Big White opened for the season on Friday, November 26, 2021. It opened with meagre coverage but a lot of anticipation. People were anxious to get outside and breathe the mountain air. No masks, singles allowed – please make fours. Skiing in the coronaverse was inching back to normal. If Read more…
I sit here waiting… and waiting and waiting… Waiting for my meeting with a passport officer to make sure my daughter gets her passport in enough time before we go to Mexico. Waiting. Patience is my lesson of the day. Especially considering this is my second stint today waiting at Read more…
“Oh, fingers and toes, fingers and toes Forty things we share Oh, forty-one if you include The fact that we don’t care See when it starts to fall apart Man, it really falls apart Like boots or hearts, oh, when they start They really fall apart, well, fall apart” * Read more…
What a crazy month November has been. The world seems to have gone upside down. The crush of people at the concert in Houston at Astroworld where people were so excited to gather together they pushed and pushed. and didn’t stop until ten people died. Travis Scott was performing and Read more…
The BIg Boarder, Nurse R, Natalya, Kaydee, and Barrman stood in the parking lot of the Holiday Inn Express and discussed the journey ahead. All roads were closed out of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. The only way home was to drive eight hours through the United States in Read more…
Raging storms struck the BC coast this past weekend. An epic rainstorm dropped over 200 mm of water on an already drenched landscape. That’s almost eight inches of liquid in three days of continual downpour. Epic rains, followed by epic disaster. The experts predicted a heavy rainfall warning for the Read more…
Cat had it all. It was a future bright with potential. She had her new condo at Big White, a season pass, and she looked forward to a winter full of adventure and fun on the snow. She had a life full of joy, winter on the mountain and summer at Read more…
Marijke and I went to our first significant event since the Before Times – before covid hijacked the world. My daughter was pretty stoked to attend the game in BC Place in Vancouver to watch the BC Lions host the Calgary Stampeders. It felt surreal getting on the Skytrain and Read more…
John stood in the bow of the landing craft. His last two years of training had led him to this day. His nerves were raw and he could almost hear the beat of his own heart above the roar of the engines. “Ready gents! We will be hitting the shore Read more…
Jack sat at the wheel of his motorhome and waited. Time passed slowly, moments ticked away. After eighteen months Jack struggled to remain patient. The border was going to be opened to him and his wife. Their son waited in California with his young family. Finally, their family could be Read more…