May 14, 2012 Hitting The Slopes, Eating Weird Things, And Other Goodness Some months back, Mike’s mom, Ruth, and his sister, Michelle, came out to Alberta for a visit! It was so great to see them,…
July 28, 2011 Random Camping At Running Rain Lake – Day Three Sunday was another gorgeous day, starting with sunshine and blue sky first thing in the morning. We all got up and made coffee and…
July 27, 2011 Random Camping At Running Rain Lake – Day One & Day Two Over the weekend, we were fortunate enough to be able to take Dan and Kerri on their first backpacking trip (which coincidentally ended up…
July 18, 2011 Adventures In British Columbia: Wildhorse River & Yoho National Park While I am normally a planner extraordinaire, Micheal is more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants kind of guy. This makes going on trips together…interesting, if not…
July 12, 2011 Backpacking In Peter Lougheed Provincial Park One weekend, not so long ago, Mike and I found ourselves with time to spare and no solid plans (a rarity to be sure)…
June 6, 2011 Camping With The Kids: Radium Hot Springs Edition – Day Three & Day Four On our third day in camp, we got up bright and early to have breakfast, which consisted of bacon and cinnamon buns (cooked in…
May 24, 2011 Camping With The Kids: Radium Hot Springs Edition – Day One & Day Two Yesterday afternoon we returned home after a long weekend camping excursion into British Columbia with the kiddos. We camped near Radium Hot Springs at…
April 21, 2011 Our Weekend At The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel Last weekend Jay invited Mike and I to join him and the kids in Banff for a couple of days, and to spend the…
April 12, 2011 We Are Headed To Banff This Weekend! My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing – Aldous Huxley I know my recent updates have been a…
September 9, 2010 Lake Luellen: Day Three – August 2010 Sunday morning was blessedly warmer than Saturday morning had been, and when we hauled ourselves out of our sleeping bags at 7:30 am there…