Thea's House Banff
138 Otter Street Banff, Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, T1L 1B2, Canada
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I can see clearly now, the snow has gone
... kindly reminding us of New Zealand. We are both enjoying the terrain park and hanging out for some more snow.
Well that concludes another update, I have included a few videos and photos, some related and some not to this entry. When the Jester returns from work i'll enjoy watching him make dinner which he'll be doing for the next week as he lost a bet (he bet he could touch his tongue to his elbow) so until then, ciao for now.
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The Invisible Man
... to protect my face, but there wasn't much wind which was nice. There weren't many people there and I went on 4 different lifts on mostly blue runs. My snowboarding is going pretty well although I can't do so many turns on my goofy leg. I need to get some new boots soon because the ones I'm using are old and falling to pieces.
On Saturday the weather is set to hit zero degrees, which will be a 30 degree difference in less than a week. Unbelieveable!
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A Beginner's Guide to Snowboarding
... and fell down the exit ramp again! I’ve quickly learned that snowboarding is all about falling down which is why we wear helmets. Steffie was having a hard time trying to put the theory into practice so we took our time going down.
We spent the rest of the day just going down the same run trying to get more practice. By 2pm, Steffie was pretty tired so she sat our while I tried a few runs on my own. I went down the run in about 10 minutes which was pretty quick, but ...
Soft Snow Shuffle
... the colour of the lake had changed to a darker, deeper blue.
We hiked down the other side and back along the Plain of Six Glaciers trail to the end of the lake. After we passed 6 girls on horseback, it was a slushy walk back along the lake to the chateau for a hot chocolate. I fell asleep in the car on the way back and had a few more hours sleep before coming into work. Luckily the hotel is quite dead at the moment because it is the shoulder season.
Fun times!
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A Tale of Two Mountains
... there was a point Alan thought he might not make it but we ploughed on and made it to the top in a respecatble hour and a half. Alan didn't like the view from the top very much - it made his head spin - but he's not afraid - he just doesn't like them. We walked over to an old weather observatory which was really nicely done with half a kilometer of boardwalks laid out on the top of the mountain. The Gondala ride down was more ...


