Furthest North Winter has snowballed to a close. It was a great mini get together/con if I do say so myself. I enjoyed spending time with old friends and meeting new ones.

Friday-We were off to FN Friday evening after dinner. Seeing how I forgot it was Valentine's and how I wanted to get going, we stopped by the Timmie's before leaving. It was close by, so it was the natural choice. After we finished eating, we packed into the car and headed to Jasper. The ride was less than eventful. It felt long, probably because I was so eager to get there. We arrived in Jasper and met up with  qb89dragon who was our roommate. I don't even know what else we did that night other than a brief suiting.

Saturday-Breakfast was at Smitty's. I ordered the Meatlover's Skillet since it looked pretty good. It also looked more appetizing than the last time I set eyes on it when I was very sick. I have to say, it wasn't bad until I tried the bacon. It tasted quite...old. After everyone was done, we went to meet everyone going for the Ice Walk. After somehow piling 7 people into  mblade's truck, we started the hike. It wasn't a bad hike. The sights were beautiful, the water cold. How do I know the water was cold? Well,  grael-dragon and I slipped into the river, upto our knees. Fortunately, my socks and boots created a wetsuit effect and I was good until I got back to the hotel.
We soaked in the hot tub for a bit, much to my reluctance. I have to admit, it was mildly disgusting by the time we got out. the furry soup film was starting to form...yuck. The poker session with Kenta, QB and Dr J made it all better.
Dinner was interesting to work out. We went to the Brewery expecting to be included for dinner. However, only 12 people were booked. So, a bunch of us went to find dinner alternatives. The place we went to was deserted. We sat down and waited for our meal. I have no idea why the place was deserted as the food was quite tasty.
Afterwards, it was off to suit then hot tub...in the cleaner hot tub. We had a Card Against Humanity session in our room after. The night ended with tons of laughs.

Sunday-Man, morning took a bit to get going. I woke up to :qb89dragon: drying his hair in the bathroom. Well, that works, I wanted more sleep anyways. Just my luck  kenta knocked on our door to wake us up. Sadly, Grael was feeling sick. QB went off with Kenta to start the ski day early while I attempted to get the black dragon out of bed. I gave up and started attempting to salvage the internet situation...that didn't work either. Luckily, at this time, Grael asked for Tylenol and mouthwash. I went downstarts to the shop to ask for some, then got sent to the pharmacy to get some. I came back, gave the stuff to Grael who promptly passed out. Well, for pity's sake, I'm hungry. I poked him, told him I wanted food and went downstairs to the Smitty's. I ordered the seniors egg and waffle without the egg. I was happy with that. I polished that off and went to poke the dragon again. He rose from the dead...reluctantly.
We packed up our skis and headed to the Timmie's to get the dragon something. Grael ran into  sabredragon and  zaelgolin who happened to be going skiing as well. Finally, we headed out to the ski hill. After getting gouged by park gates (what a rip off!), we arrived at the hill. Seeing how many cars lined up, I was definitely hesitant to go skiing. But, paying the park fees, I figured, I'm in this far, gotta go to the end. On one condition, that we find a decent parking space where I don't have to carry my skis a football field length away. I'm a wuss and the skis are heavy! Fortunately, we found a parking space.
The ski day was started off with a few green runs for my sake. I get really cranky if I don't get my warm up runs before hitting anything more difficult. I have to say, that was the scariest warm up run I have ever done. Nice long weekend=kids...lots of kids. The bottom of the hill was a warzone. We miraculously met up with QB, Kenta, Phoenix and Ryuu. Phoenix was pretty tired after her first half day of snowboarding so she went back to the hotel. I learned that waxed skis make quite a difference as I was left behind in the dust. It was a good thing as we found Zael and Sabre. They told us a funny story of how they got to the hill only to realize they had left their skis and snowboard back at the hotel lockers. Oops. We stayed with them for the rest of the day. It was decided that we are to stay mid-upper mountain to avoid the crowd. We did one test run, and up the mountain we go. Gosh, it was tiring for my lack of fitness. After 2 runs down the knob, I could not go on. Taking it easy on my right leg has taken a toll. Fortunately, it wasn't nearly as bad as that weekend where I found I would swerve in one direction suddenly. After getting down the mountain, I wobbled back to the car...
Back at the hotel, it was to the hot tub. No furry soup this time but some REALLY loud and obnoxious hot tub partiers. Holy crap were they horrible to be in the hot tub over. I'm pretty sure smoking is prohibited. The hotel staff were very quick to leap on someone who threw a cigarette out. They certainly weren't quick to go at the people smoking pot next to us. One person even had to leave our hot tub due to sickness from it. Of course, things got better when they were kick out (or attempted to be). The manager said that he's gotten complaints about them, anything from noise to staying in the hot tub too long (6 hours). One girl burst out "Is it those animal people complaining?". Oh god...I burst out laughing...oh god. Time to go...hahahahahaha. Dinner was decided to be at Jasper Pizza Place. I got the lasagna I was craving! We headed back to the hotel, went to the hot tub and suited (I handled). Then it was off to bed.

Monday-Wake up was bright...and early. QB took awhile in the bathroom making me think that he had left the lights on before leaving. Then I heard something from the bathroom. After he left, I went back to sleep and woke up a few minutes before check out. Good thing I had packed the night before. We were just about to head out when we ran into  drjackal. He looked tired to say the least and grave. But, the guy always looks a bit mopey. Still, we recruited him to help us pack the car. Wheelie tote is the best thing in the world! Almost everyone appeared to be gone home already or in the process of it. We met up with Kenta and Lyosha for breakfast. Breakfast was awkward as everyone was feeling exhausted. Still, I wanted to do some shopping. It was warmly met by all as we all needed an excuse to wake up. We went around Jasper for an hour before someone became exhausted. Ride arrangements were made and we headed back home.
The ride back home was nice. I drove Grael's car back. Mind you, it's been awhile since I had a long drive like that. It also doesn't help that I tend to be a slower driver.

Overall, that was FN. It was definitely a unique get together. I would definitely reattend if given the chance. However, there are a few points I was less than impressed with. I'm a furry, the wi fi SUCKED. I mean, it's BAD when FurAffinity works better than Google and my email. Nothing really says "Hi QB" quite like him walking into our room to me screaming at my laptop like the Aventura Penguin. Hoooooonk!