On Thursday Nick had organized a round of golf at the nearby course where he sometimes marshalls and plays. However before golf the day started early as I went to the gym with Kirsten at 6am…having seen how seriously people work out I can definitely say that Whistler is the Boulder of Canada. Later we walked down to a nearby restaurant for breakfast with the dogs to get ourselves ready for the day. The weather again cooperated and, despite being a bit windy and sometimes chilly, it was an otherwise good day. While my golf was mediocre for most of the round (one par and a few bogeys excepted) it was a great day out on a very nice course in a great setting, and to continue catching up with Nick as we made our way around the course. I stopped by Bigna and Monika’s hotel to see how the patient was doing and the result was not well. A follow up with the doctors had resulted in a a recommendation that she get an MRI on her damaged knee – it had given her severe trouble overnight. Unfortunately that meant that the mountain biking part of her holiday was most definitely over. They would have to head to Vancouver first thing in the morning. While Monika was still sleeping due to the effects of the drugs she had been prescribed I caught up with Bigna over a few beers before heading back to the apartment to join Nick and Kirsten for dinner with their neighbours, Hal and Sue, who are long time residents of Whistler. Dinner was stupendous (thanks Kirsten!) and the conversation flowed well into the evening.
The Johnsons 