we have been volunteering at Cornucopia - Whistler's 11 day festival of food and drink. The recipient of many of the events was the Whistler Adaptive Sports Program, a not-for-profit society that provides year round recreational programs for people of all ages with disabilities. It was a chance for us to meet locals and help a worthy cause at the same time. We also learned how to get 20 - 26 pours out of a bottle of wine (for the tasting seminars). the professional tricks for glass polishing, how to run a coat check (the last Saturday night was manic, and all the c. 400 coats were given to their owners in less than 15 minutes) as well as helping out where we were needed. There were a few perks such as sitting in (and tasting) at some of the wine seminars, tasting some of the food prepared at one of the culinary stages (Mark was handing out the wine pairings for that one) and getting to taste as many BC beers as we could in under an hour (I was taking tickets and handing out glasses for that one, so I got given a couple for us).
I'm back with the Whistler Singers and so sang at the Remembrance Day service. I've never seen so many people - I think the whole village turned out for the service. It was a holiday here and many of the shops were closed too.
We've also had a couple of glorious sunny days so we went to see Brandywine Falls
and had a lovely walk around Lost Lake before the snow sets in and the cross country skiers take over the trails
It started snowing in the village this morning so we went down to our pool for a swim them a bubble in the hot tub. What a great way to start a Monday morning. It has been snowing all day so there is a lovely covering on the ground, and the mountain opens on Thursday, a week early which is making Mark happy.
To top it all off, today we got the wine delivery from our favourite Niagara winery :-)
That should keep us going for a while
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