Falcon Crest Lodge Canmore

Well first of all, Les wanted me to let everyone know that the steering wheel has plumped up again and all is good. I also forgot to tell you that we made it into Canada this time with no problems. Last time you would have thought that we were a couple of criminals because they went through everything in the camper and the truck. It took them about an hour. We ...

... had formed a thin layer of ice inside....., so here we were first thing in the morning, the ground covered in snow, emptying hot water down the toilet to try and melt the offending ice. By this time Gary was nearly an icecle himself (and in a very good mood as you can imagine), and feeling like he needed another shower! Oh, the joys of camping ... won't be doing that again. Funny, now we think about it, we realise why nobody ...

... and have a bit extra in Montreal to look around. In my usual organised style I had a spreadsheet detailing everything (seems to be the only way I can get things sorted in my head sometimes) from dates, places, prices, etc!! I can hear Max giggling at this - he makes fun of me and my spreadsheets all the time!! So my days were spent researching and trying to get everything in order. Before Mum and Dad had arrived I had found a very good ...

... hike which did not require going down Kananaskis Trail, on account of the terrible condition it is in. He treated me like I was dumb not to expect the incline to be that rough. I let him know it was better the last years, and this wasn't my first trip through the mountains and those were Not normal driving conditions. I'm not sure why he was so defensive. Maybe 'cause most of the trails go down that way, so we complicated things for him. I was surprised ...

... so we didn't have any means to arrange a meet-up - he left me a note at the hostel, then I left one on his door (which he didn't see), and so on. Luckily our paths crossed the next day, and we filled the afternoon by drinking, playing pool, drinking some more, and eating! It was just what I needed... I had a quiet final evening at the hostel, chatting to a retired English couple who had done lots of travelling. The ...

... en masse. Two days, short but sweet, the children were sad to leave.. but my aching body told me we got the balance just about right! I was also relieved to leave all in one piece, as I was aware in planning our trip that any damage done during this early portion could spell disaster for the remaining four months... Rachel: The first day we arrived it was really sunny and it was really unusual there was still so much snow. Before we hired our ...

... being the first Monday when school went back, there was ************e on the slopes. We stuck to the one run all day and practiced our rusty snowboarding techniques and had a lesson in the afternoon. I had some amazing stacks during the lesson, and although I didn't do any permanent damage, I was pretty sore by the end of it! We have decided that we don't need any more lessons, we just need to practise and perfect everything we have been taught so far ...

8/23/07 HAPPY 29th BIRTHDAY CRAIGY! Well...Where to begin. Banff and Jasper are hands down two of the most amazing places on this planet. We feel that to truely experience what they have to offer, one would have to spend a few months here. We did the best we could to capture natural beauty in the pictures, but they definately don't do it justice. Banff is the perfect town. Everything is within walking ...

... find out about what made it so important. He is a link for some interesting information about Roger's pass: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/ index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA000 6908 Note that in the description at the bottom there is mention of the 16.7 km tunnel that is carved through the mountain there to reduce the grade for westbound trains. Everything was going along fine until we got to Golden, BC. In Golden we were told that the Trans ...

... bad. Teasing Julie was fun. Julie defended h**self by saying it was the oth** way around: the guys at the bar had come up to HER. Johnny commented that the guys she spoke of was a desp**ate, forty-year-old Indian man. Lat** on in the hijinks, Johnny also called a New Zealand** a "Kiwi." Oh, boy. Look out! Adam **upted just then like Mt. St. Helens. He (pretending to be offended) couldn't believe Johnny had used such a slur - "kiwi" - to ref** to a fellow human ...