Temp: - 12 degrees C, clear skies
Today was a lazy day. Only thing planned was some ice skating down by the chapel and wandering about the stores, riding in the sky lifts and anything else on offer. Hey! At least I don't have to fight Captain Hook. A simple handle, given a twist, and warm water. Thank goodness for the French Canadien ingenuity. We took the sky lift down to the bottom end blinded by the warm sun and white brilliance. The ice rink was open, but unfortunately the skate hire place was shut for today. Tomorrow it is. The girls decided they wanted to go skiing again so we headed on up to fit them out with gear.
Spent the morning wandering about the village taking photographs. A few stores are closed today, including the wine shop, but luckily I did manage to stock up a few days earlier. Met the girls for lunch at The Forge restaurant. Upstairs we sat near a window overlooking the square. The sun is warm through the windows and the signs of snow melt are well under way. More gravel has been strewn about the paths and the icy mush is giving way to expose some slippery ice on the paths and roadways. The cobble stone roads are gradually opening up to the air and drying off quickly under the warmer sun. A wind picking up is delivering clouds of silver specks from the rooftops and trees. Icicles, and blocks from the rooves and eaves drop occasionally. And if not dropping themselves certainly dripping water as you pass underneath.
At about 1400 hrs the girls had enough skiing and returned the gear. Once that was done we watched some of the entertainment in the village square before visiting some more stores. I purchased sunglasses to replace those broken a few days earlier. The girls looked for 'Le Photo' store where one of the photographers captured Hailey on the slopes. There were some nice photos but none of Sara. Sitting on the counter was a Contour HD helmet camera. I almost bought one of these in Australia before coming overseas as it it allows hands free videoing and is particularly useful for unusual camera angles. One the photographers took me through some of the video he had taken. Coupled with the good aussie dollar, removing postage fees and a good discount I purchased a camera to try out on the tubing that night. The photographer – Daniel lent me ski googles to attach the camera to. It worked well capturing some good video while tubing. Only problem was the camera not quite low enough, but hey it worked and lessons learnt for next time.
Dinner was at Casey's bar and grill. Great steaks and ribs with wide screen tv showing recent sports in every direction looked at. After dinner time for tubing. Snow tubing was fun. With a choice of single or dual tubes and two slopes to choose from. They are only short runs and the ride is over far too quickly. We arrived around 1900 hrs with lines only 10 or so people long. By the time we left an hour or so later the lines were 30-40 people long. Thankfully the lines move reasonably quickly. Young people can take the GTs which are tri ski devices kids kneel on and go down a snaking slope. Tube options include the single or double with most people opting for the double tubes. You can get a good spin on these but they go down the slope slower. If you opt for the single tubes they are faster but don't spin as easily. Not as many want to go single so this line moves quicker.
Lit the log fire in the hotel room and after taking some photos of the village at night settled in for a quiet night over some wine.
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