We live in a beautiful country, and while the mountains are just one piece of that beauty, they are the piece that gives me peace in my soul. And Canada does them every bit as good or better then anywhere in the world. Since moving to Calgary we are just a stones throw from the mountains. Fifty minutes to Canmore, three hours to Fernie, 40 minutes to K country. We have been able to take advantage, despite the business of new jobs, making new friends and a new house (of which we are knee deep in reno's). Here's what we have been up to:
Jobless and homeless, we figured we might as well make the most of our time. Let's go skiing. Fernie, normally 6 hours away from home, was now just 3 hours from our doorstep. Well reknown for it's dumps of snow, Fernie excited both of us.
We left in the morning from Calgary, and got there with plenty of time for some snowshoeing, and crazy carpeting at Island Lake Lodge, an amazing place to snowshoe. Back country crazy carpeting... Some back country ski, we do this. Woot woot!
We stayed in a quaint little hotel, and got to bed early,anticipating the amazing ski day tomorrow would bring.
Beep, Beep. At the sound of the alarm we manage to roll out of our bed to... -35 degrees Celsius? What?! No, is that even possible? We can still ski right? Ski? Is that even a thought anymore? This is crazy! Whatever. I'm going. Sigh... ok let's do it.
One run... The cold rolls over you in seconds as you fly down the empty, well groomed runs. No more. This ski day is going to have to be postponed, in favour of anything else...
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| Annie's eyesicles at the ticket window |
Here are a couple of pictures of the day, which turned into a little photoshoot before we headed home from our mini trip to Fernie:
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