Tess

Tess
Will somebody play with me?

Sonic

Sonic
Did somebody say "cookie"?

Rooney

Rooney
Gorgeous and knows it.

Sportz (RIP Dec. 2009)

Sportz (RIP Dec. 2009)
I'm the REAL boss in this house

Monday, April 21, 2008

Whistler!!!

So this was the very first time our team routine to Grease was done in public. This was the calm before all hell broke loose.

In this photo, we are doing a thing where we go forward with our dogs and the dog goes through the legs of the person we are passing. We are supposed to repeat this part twice with the reduced team size. Right after this part, Tess and Ali do a very cool thing where Lydia and I are doing a jive together and Tess is circling us counter clockwise and Ali is circling us clockwise. It looks very cool WHEN it goes right. Both of the dogs LOVE this move and begine to get very excited in anticipation of doing it. You can see Ali and Lydia right behind me with Ali straining to get going already. When we broke away for the jive part, Tess was circling us barking like crazy while Ali was running in HUGE circles around the entire group. We were cracking up, the audience was cracking up. I'm sure they thought it was all part of the routine except every once in awhile you could hear Lydia saying quietly but frantically, "Ali!! Ali!! Ali!!!!!!!!!!" It was hysterical and a real hoot. Everyone loved it.

Ok, so sometimes having a dancing dog has it's little perks and it's not always about the dog. While we were up at Whistler, we were put up free of charge in a wonderful place. The Nita Lake Resort is a new "boutique hotel" and spa in Whistler. This bottom photo is the view from the deck off our bedroom. Yes, that is SNOW and yes, the lake is frozen.

This is Nita Lake and yes, it's FROZEN and so were we.



This is Sonic and Tess lounging in our little sitting room in the resort.


This is another of the sitting room with a view of the fireplace and the 40 inch LCD television. That made Charlie happy. There was a television in the bedroom too. He thought he'd died and gone to heaven. A remote for each hand.


Tried to take a photo of the vanity and sink in the bathroom but the flash was picked up in the mirror. Guess I should've figured out how to prevent that before I took it. Oh well. I didn't say I was a professional photographer.





The bathtub was wonderful. It was round and HUGE. We could've gone scuba diving in it and the dogs could've had a much warmer place to swim. The louvered doors that you see on the far side actually open up into the bedroom and gives a wonderful view of the lake and mountains.
I tried to get a good photo of the shower in this place, but none of them turned out. It was huge and all slate tiles. It had a built in bench. The bathroom was probably as big as some hotel rooms.

I would go back to this place in a minute. The rooms were very reasonablly priced (even if we would've been paying for them). Maybe because it's very new and parts of it aren't finished. I don't know. It was wonderful to be able to step out of the lobby and get on the Valley trail to go towards Whistler Village or the other lakes. It was much quieter than staying in the village.
I'm hoping to get some photos of the after demo party at the Holiday Inn in Whister Village. Of course, maybe I won't be allowed to post them cuz after all, what went on in Whistler STAYS in Whistler.







1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So - what's going on lately???