My work party was a blast. It was mardi gras themed and they really went all out. They provided masks, feather boas, hats, and beads. The appies, meal, and drinks were delicious. We left early so we could drive to Maine that night, but it's too bad we didn't stick around because we missed out on the dancing and karaoke haha. I didn't take any pictures that night! I KNOW!?! We were too busy chatting. So here is a picture of the mask, beads, and boa to make up for it.
The drive to Sunday River went pretty quickly considering it was late; it took about 3 1/2 hours. On the way, we stumbled upon a TIM HORTONS!! I've never been so excited in my life! (well that's probably a slight exaggeration). mmm.....earl grey tea and a sour cream glazed donut. We bought a box of donuts to bring to our group at Sunday river - the OMG PoNiEs - Americans group and Canadians group (we had to pick a group name for room purposes and this name has a long story behind it). We wanted to introduce the Americans in our group to these delicious treats....but we (the Canadians group) ate them all. I guess they were just too good to share.
Saturday morning we were up bright and early to start boarding. The area received a bunch of snow before we arrived so the conditions were pretty good and it wasn't very icy at all. Sunday River is a very wide resort. We stayed on the mountain and our condo was on the far left side of the resort. To get to the runs on the opposite site of the resort took a while. We had to work our way over in a zig zag fashion....up a lift down some runs, up another lift, down some more runs, etc. There was also a lot of traversing on flat runs, which is not fun on a snowboard; but besides that, the resort was great!
Here are some pics from our first day:
Sunday we took skiing lessons. They were free with the trip! The lessons were a good choice. We learned a lot and our teacher was amazing! She wasn't afraid to tell it like it is, which is so important when learning something new. I like feedback!
I was also fortunate enough to get a pair of skis from Pat's mom! She wasn't using them anymore and sent them to me as a surprise. The skis were the right length and the boots fit perfectly. They arrived just in time for the trip! Pat didn't have skis so he rented for the day.
Photos from our wonderful friend Yildiz who braved Sunday's weather to take pictures:
Our day of skiing was a lot of fun and there were no major wipe outs. After skiing we went to the Foggy Goggle to eat and have a few drinks. They had a draw for a bunch of stuff and Pat won a pairs of skis! Now we both have skis :) Hooray!
The final day on the mountain was a coldest one yet. It was -32F (-36C) with the wind chill at the top of the mountain. It was COLD. Fortunately, Pat and I had purchased masked the day before, we looked like "Jason" but it was worth it!
This was the only picture we took on Monday...and it was in the gondola:
I also want to talk about Sunday River's Chondola...yep that's right chair lift/gondola. For every four chairs there is a gondola, it is actually a pretty neat system. Apparently these lifts popping up all over European resorts. It worked out quite well for us. The first two days we took the 6 person chair because we didn't want to wait in the gondola line and on the last day we took the gondola because it was so frigid!
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