Hi Viper fans! We are back from our last road trip of the regular season during which we played the Quesnel Millionaires and the Prince George Spruce Kings. We left on Thursday afternoon and arrived in Quesnel around 9 pm. The bus ride took a little longer than expected because of all the snow on the way up. We watched a couple of movies and slept for a while to pass the time. When we finally arrived in Quesnel, it was snowing really hard and it was extremely cold. Apparently it was -20 degrees Celsius, which is about -8 degrees Fahrenheit for those of you who are American. After getting unpacked in the hotel, everyone pretty much just took it easy in their rooms and went to sleep. When we woke up the next morning, it was snowing just as hard as it was the night before. Nobody wanted to leave the hotel, so after breakfast most of us went back up to the warmth of our rooms. We stayed in Quesnel on Friday night after the game, and then made the trip up to Prince George on Saturday afternoon for our game against the Spruce Kings. I thought I would never be colder than I was in Quesnel, but then we arrived in Prince George. My hair froze on the three step walk from the bus to the rink door and it was not much warmer inside the rink. After the game it started snowing again and we knew that it would be a long trip back to Vernon. We finally pulled into the Wesbild at 6 am Sunday morning. Overall it was a successful road trip for our team. We were able to come home with the four points that we needed to keep pace with Penticton in the Interior standings.
This week will be really important for our team. It starts off with a home game against Merritt on Tuesday, and then two more home games on Friday and Saturday. It would be great to get as many people to these games as possible, so that we can support the VJHF Tower of Care.
