Spring Break has been fantastic. We ventured off the island for the first time since we arrived and headed inland about 500km to the okanagan district of British Columbia. The drive there was simply stunning and so diverse that you could be mistaken for thinking we have traveled through 5 different countries. The drive was really easy and like Mt Washington we were pleasantly surprised by the short 20min drive up to the ski village from the main highway.

We went to a ski resort called Silver Star for 7 days of skiing (which is alot for an aging body!) Silver Star Resort sells itself  on being very family orientated and we would have to agree. Our lift tickets gave us access to the tube park and ice skating. The apartments we stayed in had movie nights and games nights for the kids. The village itself is beautiful and so very colorful.

Shem and I enjoyed some lovely time while the kids had lessons – making the most of the great weather and well located coffee shops

While it would have been nice to have more snow this ski season, the warm days were really nice to ski in and if Mt Washington had not closed we would probably never have come to SilverStar which would have been a great shame – so it has work out well really.

While the temps were warm and the snow between icy and slushy – it just felt like home. The benefit was that there was not many people up on the mountain and we had many runs to ourselves. Of course the kids had no idea that this was not normal as they have nothing to compare it to. While the kids are each posting on their own blogs about this holiday, we wanted to post their videos here too as we are so proud of how much they have embraced skiing and made the most of our short time with snow.