So Nelson-esque

Well, I think I officially became a Nelson-ite today. One might think I got my first bill in the mail at my new address, or maybe that I switched over my driver's license. In reality, I went and bought my first season's pass for Whitewater, the local ski hill. The talk in the town has been about ski season for sometime now, with conversations at dinner parties and around the office ranging from who's going to be riding what to how soon they think they'll be able to get their first turns in. I will admit while driving through the Salmo-Creston Pass on the weekend, I was checking the peaks to see if they'd been dusted with snow yet (just barely!) With the early bird deadline coming up at the end of the week it's only added fuel to the fire.
Last night, I did something else that seemed very Kootenay-like, and that was enjoy the Autumn Equinox while eating mooncake. The Autum Equinox is celebrated in parallel with the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival, which is also known as the Moon Festival and is a celebration of abundance and togetherness. Mooncake is a Chinese Pastry made from lotus paste and they usually have an egg yolk in the center. They're quite sweet, and very dense. Next time I'm going to have to remember to bring a thermos of tea to wash it down with! I also learned about the legend behind the autumn festival (which you can read about at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival) and found out about the rabbit in the moon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_rabbit) both of which are neat Chinese Folklore tales.