Mo Whistler

So, Lori's back turned out to be a major lumbar sprain, so the poor thing kicked off her trip to Whistler with a bout of physical therapy and muscle relaxers. And on her birthday to boot. But she was a trooper, and carried on, even though her husband went out to run 18 miles with his sister on the "epic trail" called Comfortably Numb out in the valley alongside Blackcomb mountain. 3 hours and 40 minutes of it. Really, it would have been a hard trial just to hike, let alone run, but my sis and I survived...barely.

Baby Beckett was a hit of the party. The girls would crowd him all the time. He will be one spoiled dude one day. I'm already jealous.



We had a muted birthday party for Lori, and pushed out the ZipLine tour that I had set up for her birthday to happen later in the week. Girls made birthday hats and sang. Cooked another big barbeque dinner (what's new for the Thompson's?)



Pete and I took my dad golfing for his birthday the next day over in Pemberton. Cheap(er) course in the valley, but that is really only relative. Beautiful course, set right up against some huge mountains. Beautiful day too. If only we could keep our balls out of the water, weeds, swamps, trees and the occasional habitat zone...Funniest thing I've seen in awhile, Pete tee'd off one time and plunked his ball down into some bull rushes in a pond...all of a sudden we heard a horrible "SQWAAAAK" and a huge Heron took off from the same spot. Good shot for my brother in law.... 2 points.



I think my dad had a good time, although Pete and I lost almost all of his balls out his bag. Thanks dad! We kept "borrowing" balls...of course, that is relative as well. Great day out on the links.



After we got back, we spent the rest of the day lounging at Alta Lake. The girls spent hours digging in the sand and running around in the water. Hot beautiful day. The good news was that Lori got back on the horse, and actually rode her mountain bike to the lake and back. PROGRESS!!!



Spent the rest of the in between time with other mtn bike rides with Pete on the BC trails, complete with wooden trick bridges and teeter totters and stuff, swimming pools, ice cream in the village, and major cookouts. Dropped dead every night.

Big mountain hike and ZipLine still to come!