Sunday 17 February 2008

SILVER STAR DAY 1

We had a prefect day in terms of the weather, sunny, blue skies and not to cold the downside it was very busy mainly because this is Presidents Day weekend, it's a bank holiday on Monday in the USA and as a result there is a great influx of Americans luckily most leave on Monday so the mountain will quieten down a great deal tomorrow.
Sue had a lesson today,she skied a few runs she certainly wouldn't of had she had been with us, she is having one more tomorrow which I feel will really boost her confidence.
Although they insist they told me, but when I don't recall when , I have learnt today that Jamie and Emma are expecting their second child I am really pleased for them, so congratulations to you both and see you when I get back.
It's amazing the run that I did in Silver Star last year which inspired my trip seems quite tame now, I ran it top to bottom as my first run back in Silver Star, it was still as good but this time I barely needed to catch breathe, the difference of being, nearly four and a half weeks on the ski hills is quite astounding.
A RELAXING LIBATION

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

HOWDYALL PARDNERS
HOPE YOUR AROOTIN AN ATOOTIN YOUALL
SOUNDS LIKE YOU’VE HIT ON A DANDY SPOT TO BE GALLIVANTING AROUND IN
NEVER HAD ME NO LOG CABIN WITH A WIDESCREEN TV
HEY KIDS, ARE YOUALL TOO DOGGONE BUSHED AT THE END OF THE DAY TO SEND SOME MESSAGES BACK HOME ON THIS TELEGRAPH MACHINE?
LET US KNOW HOW YOU DOIN? YER GRANDMA & GRANPA ARE KEEPIN TABS ON YER AS WELL VIA THIS HERE WONDERWEB SO DON’T BE NO SHRINKIN VIOLETS.
SAME FER YOUS SIS, DON’T YOU KNOW MORSE CODE?
AN YOUALL BE NICE TO THEM AMERICANOS THEREABOUTS, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN WE MIGHT NEED ANOTHER DIG OUT. JUST SAY THINGS LIKE “HOW DOO YOU DOO”? AN “TO BE OR NOT TO BE” THEYL BUY YOU DRINKS ALL NIGHT JUST TO HEAR YOUR ACCENT(SPECIALLY FREYA AN STEPH – SO POSH)

WELL IM REAL GLAD YERV GOT THE TIME T APPREECIATE ME LITTLE REMINISCENCES, WHICH ARE ALL TRUE OR THEREABOUTS.
YOU GUYS ARE NOW UP ROUND A PLACE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE SUMMER OF ’81. KELOWNA, KAMLOOPS AN VERNON WHOS ICE HOCKEY TEAM I STARTED BY MISTAKE ONE DAY WHEN I WUS ICE FISHIN AN I CAUGHT A TIN OF JOHN WEST SALMON AN SOME LOW DOWN VARMINT SHOT IT DOWN THE ICE WITH HIS WALKIN STICK INTO HIS OWN KEEP NET AN THERE WUS A BIG FIGHT AN THAT WUS THE FIRST ICE HOCKEY GAME WEST OF THE ROCKIES, OR SO ITS SAID.
THE ONLY TROUBLE WAS ME PICTURE GOT IN THE PAPERS AN THEM GUYS FROM THE UNITED STATES CAVALRY SPOTTED IT AN COME A HUNTIN ME DOWN AGIN AN WE HAD T HIGHTAIL OUTA THERE.( THEY STILL BLAMED ME FER WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BATTLE OF THE LITTLE BIGHORN.)
I WASN’T ACTUALLY AT THE BATTLE ITSELF, I WAS JUST CAMPIN IN THE FIELD NEXT DOOR AN WENT OVER T ASK THEM T KEEP THE NOISE DOWN A BIT.
THE INJUNS ONLY HAD BOWS AN ARROWS WITH SUCKER CUPS ON THE ENDS WHICH WAS A BIT UNFAIR SO I LENT THEM ME WINCHESTER REPEATER AN THEY ENDED UP WINNIN THE WHOLE SHINDIG. ( I WUS QUITE PLEASED CUS I ALWAYS PREFERRED THE CONFEDERATE ARMY UNIFORMS REALLY) BUT THEM DAMMEDYANKEES SENT FER REINFORCEMENTS AN THEY CHASED US ALL THE WAY T THE BLACK HILLS OF DAKOTA AN WE NEARLY MADE IT BUT THE PADDLE STEAMER RAN AGROUND AT GRAND RAPIDS AN SANK AN WE NEARLY ALL DROWNDED BUT I TAUGHT THEM INJUNS HOW T SWIM AN THAT’S WHEN I SAVED THE WHOLE SOUIX NATION FROM A WATERY GRAVE.
SITTIN BULL MADE ME HIS BLOOD BROTHER BY PRICKIN OUR THUMBS WITH A STANLEY KNIFE AN JOININ THEM TOGETHER WITH COYOTE WHISKERS AN SUPER GLUE (WE WAS INSEPERABLE FER QUITE A WHILE)
HE ALSO GAVE ME HIS YOUNGEST DAUGHTER AS A REWARD WHICH IS HOW I MET YER AUNTIE JULIE WHO STILL KNOWS HOW T SCALP YER IFFN YER MISBEHAVE YOU PESKY KIDS
ANYHOWS, WE BOTH HIGHTAILED IT UP T’ THE HIGH PRAIRIES WHERE I GOT A JOB IN A LOCAL TUMBLEWEED FACTORY WHILST YER AUNTIE JULIE WORKED IN THE LOCAL HAIRDRESSERS (HAIR CANADA, I KID YOU NOT)
WE HAD OURSELVES A HIGH OLD TIME BACK THEN, HANGIN AROUND YOSEMITE SAMS PIZZA PARLOUR AN YE OLDE STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOP. BANDIDOS FROM ALL OVER CAME AROUND (WE HAD AUSSIES TOO STRANGELY ENOUGH, THERE LIKE MULE MUCK), AN I JOINED THE HOLE IN THE WALL GANG, WHO SPESHIALISED IN ROBBIN CASHPOINTS ALLAROUND THE LOCALITY WITH STOLEN CREDIT CARDS AN MAKIN OUR GETAWYS BY SKIDOO, BUT IT JUST WERNT THE SAME WITHOUT DYNEEMITE AS IN THE GOOD OLD WILD WEST DAYS WHEN WE BLEW UP BANKS AN RUSTLED COWGIRLS OVER THE BORDER AN HELD UP THE STAGE BY PRETENDIN T BE DAMSELS IN DISTRESS AN SOLD SNAKE OIL FER A DOLLAR A QUART AN OTHER SUCH WHOLESOME COWPOKE STUFF, AN I COULD SEE YER AUNTIE JULIE WUS GETTING HOMESICK.
NEXT THING YER KNOW AUNTIE JULIE SEZ SHES GONNA HAVE A PAPOOSE (YER BLOOD CUZZIN SARAH IT SO HAPPENS, YER CAN STILL SEE THE SOUIX IN HER ) SO WE JUMPED A PASSING JUMBO JET BACK TO ENGLAND AN BOUGHT A LOG CABIN ON THE TOP OF A HILL IN A ONE HORSE TOWN CALLED COVENTREE (2 CATHEDRALS THO’). IT’S A GOOD JOB I’M AN HONORARY INJUN CUS THERES HOLE TRIBES OF EM HEREABOUTS!
AN THEN ME WANDRIN DAYS WAS OVER, MORE OR LESS EXCEPT FER… NO I’LL KEEP THEM STORIES UNDER ME STETSON FOR ANOTHER TIME..
ANYHOWS, IFFN YER HAPPEN T FIND A WINCHESTER REPEATER (WITH WINCHESTER REPEATER ENGRAVED TWICE ON BOTH SIDES, (THAT’S HOW YER KNOW IT’S A REAL WINCHESTER REPEATER)) AN ITS GOT SO MANY NOTCHES ON THE STOCK THERSE NO STOCK LEFT, ITLL BE MINE. DON’T TRY PUTTIN IT IN YER SADDLE BAGS ON THE WAY HOME THO, SOME FOLKS ARE AMITE SENSITIVE THESE DAYS.
AN IF YER BUMP INTO BIG CHIEF SITTIN BULL SAY “HOW”
DO I STOP ME THUMB FROM BLEEDIN

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ADIOS PARDNERS

UNCLE “HONEST INJUN” “EAGLE FEATHER” BUCK – SOUIX TRIBE (HONS)