Blue bumpers invade Canukistan - 2/24/2023

[indiggio]

Currently sitting at The Office Tavern & Grill having a beer with Rick and anxiously awaiting to board our chariot to The Great White North of Calgary…

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Is your flight at 4:45PM on United?

[saltyant]

This is grate! Are you wearing your ski helmet on the plane?

Edited February 24, 2023 by saltyant

[zzslope]

Have fun.

[toast21602]

I love Calgary and Banff but I've only been there in the summer. Looking forward to pictures. Enjoy! 

[indiggio]

2 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Is your flight at 4:45PM on United?

Well Air Canada

[indiggio]

2 hours ago, saltyant said:

This is grate! Are you wearing your ski helmet on the plane?

There’s enough overhead that I don’t have to wear it.

[indiggio]

Bored waiting to depart, so helped a struggling passenger reset his iPhone.

[Johnny Law]

Interior BC is a dreamland, have a good flight and enjoy !

[saltyant]

27 minutes ago, indiggio said:

Bored waiting to depart, so helped a struggling passenger reset his iPhone.

Thank you for your service. When I fly I try not to make eye contact with anyone and put my headphones on immediately (sometimes unplugged) so I don't end up having to small talk for 3 hours in a row.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

45 minutes ago, indiggio said:

Well Air Canada

United operated by air Canada 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

44 minutes ago, indiggio said:

Bored waiting to depart, so helped a struggling passenger reset his iPhone.

Oh is that turning it off and back on lol

[indiggio]

14 minutes ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Oh is that turning it off and back on lol

Yeah but he kept trying and couldn’t get it to work, so it was lemme try.  Dude!  You fixed it!!

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

15 minutes ago, indiggio said:

Yeah but he kept trying and couldn’t get it to work, so it was lemme try.  Dude!  You fixed it!!

I’ve taught boomers how to screenshot on iphones.  Some of my customers are completely lost just finding a picture on their phone..so they hand me their phone and if it’s not an iPhone I’m as lost as them.  

[indiggio]

Stuck on tarmac.  They’re rebooting the plane!

Edited February 24, 2023 by indiggio

[indiggio]

Spooky!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Indiggio are you staying in Calgary tonight?

[indiggio]

11 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Indiggio are you staying in Calgary tonight?

Yeah finally made it to the Comfort Inn around 12:30am.

Today’s destination: Nakiska

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

20 minutes ago, indiggio said:

Yeah finally made it to the Comfort Inn around 12:30am.

Today’s destination: Nakiska

Nice you bunk with Slim lol. 

[Johnny Law]

5 hours ago, indiggio said:

Yeah finally made it to the Comfort Inn around 12:30am.

Today’s destination: Nakiska

Heard it's cold AF from a friend in Revel. Stay warm and post some pics when you get there, never enough interior BC stoke.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

6 hours ago, indiggio said:

Yeah finally made it to the Comfort Inn around 12:30am.

Today’s destination: Nakiska

Looks rad..

 

https://skinakiska.com

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

24 minutes ago, Johnny Law said:

Heard it's cold AF from a friend in Revel. Stay warm and post some pics when you get there, never enough interior BC stoke.

Actually the cold is finished…as of today…

[indiggio]

14 hours ago, GrilledSteezeSandwich said:

Nice you bunk with Slim lol. 

Nope Rick.  Slim was in adjacent room so we had connecting door for big party suite!

[indiggio]

Day 1 - Nakiska

Up at usual time as back in PA, so no difference for me.  Continental breakfast at the Comfort Inn included scrambled eggs, Canadian sausage, blueberry and chocolate muffins.

Just over and hour drive out to Nakiska and the home of their Winter Olympics with the wind howling and 9 degrees.  In the house was Slim, Drew, Gary, Gah skier George and George Jr. And old Blue Mountain groomer Danny in from Mt. Hood.

Took it pretty easy on the first few runs to see what was what and check out the snow conditions, which was a few inches of fresh here and there with some hard pack around.  Rode the lift with some Calgary natives who told us that we were lucky coming this week as the mountain was pretty barren just a week or so ago.  They had just got about 12” last week which covered everything nicely.

Lapped the Silver chair a few times and found some wind blow. By the tree line which made for some fun.  It felt like home as there were racers everywhere!

Got bored of the Silver chair and headed down to lap the Gold chair.  The lift line had bumps galore, so we lapped that a few times.  Decided to head to the Monster Glades and found ample stashes of powder in the trees.

Broke early for a snack and since it was the first day and still had to drive to the house, grocery, beer and edible shopping.

Peaced out around 2 and headed for the house in Canmore.

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

That is quite the house woooo