Arduser pointed out when we arrived in Silver Star last night that we were basically on a vacation. We flew into Calgary, rented vans, and drove to Silver Star where we have a condo rented and plan on skiing every day. Especially since this trip is on our own tab and there are no coaches with us it does sort of seem like your standard ski vacation.

At first I thought it would be pretty exciting to be traveling without the coaches. We'd have to figure things out for ourselves, make our own decisions, pretend to be grown-ups. Then I realized with whom I was traveling: James Southam, Anders Haugen, Jeff Ellis, Kate Arduser, Kikkan Randall, and Taz Mannix-- the APU contingent of the Canmore WC team. Other than Taz and myself everyone is between 25-30 so it's a pretty mature group and I'm probably the only one who still has to pretend to be a responsible adult.