Westerns day 2- Training day

Waking up on Wednesday training day allowed us to see what a gorgeous setting we are in.  A large pine lodge which is part of  Ness Lake Bible Camp.  We are surrounded by huge pine trees and huge amounts of fluffy snow hanging everywhere.  The director of the camp was great to stay up and receive us when we finally rolled in close to 1:00 AM.  NOT a typo.  This brought our travelling day to almost 24 hours factoring in the time change.

The Waterfront Lodge, at Ness Bible Camp

View from our Lodge.  Not hard to take!

You were left hanging while we were in Vancouver airport last evening.  Here is a quick summary . . Propellor plane . .kind of small (foreshadow) . .dark, snowing, collect vans . .skis don't arrive . .fill out forms . .drive in dark . .rural roads . .Prince George doesn't seem to believe in clear road signs . .bad maps. . Not great directions . .Ben navigates us despite the factors against us . .small winding snowy roads . . .finally arrive!  Fall exhausted into bed.

How fortunate that we had that extra day thanks to Pauline's planning.  So we adjusted our plan to accommodate allowing the team to sleep for 8 hours and also to allow for a drive into PG to pick up the ski bags which thankfully did arrive eventually.  Bonus we now have a significant $$ amount from this further westjet inconvenience which will be applied to the next team trip.  Hmm.  Strange way to fundraise.

Well we finally got to the Caledonia Nordic club.  Wax trailer is good, sharing with Yellowknife and Saskatchewan.  Course is hilly, technical downhills, virtually no flat except for stadium area.  Similar to birch I am told,  "but harder".  LOTS of snow.  Snow to spare.  Apparently that's the norm for around here.  Learn to wax for piles of fresh snow to come here.

Pre- ski and rest was the focus of the day.