies however the temperature plummeted going down to -27degrees (that is without windchill) - the scenery was breathtaking and skiing was totally different.
31 Dec - New Years Eve -
Early evening Chris and I took the children into Canmore to visit the Pond. This is a real tradition in Canmore where all the locals meet to skate on the frozen pond, drink hot chocolate and eat hot dogs whilst a couple of bonfires burn and music is playing. It felt a very nostalgic thing to do and a great way to start New Years Eve. AJ & Kay also joined us on the pond along with their children and very kindly gave Tegan and Fraser some sparklers. Fraser & Tegan had a great time sliding along the ice until Fraser managed to fall a couple of times and bang his head. Suddenly we started to get very cold - it was approx -22degrees at this time so time to return to our condo and meet up with everyone else.
Before we knew it Sam T had conjured up a fantastic smorgasbord of delight (not bad from what was left in our fridge & cupboards) with Sam D bringing along more bits & pieces. And so we continued with New Years eve festivities, eating and drinking. We got to 10.30pm and then started to drain - so we turned the clocks to 11.58pm and duly celebrated the stricking of midnight with Auld Lang Syne and then went to bed. Chris and Andy decided to watch a film then just after midnight AJ & Kay arrived with a bottle of fizz to celebrate - finding the rest of us gone to bed - so the boys carried on.
We departed the Copperstone on New Years day and drove back to Ralston. We truly had a fantastic month of December spending time with so many good friends.
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