Sunday, we rest

Well not completely.

A few things scheduled for today. First see Darren off. He slept on the couch since he was too boozed to climb into his top bunk! He caught his shuttle at midday.

Then it was time to spend some coin on a frivolous resort money spinner: Snowmobiling.

We had been talking about this since before we left NZ. It ended out just being Dean, Michelle, Bruce and I. Penny fell over the night before and had a sore bum and pulled out at the last minute; a wise choice since it was quite a bumpy ride. Lester was still sick and Jarrod decided it was too much.

We ended out being in quite a big group but I think it still worked out okay. The sleds were pretty new I think, Arctic Cat 660 or something like that. Plenty powerful enough for us I'd say, I saw the speedo max out at about 80kph on the flat.

We were mainly on groomed trails since the powder was quite deep. Dean found this out by bogging his sled in some deep pow a few metres from the groomer.

It took a while to get used to the handling. At first I was sure there was something wrong with my sled since it didn't seem to turn and it tracked all over the place. I definitely didn't feel in control. But by the end we were all going for it. Getting air off the rollers and leaning into the corners. It ended out being heaps of fun.

The next activity on the calendar was to try tubing at the"mega tube park". It involves sliding down a hill in special tire tube. Not quite up to the level of excitement of the snowmobiling but much cheaper ;O)

Dinner after that at the Copper Kettle Inn which is proving to be our favourite place to eat. I finally tried a Xango desert. It's a cooked pastry thing with banana and other stuff served with maple walnut ice cream. It was nice but i'll be having a chocolate sundae next time!