What a lovely day.....

Wow, this is actually really exciting! Although commented on Yesterday, today really is the first day you could actually call sunny here, and once again I'm trapped down in the village, only able to gaze up the mountain on the runs I would have to pay an extortionate amount to use today.

Still, the sun and lack of snowboarding lent itself to a rather pleasant photographic walk. Today I chose to head to the inappropriately sign posted Lost Lake. Very pleasant and picturesque, but I almost had to get down on my hands and knees to be allowed to use the paths, as it seemed to be being run by some cross country ski-ing fascists. Two skis good, two feet bad. Still, this didn't seem to matter to much, as soon as I started taking photo's at the lake, my camera batteries ran out.

Nevermind, I wandered into town and saw the main affect of cheap gas prices. The amount of single occupancy of cars was ridiculous. I carried out a little survey on the way into town, and I'm sure there seemed to be about 75-80% of cars that only had one person in them. And of course, being this side of the pond, the cars weren't little Honda Civics or Toyota Yaris', but nearly all of the mostly empty cars were absolutlely massive SUV's and pick ups, with huge V8's by the sound of it, the GMC Suburban and Chevy Tahoe's being the most popular choices.

Anyway, I think I shall pop off now - I've managed to finish the second book since I've been out here, and for me, finishing books this quickly is something of a record. I think I need to try and find somewhere to buy some new reading material.