Bye Rhea

Helped Rhea strap her bed and mattress to the roof of her car.
Then she headed off to Whistler. I said have a good winter and she said shes sure we'll catch up but I doubt it during winter. BrendaЧитать далее
What do Horses eat?

Was potentially going to have the day off today, but bert picked me up about 10.
We went and counted all of his hay.
Turned out to be a sunny day until the afternoon when it hid a bit of rain whileЧитать далее
Crows flight path

Finished my book, the dry. Been reading while I wait for a new life in candy Crush.
Helped Brenda out at the crow, jus moving things round and cleaning out the green house.
Finished at about 2:30 soЧитать далее
Floor cleaning

Brenda and bert went to kamloops today, so met brenda at the crow around 8 so she could tell me what I could do for the day.
Mostly just cleaning and waxing the floors. Listened to sam Harris' podcastЧитать далее
Shelving

Not the regular kind of shelving. Set up the shelve I got from the crow in Brenda's shop.
Pretty relaxed day. Again just listened to podcasts.
Took the dogs for a nice walk.
Its getting colder.
Bucking day

Scott from next door who has been a faller for like 40 years taught me to use the chainsaw and we cut up a bunch of fire wood for bert and brenda.
It was fucking cold this morning, -9 when brendaЧитать далее
First Snow

Woke up to my first snow fall. Was warmer in the morning then yesterday though even though it was still snowing.
Split a bunch of the wood we cut yesterday while Scott cut a bit more.
He took a fullЧитать далее
Insulate and split

Started a little earlier assay 8 am. Finished the insulation under the deck. Then I split all the wood that had been cut. Been listening to alot id podcasts walking up which gave been veryЧитать далее
Lime Lookout

Brenda and I went for a hike up to lookout mountain as she calls it. Didn't exactly know where we were going, it was kind of lucky I had my h GPS so we didn't make it to the top but had a cup of teaЧитать далее
Got wood?

Got into a bit of a discussion with Jordy and Kane about Sam Harris being peddler for the alt-right. That was interesting.
Just kept bring up all the wood we cut and stacking it. The stack with allЧитать далее
Chainz

Worked with Bert most if the day today. Helped him fir chains for th truck. Cutting links and moving hooks and stuff. It was good.
Had yet another amazing meal for dinner and a beautiful rhubarb andЧитать далее
Final Day on the Ranch

Fairly normal day. Took down some Christmas lights from the house and tried to put them up around the big work shop. Made a big burn pile of scrap wood. Went for the last dog walk and fed fizz job andЧитать далее
Big White!

Left at about 8 to start driving to big white. Saw where bert grew up and got the family history. Got here at aboot 2 but couldn't check in until 4. The hostel is in a great spot, which means my placeЧитать далее
Day One

Had a bit of a sleep in which was nice. Went for a bit of a walk through the village and stuff. Pretty nice place, very small. Think I might sign up to a season of yoga. Played cards most of theЧитать далее
Waxing

Didn't end up going to Kelowna to get my skis done but my lift fell through. Ended up using the iron in the hostel. Good enough job to go touring tomorrow, signs like its mostly skinningЧитать далее
Ski Tour, hip hop

Met Nathalie and her friends down at happy valley to start the days tour. She and one of the other guys are both ultra marathon runners so it was a pretty quick pace and persistently moving. It was aЧитать далее
Clothes swap

Had an early morning start for big orientation with all of the new employees of the mountain.
Rhea replied to me saying that I was here id she wanted to talk about what was weighing her down. TurnsЧитать далее
Condominium

Didn't end up moving into the apartment until 5pm, do just hung out in the hostel all day and watched Netflix. Only have 5 books to read to make my reading challenge for the year.
My room is a littleЧитать далее
Catan

Work started at 9, it was pretty boring, ugly uniforms but I'm definitely in laundry which is good!
Made it to half of the hip hop class because I went to Nathalie's place to play Catan, it was prettyЧитать далее
Opening Day

Its opening day for Big White! Had another bit of orientation stuff with HR, then went to my hotel to learn to make rooms up. Pretty chill day. I'm definitely in laundry though except fridays when I'mЧитать далее
Commons

Today was probably my first real day of work. I was on commons so basically cleaned the whole hotel that isn't in the rooms. Got my skis tuned and they look pretty good, I'm excited to get out there!Читать далее
Foosball

Still didn't really get a proper day in the laundry. Helped out with housekeeping most of the day because there wssnt much laundry.
Finished at about 1 and headed for a few runs. It was good to getЧитать далее
Fucked it

Had first proper day in the laundry, it's so chill.
Played games at will and Nats place before hip hop. The routine is looking good.
Daria ended up coming back to play ping pong but it was locked forЧитать далее
Foot bed

Had my first full day skiing today. Got out there pretty early. Did a group lesson which read really helpful. Scott, who I met at Nathalies place, was my instructor. He was really good. Had lunch backЧитать далее
Pow pow

About 15cm of snow over night. I was on one of the first lifts. Great first few runs. Really poor visibility all day though. Its was good practice in the conditions. Practiced what I learnt in theЧитать далее