Things Are Off to a Good Start...

See that picture? That is the shifting mechanism of our car.
Yeah, we broke the car.

I was teaching Jon his first lesson in manual cars, we were happily bumping and stalling along (ok, a little frustratedly). When all of a sudden, the darn thing just popped off! It looks like a good whack with a hammer will be able to reapply the shifting stick to its rubber base, so don't worry. We didn't buy a faulty car. The whole thing just came as a bit of a surprise.

So after the test drive, we went out with our friend Amy.
This is a picture of Jon and Amy sitting at a table in a restaurant/bar called "Basekamp." We had pizza with lamb, minty yogurt sauce, potatoes and pumpkin pieces. It was pretty good, actually.


I'm so proud that I am actually uploading pictures now. Here's one from July first. Canada Day. Most of those people in this picture are the people Jon works with. They are what we call the Woofers, or people that work at "The Park" for free accommodation. Three of these people were European travelers just passing by for some good skiing. We are wearing those hats because they came with the bottles of Canada Dry that we consumed that night.

Ok guys, ta ta for now.
Jalissa