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Captain's Log

With two small kids my time for outdoor adventure has diminished. However I'm now trying to find activities that will suit my new lifestyle. This blog will follow my outdoor pursuits in general and this year will focus a lot on my experimentation with sailing.

T-minus 27 days to sailing seasonmap_icon

Sailtime orientation day is schedule for May 4th. The sailboats will be in the water and we'll be practicing man overboards and docking. This winter has been long and I just can't wait to get back on the water. I've made lots of advanced reservations and the four day boy's ...

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Whistler trip Day 2 - Bright blue skiesmap_icon

Probably like everyone else there is nothing I like better then a blue-sky ski day in the mountains. With 10 cm of new snow yesterday and bright sunshine today we couldn't have asked for anything more. We were on the lifts by 8:30 and Glen, Anke and I headed up ...

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Whistler trip Day 1map_icon

We had a good first day on the slopes. We had about 10 cm of new powder and some small glimpses of the sun. We couldn't have asked for more. Glen and I skied the top of Seventh Heaven and the Glaciar Express while Phil, Anke and Teresa had a ...

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Our trip to Whistler is finally here!map_icon

We've had a trip planned to Whistler/Blackcomb for several months and it is finally here. I'm writing this in the hotel room at 7 am as we eagerly wait to go down and have breakfast and then hit the lifts at 8:30. It's snowing pretty heavily out the window and ...

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Skiing with Jack for the first time

With Jack closing in on three in March it was time to take him skiing for the first time. Sir Sam's ski area is close to the cottage so we headed there on Christmas Eve day with the family. Jack was anxious to get his skis on and could walk ...

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