We're baaa-ack...

....in Whistler.‎ Put badger back in storage at the same spot we used last year, and crossed the border into Canada with no dramas at all - border guard was far more interested in our retirement and lifestyle as something to aim for than as a problem, so we were through in under 5 minutes and never had to get out of the car. Lousy weather for the drive up the sea to sky but the waterfalls were really flowing, and met our landlord about 3:30 

Maria has done really well with the apartment - it has its own front door and stairs up to the living, dining, kitchen area with the first balcony ( and a bbq - have to stock up on steaks at costco) and then another flight up to the en-suite bedroom, guest bedroom and shower room and large balcony ‎ across both rooms, all overlooking the hot tub area just across from our front door. It's a bit overcrowded with furniture and fittings so we will have to put some of those out on the top balcony to make a bit more space in the coming weeks - normally it's let to more people for shorter periods, so I guess they are less concerned with having space to cook and chill out, but I've already worked out how we can rig up the surround sound and projector for watching movies. I think we will be very comfortable. 

It's 3 months until our first visitors are booked in - Blair and Cheryl in early Feb - should have time to  get it all how we want it. It's the same cooker as the last apartment so Maria should be up to speed for her baking pretty quickly with all that prior knowledge. I probably have a little over 3 weeks before the mountain opens - usually for US thanksgiving, so we will have to go down the sea to sky and hike to some of the waterfalls we missed last time as they were running very dry....remind my legs what they are for and try and work off some of that baking ‎.