Thank goodness for long weekends. I was really looking forward to the Victoria Day long weekend, and it didn't disappoint. Yvonne was able to snag a really good deal on a condo near the Chateau Whistler (thanks, again Yvonne!). The place was huge, with two bedrooms, two baths, a loft, vaulted ceilings, patio, and living room and kitchen -- we made full use of the space as there were nearly 12 of us!
It was pissing rain as Niki, Debs and I drove up on Sat morning, but the sun managed to make an appearance by noon. Once we arrived, I made a last minute decision to try out the Whistler Bike Park with Dana. I dropped almost $100 for a bike rental and day pass. After the first couple runs, i realized my road cycling helmet wasn't gonna cut it, and got a full-face helmet. About 4 hrs and 12+ runs later, I managed to leave the park without serious injury :) thanks Dana!
Later in the evening we all made our way to the Longhorn pub for some suds, pool, darts and good company. Its too bad the Village has been overun by drunk rowdies (even the Hells Angels were there) + the club lines were a little too long, so most of us headed back to the condo a little early to get some rest. I slept in till about 11am. Niki and I made some sandwiches for the gang, and the whole group met up at Alta Lake. We all put ourselves in super- relaxation-not-a-care-in-the-world mode, and hung out in the sun before heading back to the condo for dinner. Afterwards, some of us then headed down to the pool and hottub. Unfortunately, the pool was under maintenance what apparently was a high "sulfuric acid" concentration--ewwww ;-) After some time in the hot tub, we headed back to the room for the much awaited Cranium and Pictionary tourney! I'm surprised the noise police didn't drop by cuz we had a riot - marked by fierce trash talking, crazy laughter and even some "spitting" -- all in good fun of course.
We checked out the next morning, but the weekend didn't end there, as we made our way back to the lake to veg out again in the sun to play cards (damn SlapJack hurts!), build human pyramids, canoeing, and some touch football.
All in all, it was an awesome weekend in the company of some awesome friends (some of them i hadn't seen in 5+ years!). At the very least, I give props to Queen Victoria, for giving us a good reason for the extra day off ;-)
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