Home!

John, Jonathan and I left Whistler at 10:15 and made it to Kirkland around 4:00. We went through a strange blizzard in Vancouver that was completely bounded by the city limits. Huge flakes, falling fast. There was about 3 inches on the ground in the city, and none anywhere around it. John made me an espresso in Kirkland and I was on the road again at 4:30, and finally made it home at 7:30.
The kids were over at Tiana's having dinner and watching a movie when I got here. Susy and Moose were happy to see me. I was asleep before the kids returned, but woke up when Moose went crazy when they walked in the door.

Here's one of the photos Joan was nice enough to send me since I missed Andrew's winter formal date with Hailey Saturday night. The group gathered at Tiana's before going to Red Robin for the pre-dance dinner.

Whistler Poker.

David A. and Rick drove up to Whistler for the poker game, joining us just in time to prevent any napping after our second day of skiing. After a great dinner at the Dubhlinn Gate Irish Pub, complete with Guinness from kegs flown in from Ireland, we walked back to Bob's condo and settled down to coffee, poker, Scotch, cranberry vodka shots, and more beer.
I tripled my money, helped along by three separate four-of-a-kind hands, one of which was nice enough to beat out a flush and a full house. Very unusual, since I've only had 4-of-a-kind once before in ten years of the monthly game.