Well, this is what we had been planning for since we'd come back from our travels... and finally we were here! Big White. Martin's old ski hill. We rented a condo from one of Martin's friends, Paul Cotton, and skied as much as we could. Martin went out pretty much most days. I went out a little less sometimes working on paper work for Visa applications or job searching. Sometimes I would be put off if it was socked-in or cold. At the end of January the weather was bright and sunny, but got bitterly cold going down to -19 degrees C, and that was at the bottom of the hill!
All in all, we spent 6 weeks on the hill, every so often coming down into Kelowna for supplies and to see people. We also had friends from Portland come up and visit - it was great to have visitors, and to finally have a place that felt like our own for the very first time in just so long. It was also a very social time for us as many friends from Kelowna came up to visit and ski. We became good friends with the upstairs neighbours, Trina and Jeff, as they were up usually 3 nights per weekend. The skiing was great, and all in all, the 2 months were quite cheap! * Mush
