Canadian Rockies Chalet Canmore

... us great produce. We’ve been eating spinach and lettuce for the past few weeks and we also have eaten zucchinis and the odd tomato and I’d say we will get lots of tomatoes before we leave. Our peas just have flowers this week and the carrots are growing. Our potatoes
(14 hills) don’t have flowers yet so Buck, the owner of our house, will benefit once we leave.

With Cedar not doing well and the bugs being bad we didn’t hike much but we’ve continued ...

... was warm and sunny, cool in the breeze, beautiful views of the bow valley and the awesome Mount Rundle and Cascades Mountain! We took stack so photos and had gud laugh as we headed round the trail and then back to the hostel. We each had tea at differing times, Kell had decided that she was gona chill out for the movie night in the TV room, I said I may see her later. In the evening I was bored, Kelly was ...

It's snowing! Proper snow. You know, Snowplough Snow, Mountain Rescue Snow, Husky Dog Snow. Well maybe that is a little strong, but all the same it is August and this was not quite what we expected. But it is beautiful all the same and made for a very exciting wake up - we were just like children again! Bacon and Eggs seemed to be the order of the day, so ...

... the night. I was glad I did some hiking yesterday, since the party didn't tire me out too much. There were way more volunteers than we needed, so it was hard to find anything to do at all. I ended up joining the ladies who were selling the liquor tickets. They sold 5. Everyone at the party had comps, which probably cut into the sales. Carol-Lynn and Adrianna were fun company for the evening anyway. Adrianna was mentioning here voice lessons ...

... 7pm, and got a chance to grab a refreshing shower before dinner, but being the only kiwi on the trip I became the butt of most of the jokes at the dinner table that night. After dinner a group of us then procedded into town to celebrate CANADA DAY as being in a great place like Banff we sort of felt like we had to do something for CANADA DAY. Hit two bars which became pretty packed when the fireworks display had wrapped up, but when we got to ...

Szombat-vasárnap mindkét nap a Banff Sunshine Resort-ra mentünk csúszni, ami a Banff Nemzeti Park területén fekszik. Az út kb másfél óra kocsival, de a táj is fantasztikus ahogy közeledünk a Canadaian Rockies felé, meg egy csomó érdekes dolgot megfigyel az ember. Az egyik ilyen számomra felfoghatatlan, hogy mindenki piszok erős autókkal jár, 50 kilós hölgyek és anyukák egyaránt 3 tonnás truckokkal autóznak, aki ...

... incomparable to the feeling of being surrounded by mountains. Somehow it always helps to put life back in perspective. The size and weight of the mountains forces you to remember how small you really are in comparison to the expanse of life. (Actually, these days I feel alot smaller than I used to) How big could your problems really be...they might still be ...

... be in a hostel in town (known as the party hostel) until something becomes available in staff accom. So probably sharing with up to 7 others, not real impressed, but it is cheap - at $10/night. I am not sure if it is the same amount when I move into staff acoom, but I am then sharing a bedroom and bathroom with one other and kitchen and living space with probably about 8. I have signed a contract with the company until September next year. It is a ...

... river flooded and you couldn't go canoeing anymore. So off I went. Contribute $15.00 to the staff canoe pass, and I can sign it out whenever I want and go as much as I want. AWESOME! Grabbed a single kayak instead of a massive canoe once I got there and I was good to go. Ready to tan and ready to get my arms in shape and do some form of physical activity aside from speedwalking from home to job to job to home. Paddled up 40 mile creek just off the Bow towards Vermillion Lakes. The ...

... invited us ov** to the green table wh**e she and some Canmorian friends drank, so they could join in our game. We listened. Because I suspected Lindsey and I had a strong rapport mounting, I bullied Johnny and Adam into letting me sit by h**. Sorry, guys. Some times it's okay to be a bully. Now sitting with six new guys and two new girls, we swtiched to a drawing game known once as "Justin's Game." We took turns penning small drawings, then passing the pap** so ...