No Snow? How is that possible? Here we are in Collingwood, the land of Blue Mountain and its over 30 ski runs, and all they can manage is a faint sprinkling of dust over the landscape.
We were worried when we arrived in Toronto on the 21st and it seemed that we had brought the typical English winter weather with us (that's rainy and gloomy), but thought it wouldn't last. After spending a lovely Christmas Eve and Day with my brother and his partner without snow, we thought, it's got to get better than this. Boxing Day shopping and Orest's hockey game, still nothing.
Finally, it's D-Day, the 27th, the day we were meant to drive up to Collingwood to do some skiing. and we wake up to a mixture of rain and snow, but with nothing staying on the ground. So, no skiing. At least the hotel now has an indoor/outdoor swimming area with slides next door which we've already taken advantage of.
There is hope though, as we were on our way to dinner with Motria, Ostap and family, we could hear (and feel) the snow-making machines working full-blast as it had finally gotten as close to zero as it's going to get. By tonight, they should be on their way to having a few runs open.
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