Farewell Big White...I'll miss you!

Wow, I can't believe the day has finally come. Kaitlyn and I left Kelowna today at 1:30pm (local time) and arrived in Vancouver 48 minutes later. We're staying at the Delta Airport Hotel, thanks to the cheap rate my sister, Shannon, helped get us. It's nice to be spoiled one last time before staying in hostels (where we have been warned about bed bugs many times...here's to hoping that it's not an issue) for 12 days. After having a wonderful dinner of fish and chips at the restaurant, Pier 71, attached to the hotel and receiving a FREE apple pie with ice cream, I had some time to write. So here's my story from the last few days:

I said goodbye to Big White for the last time this year on Friday. I went down all my favourite runs; some black diamonds, some
blue squares, and of course tree runs. I'm glad that I got to snowboard with both Eric and Kaitlyn this winter. It was Kaitlyn's first time seeing mountains in person and she was pretty impressed. Tons of memories made and lots of pictures taken. It was definitely a great two months spent snowboarding and of course, sleeping in on many days too. Cheers to the 2011/12 snowboarding season. Until next year, Big White....

Big White isn't the only place I'm sad to be leaving behind. Kelowna has been a nice place to live. It's the perfect size and I do like the mild weather in the winter. I still find it weird that downtown Kelowna will have no snow, Black Mountain (where my parents house is) gets a little bit of snow, and then Big White has tons of snow. Don't be fooled by the pictures taken in the city; there is definitely snow around! And of course, I'll miss my parents and my dog, Willow, too. Though it's a cool feeling to check into a hotel under my own name with my best friend by my side. So cheers to the first night away from home!