The previous day was a filled with travel for both Louie and I. We both ended up sleeping in a little. We also both wanted to stop and get some breakfast. I’ve heard decent things about Tim Horton’s, and there happened to be one close, so we checked it out. It turned out they only have 2 breakfast sandwiches bacon or sausage. I went for the sausage, but Louie got all amped up about the bacon, but was let down when he found out it was really what we Americans call Canadian bacon.

With our stomachs pleased, we got on the road. After driving for a little over half an hour towards some mountains we realized we hadn’t seen any signs for the places we were going. Louie pulled into a gas station to find out where we were and came to find out we had missed a turn back near Kamloops and had driven 50 kilometers in the wrong direction.

Now headed in the correct direction, we made our way past the outskirts of Kamloops and on to Sun Peaks resort. The whole time we were driving, there wasn’t much snow on the ground. We were both relieved to see several vehicles headed the other way with snow on them. Soon enough, the snowbanks began to get deeper as the road got windier and more steep. We pulled into the parking lot late in the morning, but ready for some action.

After getting our free lift tickets (thank you Warren Miller), we headed for the lifts and straight to the top. Louie conned me into checking out a double black diamond and against my mind’s better judgment, I hurled myself down without too much trouble. After that, everything seemed to fall back into place. The skis I had rented, were a little slower than what I was used to with my racing skis, but it still felt great to be gliding down the mountain.

I’m not too sure when it started, but all of a sudden some clouds started rolling in further up the mountain and pretty soon it was snowing. By the time we got back up towards the top, it was zero visibility and it was snowing like crazy. We couldn’t have asked for better on our first day out. It snowed the remainder of the day and we got some awesome fresh powder skiing in.

After a bite to eat on the way out of town, we made our way towards Kelowna. Oh, but not before a quick stop at the dollar store and EB Games next to the restaurant. Though I didn’t buy it, the greatest find was some “2 Fast 2 Furious Shampoo.” Yea, because when I think 2 Fast 2 Furious, I think great hair.

The motel we found in Kelowna had wifi which made us geeks happy. Though, by the looks out their outlet situation, they didn’t plan on 2 geeks staying in the room. Still, being able to go through the day’s pictures and video was nice. As a departure from our original plans, we decided to get up earlier the next day and do Silver Star all day instead of trying to make it to Big White later in the day. That turned out to be a great decision.