Everyone slept like rocks but awakened early thanks to the plentiful windows in our B&B. We sipped French press coffee and munched on a selection of meat, cheese, homemade bread and yogurt. Darin had the brilliant idea of getting each of the boys their own smoothie, and a quart of chocolate milk. Many more liquids than normal were consumed at breakfast (this becomes a critical detail later in the story.). Cards were played. Pilates was practiced. It was spring skiing conditions, which meant there was no hurry to get out on the mountain.
The clock read 10:50 as we started our first descent down Revelstoke. We were expecting spring skiing conditions (icy), saw unexpected fresh powder from the lift (queue excitement), and were ultimately disappointed when the powder was simply disguising ice below. We took an early break after one hour to empty bladders, thaw toes, snack, and drink a Bloody Mary (if you were the sole female in the group😜). John admitted to wetting his pants (remember the overconsumption of liquds at breakfast?) I should have made that Bloody Mary a double😳. Darin purchased two large Vitamin Waters for the boys (this becomes a critical detail later in the story.). We dried as best we could and moved on.
After one run, Jacob and John both had to use the bathroom (Vitamin Waters are SO GOOD!). So they skied to the edge of trees on the run directly under the lift and took care of business. Jacob was able to do this in a discreet manner. John proceeded to remove his gloves, coat, pull down his overall style ski pants, pull down his base layer and underwear. He has the cutest little behind, which EVERYONE riding the lift was subject to seeing. Oh my....
Darin broke off to hike and ski a bowl, which turned out to be amazing, so we joined him for the second round. It was amazing and fun and our best run of the day!
The start of our hike up to the bowl.
After the hike up, with skies on and ready to eat up the bowl!
Near the bottom of the bowl—the best snow of he entire week!
The upper lifts were starting to close, so we worked our way back to the terrain park for two last runs before the end of the day. And then I heard John yell, “Mom! I need to go to the bathroom! This time it went down my right leg.”😳😳😳 Seriously? Disgusting. Gross. What is wrong with this child...and his father who flooded his system with various liquids? I said as much to him (feel free to send funds for his future counseling needs). At this point, Kenny felt nature call and skied to the edge of the trees to relieve himself. (Did I mention the delicious and hydrating nature of Vitamin Waters?)
It was cloudy most of the day, but cleared a little toward the end.
We skied in slushy snow to the gondola midpoint, convincing Jacob to wait and use the bathroom in the lodge by the gondola. (No—I am not even kidding about that!!) It was a relief to be headed downhill on the gondola and within range of modern plumbing!
Just before loading the gondola, I noticed two parasailers in skies. I was amazed/horrified as I watched them land. They had skied off the mountain thousands of feet above and glided down—AMAZING! How did they learn to do this? And what do their mother’s think?—HORRIFYING. I couldn’t decide if I should point them out to the boys and risk this amazing/horrifying sport becoming part of their future. (Feel free to send money for my future counseling needs). I threw caution to the wind and pointed out the parasailers. The boys were underwhelmed—I think they had to use the bathroom.
We hurried home to wash up the one covered in urine ( yay for Wee Wee Wednesday). Jacob and Kenny played outside with the neighbor kids. John, without coat and snow pants, was relegated to the indoors where he relentlessly pestered his parents to play card games. I redirected the card games to Darin—who was the liquid enthusiast and the root cause of the Wee Wee Wednesday drama! Our wonderful and gracious hostess offered us use of her washing machine.
We headed downtown for dinner. Quartermaster Eatery was a cool and hip restaurant with wonderful service and delicious food. The chef seemed to be especially fond of bacon. All the coaxing in the world wouldn’t convince Darin to try the dessert featuring bacon!? We played cards, Biscuit (a dice game) and relived highlights from the day. The boys drank record amounts of water. It was a great meal. We drove 5 minutes back to the B&B, and John declared as we pulled in, “I need to go to the bathroom!”🤪
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