The mexican/snowboard shop/diner/skate park

Day 2 (shorter than day 1 which lasted almost 48 hours)

(Undie update - The travel undies worked a treat on the trip over, but i decided to give them a break for day 2)

Armed with a trusty map hand drawn by our generous host (thanks Phil), we were chauffered into town and hit up the first of 8 snow / sport /outdoor stores.

C$800 later I was fully equipped with new:

• Ski jacket
• Ski Pants (Ride)
• Googles (Anon)
• Gloves (Black diamond)
• Mountain/hiking boots
• Backpack rain cover
• Face mask
• Snowboard socks

Claire also did a bit of shopping, picking up the warmest gloves in Canada, and a hoodie.

It was a very busy day but we had time to spring a visit on Tyler's (a canadian friend living in Sydney) parents.

We capped of the day with dinner and drinks on the "Red mile" watching the Calgary Flames (Hockey) play in a top of the table clash. The bar was packed with people wearing Flames jersey's and they sounded a hooter for every Calgary goal!

Day 3&4

Our chauffer was again busy with a 6am dropoff at the greyhound bus station. 5 1/2 hours later we were in snowy Fernie, our home for the next 6 months.

Our Hostel is accross the road from the coolest shop... It is a Mexican Restaurant / Diner, which has a snowboard shop and an indoor skate park inside! Imagine the qualifications required for a job in there.

We have spent the last 2 days solidly searching for a place to live. Claire played the role of Silent Bob very well, with me doing all the calling and organising and Claire updating the run sheet. This combo had great results.

The first place we looked at was a room in Lyle's house (living with Lyle). Lyle was a nice guy (think Grumpy Old Men, meets My Name is Earl) but his house was a junkyard and my eyes stung from the smoke haze. Fortunately things picked up, so much so that we turned down the mansion with the hot tub, in favour of an awesome 3 br house in the middle of town.

Tomorrow we will sign the lease with our new friend ben (met at hostel) taking one room. We will advertise to get someone in the 3rd room, and are stoked to have an awesome, moden, fully furnished, 2 story, 2 bathroom house in the middle of town. Claire and I will pay about $80 each a week rent.

We are very glad to have found a place, however a bit sick of hearing how mature, sensible, and older we seem (even if its a good thing).

Hopefully next time i'll be writing to say I have a job, which is our next campaign.

Please send this link onto anyone you think will be interested.

Cheers

Wes