Just thought I’d share an insight into what a typical week is like for me in Kelowna. Living and working in another country is an amazing experience. Work is not like real work and even day to day tasks like grocery shopping are fun when you have an accent. Words like routine, stress and...
Played in a soccer tournament in Revelstoke, a picturesque little town on the outskirts of the Rocky Mountains about a 2.5 hour drive away on the weekend. A bloke's from work's team was short a few players so I helped them out. The team I played for was called the Rented Mules. They were a bunch...
Life in Kelowna has been great times so far. It’s been about 6 weeks since I left Big White and after 3 weeks at the hostel and a couple of weeks of couch surfing I’m now finally settled in ..... New town, new house, new friends and new job … bring it on! I’m loving it here! Kelowna is one of the...
Kelowna is 100 years old today! I joined in with the festivities and got amongst the street party. Had an awesome fireworks display, one of the longest I have ever seen. Everything is going well here in Kelowna. Looks like I have secured an engineering job at a local company. Same sort of work...
My bags are packed and after a nice lunch at the White Crystal it's time to hit the road! Tonight the Big Brother house will be empty for the first time in over 6 months. Assuming that my hitchhiking attempt is sucessful, I'll be staying at the Kelowna Same Sun Hostel tonight and for the next...
The ski season has ended here at Big White ... the once fluffy white snow has been transformed into dirty brown mud, skiers and boarders have been replaced with construction workers and the tranquil mountain air has been shattered by the noise of trucks and excavators. It's sad that it is all over...
Big White continues to out-do itself, producing another 10cm of fluffy powder last night. Got up early and got fresh tracks all morning. There was noone on the hill at all .... unbelievable. I started work at 1pm which is where I am now, makes the day so much more satisfying knowing you got some...
As it is the last week of the ski season I thought I would take a retrospective look at my time at Big White. Highlights - Powder days, snowboarding over 80 days, living on a ski hill, my flatmates, spring break, having visitors from Oz, Tuesday nights at Snowshoe Sams, Landing some 360s, meeting...
I went snowmobiling yesterday and it was one of the most exhillerating things I have ever done. We had a group of 10 and got an amazing deal. We were only meant to go for 2 hours but ended up staying out in the backcountry for over 3.5 hours. Came home in the dark with our headlights on. We spent...
The Easter Bunny sure did visit Big White ... but he didn't leave any chocolate eggs, instead he left about 40cm of powder. Conditions are absolutely awesome here at the moment! Rode knee deep pow pow before work today ...magic. Hard work I tell you! Only 2 weeks left of the season ... Noooo. Not...
We had a keg party at our house on Friday night in aid of Ed (my roommate) leaving the mountain. It was a fun night. Antics included riding down our internal stairs on a toboggan (not good for my sore back) and doing keg stands (not good for my sore back). For those of you who don't know what a...
Our prayers have been answered! ... It's snowing. Had about 20cm over the last 2 days ... wicked! Got out early yesterday for some freshies, it had been a while! How's this for a 5 day forecast... Text Forecast from Environment Canada BIG WHITE: Issued 5.00 AM PST FRIDAY 18 MARCH 2005 TODAY.....
It's been hot and sunny here for the last 2 weeks and as a result all the snow is melting ... noooooo! The ice skating rink is closed so no more hockey! There is still a decent base on the hill and the park has been great fun in the slush but we desperately need snow! There is talk that the season...
It was Tim's birthday last night and we were all having a good time. Ed went upstairs to get something and on his way down the stairs they collapsed! Unbelievable! He fell about 3 metres and his ankle got caught underneath them. Doesn't look like it's broken but could be badly sprained. Lucky...
Woke up this morning feeling refreshed after a solid 10 hour sleep (much needed). Went boarding with one of my flatmates. Spent the morning in the park, hit up the big table tops for the first time and also attempted the mighty S-rail (very difficult) ... I nailed myself as expected! The big...
From this point on my place of residence here at Big White will be known as the Big Brother House. Apart from evictions, it's a fairly acurate description. Having 10 flatmates is pretty intense but heaps of fun. Always something going on and the house goes from clean to messy in a matter of only 2...
I caught the shopping bus into Kelowna (closest city) today to do a bit of grocery shopping. It was good to get off the hill for a day and do some "normal" everyday sort of things. There is a small supermarket up on the hill but the selection is fairly limited and the pricing exuberant....
It snowed all last night so I made sure I was up and out early and on the first lift. Got freshies all morning and made some sweet 'S' lines. My fun was cut short though as I had to work at 10:30 where I am now! Still snowing hard out there now so it's going to be a good week. Frustrating being...
Spent the weekend cruising the blues with some mates from Nelson Bay, Gerrard and Nick. The deal is that you got a passport with a list of all the Blue runs on the mountain in it and then as you went down each run you got a stamp. We managed to get all 35 of them and got a free T-shirt and some...
On the rare occasion that I visit the pub for a quiet ale 🙂 the walk back to my house is always an interesting one. The gondola is open till 10pm so getting to the pub is no problem at all. The fun starts when we leave the pub with our watches displaying AM. There is a road that runs straight...
Dan's Capers used to be a blog about my travel adventures but it has evolved into a collection of my thoughts and things I like. Enjoy
