I was gifted a lovely cheese basket...
by our son...
who likes rolling cheese more than eating it!
While we were road-tripping along the east coast...
he was involved in the Canadian Cheese Rolling Festival in Whistler.
It is the craziest and largest events of its kind in the world...
where contestants chase an eleven pound wheel of cheese down a steep mountain slope...
with hopes of winning
the wheel of cheese or season ski passes to Whistler Blackcomb.
The event is hosted by Dairy Farmers of Canada...
promoting BC and Canadian cheeses.
Through his involvement with the BC Dairy Association...
Jeremy has been involved as both a roller and a participant for the past few years.
Yup...
that's him in the orange striped rugby shirt in the center of the pack.
He survived to tell of it.
The cheese wheel is sent on its way by the roller...
and careens down the slope at 60 miles an hour.
The racers chase after it.
No one ever catches it!
The cheese lands up against a barricade of hay bales...
and the first person across the finish line is 'the big cheese'.
There are men's and women's divisions...
and apparently thousands show up to watch the event.
It's just as well that I never knew about it until it was over!
I do know that my cheese tray has something to do with his involvement in the cheese rolling event.
The cheese needed to be shared...
and I found the perfect occasion to do just that.
We had some friends over earlier this week.
We nibbled on cheese...
...and celebrated a special occasion.
Having friends over is a good excuse for up-dating the decor.
It's looking a little more like autumn over here these days...
in keeping with the weather.
The corn is off the fields...as of yesterday.
It's all good.
