HELLO!
it's 2130 saturday night and really hot, 6degrees - yes hot. Ash, Laura and I went to dinner at Earls I had Albetas finest ribeye which is poor in comparison to australian beef but dont tell a canadian that. We then skated around town and got taken to the downstairs of a shop to view a glorious array of specialty boards - i think i want to buy one. Banff is quite flat and compact so skateboard is a good mode of transport although the other week the ranger`told us off saying it was illegal to skate on a public road and a $409 fine.

On thursday we had a bit of a staff party starting off with a 4man team slalom (weaving through posts on skis or board) race with a 80s dress code. I was skiing and managed to beat one of the ski intructors, i'll never let her live that down. After some beer and hotdogs the bus took us back to town and shortly after banff was swarmed by trolleyed norquay employees dressed in tight fluoro. Friday was a sore morning for those who had to work but its an undeniable right as a lifty.

Well here i am seeing how i go with blogs the whole time ive been away theres been 1 email cos ive been enjoying my time away from computers and not having to write anything. Now i know im a dick cos people from time to time go "i wonder how saxons going" and id say some people dont even think that anymore since its pushing 7months since i spoke to some. So ive figured maybe ill manage to keep people updated through a blog where i only have to write little bits at a time and you can read it whenever you want, and yes sometimes ill grant you it will be boring like tonight i cooked chicken mushroom tomato pesto spagetti for dinner....who cares? i do, it was yum and its on my mind.
i just heard a train horn, thats an odd part of living in a national park here theres things like trains, horses and dogs that arent allowed in an australian national park. im used to the trains now and dont really hear them although theyre not common and its just background noise they are loud at night time because they need to scare deer and elk off the tracks. Some nights i swear the train drivers have competitions to see who can blow their air horn the most as they pass town.
snowboardings coming along well theres hardly a place i cant get down even little drop ins, huge bumps and near cliff faces ill hit but of course i have a infinite amount of room for improvement. ash and i went to kicking horse yesterday with patty, josh and jonny friends from work its one of the most challenging mountains your ever likely to go to so its awesome. we hiked up a ridge id done before and dropped in the back of the mountain out of the ski area to get fresh powder. i havent died yet life is good.
i think thatll more than do for the start of my blog. Furture blogs may get confusing as i mess up any sensible timeline by recounting past events of the last 6months and try and describe my life in banff; i hope to keep it mildly interesting.

and thankyou to everyone that sent me a happy birthday a few days back

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