Day two: Waffles, Mt Baker and going on a Walmart hunt

So I don't really know why I left day two separate, because I don't have a huge amount to say about it. Still, adventures were had and pictures were taken...

Day 2 started with the eagarly awaited waffle (etc) breakfast, and as a result we found ourselves leaving an hour later than we had planned to (despite breakfast featuring heavily in said original plans...). Anyhow, I took the first driving shift and headed out onto the highway (via turning out the carpark in the wrong direction, having forgotten and then realised that streets in American cities are inevitably one way...).

To cut a long drive short: America looks a lot different than Canada, despite looking exactly the same; we almost ran out of petrol in the middle of nowhere, because I am sooo not used to having to pay any attention to the gauge; if you hire a Canadian car, it is unleaded petrol, that is to say 'gasoline', even if it doesn't actually deem to tell you that *anywhere* and you end up having to make an educated wild stab in the dark; if we thought the roads up to Seymour and Cypress were long and windy, Mt Baker truly proved us wrong - my god their road is long and windy and very very thin...

So, we did eventually make it up there a little later than we really intended, but no matter, still plenty of riding to be had!

Unfortunately, while me and Tabs were checking out the easy run to see if Linsey would make it down there ok, Tabs managed to completely stack it over her board and hurt her shoulder, which meant that for most of the afternoon I went off and explored the mountain on my own (since Linsey was still very much a beginner and Hannah both wanted to stay with her, and was also nervous about hurting herself). Still, it was cool to explore a different mountain, and there was some nice powder left from a couple of days before hand if you were willing to cut a few corners off the groomed runs.

It does amaze me slightly that the mountain manages to stay in business, given how isolated it is, but I guess it just gets so much snow that people make the effort.

But then, I'd say the same thing about Hemlock and that does fine for itself - it did have the best day of the season though, so it gets massive brownie points for that ('that' being a metre or more of untouched, unridden fresh powder when we went) (Although, as I write, Seymour has just had about 80cm of snow in the last day, so I'll head up there tomorrow and see how it compares! *excited*)

Sooo, much snow was had and eventually some food too and then we headed home. (a journey somewhat extended by Tabitha's insistance that we must visit walmart to get cheap things... Alas, the search ended in failure, but we did find a costco just on the border, so it all ended happily ever after) The end.