Archive for the ‘Ultimate’ Category

Whistler, Nanaimo, and a bike ride home

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Wow – what an intense weekend!  On Friday we got up at 5am, to be on the slopes at Whistler about 9am.  Coming out of Vancouver, it was rainy… we were scared it would be a cold and wet day again… but as we got closer to the mountain, the weather cleared, and we had [...]

Cypress and a team to play with

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

As I write this, I’m so knackered!  I’m very very out of shape, but if I keep this up, I might just get fit again.  Yesterday I enjoyed the benefits of a nice boss, and time difference to work.  I got up as usual for work, did the usual morning rituals, cleared some topics with [...]

A sportly few days

Monday, February 9th, 2009

This weekend was a sportly one for me! On Saturday morning we got up at 4:40 to get the 5:50 bus down town, to get the 6:30 bus up to Whistler, to be on the slopes at 9:00.  We had great weather, but mediocre snow – quite a lot of patches with trees or gravel [...]

First game – Hey Presto!

Monday, January 26th, 2009

Yesterday afternoon, the first game of the Winter Hat League in Vancouver!  I was assigned to the team Presto (all the teams were named after recent films – Presto is a very cool Pixar short film about a magician, his magic hat, and his bunny rabbit).  Our one game was against “This way up“, and [...]