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| Sun Peaks and surrounds from the top |
Its been 2 years since our last visit to Sun Peaks and the kids have grown a lot and Michael and I have gained a few more wrinkles and grey hairs. The 14 hour flight to Vancouver was still as shocking and was made worse for Simon and I with a couple in front of us who complained we were touching the touch screen in the back of the seat so hard it was waking them up! We made it safely to Sun Peaks and were soon relaxing in the Delta Residences which were pretty much the same although with a new name and no fleas this time.
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| The Sun Peaks Grand (where we stayed) |
The Vince-McAuley family joined us and it was great to have some company. Sadly, Lisa, Immy and Mike couldn't join us this time but we hope to ski with them again soon.
Once again we booked the kids in for all day ski lessons. However these turned out to be a bust this year as they have gone 'healthy' with the lunch. No more pizzas and chips means no more Harris children keen to do all day lessons!
The lessons paid off as after a few days the kids could do any run on the mountain. Ben is now a faster skier than his father and prefers group lessons to skiing with his parents.
Highlights of the trip included:
- multiple sightings of the famous dancing skier including a chair lift ride with him by Ella
- $5 happy hour snacks at the Cahilty were a big hit as long as you didn't get the spicy wings which were felt the next day according to Andrew and Louise
- fresh powder snow for Sarah who met a new Senior friend in the Sun Peaks tour guide, Len, who was a real powder hound. The rest of the family didn't share Sarah's passion for powder and whinged when she took them off-piste too much.
- sunny days with gorgeous views over the surrounding valleys.
- numerous hot tubs for aching muscles
- non-stop trashy American TV
- no dog-minding duties.
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| The boys in the mountains |
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| the photographer |
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| On the slopes |
