More winter fun

Woke up in Whistler yesterday morning to a winter wonderland.  It had snowed all night and everything was blanketed in white.  So cool. And a little bit surreal.  It's so Christmas card picture perfect that it doesn't seem quite real...

We went wandering around Whistler Village in the morning. Headed back to Squamish in the afternoon. Last night with Lou we drove into Vancouver and went to The Cellar jazz club. We Three Queens were playing a Christmas show based on carols etc including Santa Baby, Blue Christmas, Frosty the Snowman, We Three Kings, I Believe, Winter Wonderland etc.

Today we hung out here in Squamish.  Took the dogs for a walk along the river in Fisherman's Park. Question of the day.  Do dogs get frostbite? Apparently not.  Jessie, Snow, Mack & Ginger all adored romping and rolling in the snow. And catching snowballs. 

We also saw eagles, a blue heron and more eagles. Squamish is the eagle capital of the world.  Eagles twitter.  Rather than a blood curdling spine chilling shriek eagles just chatter amongst themselves. 

Tonight we're making hot buttered rum...

Snow

Canadiana

Food glorious food

Whistler photos

Canada

So here I am in the frozen winter wonderland of western Canada. Arrived on Wednesday, and Sandy collected me from the airport and brought me back to her place in Squamish. Had coffee and caught up with Lou (hi Lou!) . Then we took the dogs for a walk by the river.  And saw so many eagles.  Eagles. About 50 of them, in trees, by the river eating dead fish, circling in the sky. Just amazing.

We headed up to Whistler on Wed evening & had dinner in the Village with one of Sandy's friends. Sandy seems to know everyone in Whistler..
On Thursday we caught the gondola up the mountain and the peak to peak gondola between Whistler & Blackcomb mountains.  So beautiful.  And even though everyone was lamenting the lack of snow, it looked pretty damn fine to me.

Later that day we went to the Scandinave Spa and spent hours in the hot tubs, cold plunge pools, steam rooms. And while we were there it started to snow.  So I was lying in a hot pool catching snowflakes on my tongue, and giggling in delight.

Manly Dam - Christmas with the gang 2013

Hawaiian themed lunch...