Sutton Ski Week

We're just back from our ski vacation and Reynolds-Coats family get-together in Mt. Sutton, Quebec. As you can see from the photo above, taken on the last day, we all had good time and, despite some of the difficulties of living in close quarters with 3 small ones, the week was very successful. My thanks and congratulations to Laurence and Odile, and Gord and Prisca for their parenting of the wee ones.

The weather was remarkable in every way. We started off with very normal winter weather. Then, on the Tuesday, a whopper of a snowstorm dropped at least a foot of powder on the mountain. The skiers were in heaven! But Wednesday dawned to the sound of dripping. The sun was out and spring was in the air. Someone said it got to 10 C. Then Thursday, more snow and some freezing rain. Friday dawned wet, wet, wet, followed at noon by huge winds, snow and dropping temperatures. A couple of us dared the chair-lift in late afternoon but nearly froze. They had to shut down the chair because of the winds. Finally Saturday came, our last day, and it was below -20 C with a wind that cut right through you. Time to scuttle back to Paris!

We shared everything from cooking to cleaning, to shopping and child-care. Everyone pitched in, from the smallest to the biggest. Lots of games were played, we were entertained many nights by the Canadian perspective on the Winter Olympics in Torino and otherwise kibbitzed and shared our experiences and stories.

In photo: Front row: Charles Reynolds, J. Richard Owen, Tabbatha Owen, Catharine; Second row: Odile Bancod-Reynolds with son Samuel in lap, Laurence Reynolds with son Matteo in lap, Dawn Reynolds, Prisca Reynolds Wiley with son Findlay in lap; Back row: me, Lucy Coats Owen, Francis Reynolds, my two sons, Charles and Alexander, Gord Wiley and Archie Owen.

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