Ski Week: Day 1 -- Where is the snow?

Prévisions à court termeÉmis le : Sam 31 déc 2011, 5:14 HNE

	Samedi matinMatin : 6 h à 11 h59	Samedi après-midiAprès-midi : midi à 17 h 59	Samedi soirSoir : 18 h à 23 h 59	Nuit de samedi à dimanche	Dimanche matinMatin : 6 h à 11 h59
	Pluie verglaçante	Nuageux avec averses	Bancs de brouillard	Plutôt nuageux	Ciel variable
Température	-3°C	3°C	1°C	-4°C	-3°C
Vents	SE 10km/h	SE 5km/h	O 10km/h	O 10km/h	S 10km/h
Humidité	93%	100%	93%	93%	93%
P.D.P.	70%	70%	40%	30%	30%
Pluie	près de 1mm	près de 1mm	-	-	-

It's very nice this morning. We didn't have the freezing rain we were expecting. We got woken up by Mathieu coughing a lot, and then by plows going up and down the street around 5:17am (I know 'cause that's the time I looked).

We'll leave the house in the morning to go skating in Magog. The city itself hasn't changed much. It still has the townships look I've grown up with. There are a lot of English speaking people on the skating ring near the lake. While everyone goes skating, I stay around Mathieu, trying to help him improve is technique.

If he doesn't look enthusiastic, it's normal, he's not having that great a time. As you'll see tomorrow, skating is currently not his sport.

We go do a huge grocery when we come back. Back to the chalet Pascal cooks an incredibly good bird for supper, with the help of the kids...

Supper is really good. It is accompanied by an ever excellent  Gevrey-Chambertin 1er cru that's just perfect for the meal.

Afterwards we have a little party where everyone dances, especially kids. We can even see a tender moment between Sabrina and Ben.

The kids and the adults had a great time dancing. But the coolest was yet to come. After some dancing the kids spent 10 minutes in the spa, enjoying the water. After the hot water, they passed out sometimes between 9:00pm and 10:00pm.

They'll go to bed and we won't hear a squeak from them until the next morning, 6:30pm.

Happy New Year Everyone !!!

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Ski Week: Day 0; Canon Fronsac 2000

Short Term ForecastUpdated: Fri, Dec 30, 2011, 7:49 EST

	Friday MorningMorning: 6:00 AM - 11:59 AM	Friday AfternoonAfternoon: 12:00 PM - 5:59 PM	Friday EveningEvening: 6:00 PM - 11:59 PM	Friday OvernightOvernight: 12:00 AM - 5:59 AM	Saturday MorningMorning: 6:00 AM - 11:59 AM
	Few flurries	Scattered flurries	Scattered flurries	Freezing rain	Freezing rain
Temp.	-15°C	-9°C	-9°C	-7°C	-3°C
Feels Like	-24	-16	-16	-	-
Wind	NE 20km/h	NE 25km/h	NE 20km/h	NE 10km/h	NE 10km/h
Relative Humidity	71%	79%	92%	86%	93%
P.O.P.	40%	60%	40%	90%	70%
Rain	-	-	-	close to 1mm	close to 1mm
Snow	less than 1 cm	less than 1 cm	close to 1 cm	-	-

We're enjoying a week of skiing. To do this we're preparing all our food and ski equipment so that we don't need to take care of it during the week. Where's the snow?

We got ready for skiing, skating and winter activities all morning, and Suzanne took care of food and clothes. The Escape was well packed, but it was packed to the brim. We made it here at 5:00pm. It's a great place.

A nice fondue supper with friends, two wines, one good, one great and then a quick crash at 10:00pm

The wine is just amazing. Well balanced, mature, you could almost describe it as wise, it just ends a very good day.

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Even the mouse is cold; Peanut Allergy

Short Term ForecastUpdated: Thurs, Dec 29, 2011, 5:00 EST

	Thursday MorningMorning: 6:00 AM - 11:59 AM	Thursday AfternoonAfternoon: 12:00 PM - 5:59 PM	Thursday EveningEvening: 6:00 PM - 11:59 PM	Thursday OvernightOvernight: 12:00 AM - 5:59 AM	Friday MorningMorning: 6:00 AM - 11:59 AM
	Sunny	Sunny	Clear	Cloudy periods	Cloudy with sunny breaks
Temp.	-16°C	-13°C	-14°C	-17°C	-14°C
Feels Like	-27	-21	-21	-25	-23
Wind	W 30km/h	W 30km/h	W 20km/h	NE 15km/h	NE 20km/h
Relative Humidity	71%	72%	78%	77%	72%
P.O.P.	0%	0%	0%	20%	40%

It's nippy this morning. Even the mouse is cold. And we're going skiing today. To mont St-Garceau. Up North. Two hours away. It's okay though we're going to have fun. Sabrina starts the day with a book, of course.

We get on the road about 8:00am, all anxious to be there. Passed Laval we start hearing the "Are we there yet?" and "Is it far?" but it's okay, we're on our way to ski on a hill that's twice the size of Mont St-Bruno, in St-Donat. We'll get there two hours later.

It's actually a nice little mountain. While the cold is bitter it's still livable and the first down is really nice, with both kids skiing down very steep hills like pros. From on top of the mountain we can see the beautiful lake whose name escapes me right now...

It's amazing how skewed the pictures are. On the last one, on top of the red line we can see the lake which from our vantage point was really low. Nice view.

On the second down, halfway through, Sabrina started complaining that she was not feeling well. Because Mathieu needed to move, he and Suzanne continued to the chalet while I stayed with Sabrina, waiting for her to get better.

She got worst.

She had nausea so we got close to the tree line just to make sure she didn't throw up on the middle of the slope. She was feeling so sick that...

... yup, she got a free ride down the mountain in a sleigh. It took her a while to get better at the infirmary but a good dose of oxygen and a good sleep in the car and she's now 120%.

The ski monitors were very nice, both were from Montreal skiing with their kids while helping others on the mountain. They helped Sabrina a lot, plus she was also examined by a doctor. We don't know what happened, but it's very similar to when she gets a wiff of peanut dust or something like that. Goes from happy to sick and tired in a few moments, then feels like throwing up.

Four hours of driving... two runs down the mountain.

These holidays we've found a new level of appreciation on how serious Sabrina's condition is.

Search Results: December 29 , 2011Montreal Downtown

Max Temp: -13.9 °C

Min Temp: -18.4 °C

Mean Temp: -16.1 °C

Precip Accumulation: 1.2 mm 

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