Cam and I spent a few nights out in the Blaeberry area, just 10km past Golden. We had camp fires and good drinks, and a bit of outdoor activity...with a few friends. We stayed at my girlfriends buddies place. Ken. He was building a cabin out there, it was not done yet so we stayed in trailers.....
A lot of snow was falling in the mountains
We arrived and joined up with Andrea and her husband Mark, and Ken who owed the land...
We stayed in our own trailers which were heated with Propane tanks...and a little fire wood on an outside campfire would help too. Plus a little game of pass the pigs would be our entertainment.
We shared some good wine, a pasta dinner and fresh bread from Field BC.
After a night of drinking and running out of propane in the middle of the night, we headed out to the base slopes of Kicking Horse Resort. We paid our dues to go for a ski, but found out Nakita could not join us....sad really.
Andrea and I posed for a photo while at the Cross Country lodge at the Kicking Horse...the snow was so beautiful.
The view from the X country lodge. Cam was ready for the activity of the day.
After the day of skiing, we stopped at the local Golden pub for a beer....
Ken, our gracious host was into the festivities.
After skiing, we stopped at the local hardware store to pick up some toboggins to drag behind the ski-doo....this was going to be our New Years Eve fun...
Fun we had, pulling those sleds all night....ok, really only until about 9pm. We needed some cushions for the bumpy ride. Andrea and Mark got dropped out.
Cam and Andrea were the most frequent riders....Helmets and protective gear worn by all.
After a modest evening of sharing drinks and good food around the fire, it was time to clean up around the camp. HAPPY NEW YEAR>
It was time to do the dishes....The only dish water, was the snow that had to be heated up on the fire. Mark, Cam and Andrea cleaned up after us all. Nakita after barking all night at the dark shadows of people, was happy to see the light, and it was time to head back to Calgary. The snow started to fall, and we made it back only hours before the highway passes were closed for days due to snowfall....
Just a gorgious day in Bowmont Park. The ice rafts getting all caught up along the bend in the river. The temperature was hovering around zero.
It was the laziest thing we could do.....was just walk for a few hours
Nakita likes to run circles around us. K
Andrea, Jen, Shannon and Jodene dig into the food of the night.
The girls gabbing. Andrea, Jen, Alica and Rebecca all enjoying some good conversation.
Everyone taking in some sushi, chocolate and their favorite wines...
Red was the theme: For Valentine's day. A little late, but never too dull.
Karen and Karen....taking the last photo of the night....good night, and I will wait until the chocolate headache hits me in the morning.....
We were suppost to go up to Storm Mountain, but ended up following the snow to Mt Burgass. We would head up from the Emerald Lake parking for staff, and up to the base of the Mountain.
We were a the base of an upper mountain slope. Looks like it was a puffy snow wonderland...
Jeff, Adam and I posing for the camera
Tired and silly, the drive home was right at dusk and I just couldn't keep these two apart...look forward to the next trip. We headed into Canmore for a little dinner and beer, and headed home to be back by 11:00pm..and adventure.
A lot of snow was falling in the mountains
We stayed in our own trailers which were heated with Propane tanks...and a little fire wood on an outside campfire would help too. Plus a little game of pass the pigs would be our entertainment.
We shared some good wine, a pasta dinner and fresh bread from Field BC.
The view from the X country lodge. Cam was ready for the activity of the day.
The gals, all dressed up and nowhere to go...notice the lovely table oraments now apart of our outfit.
Got to love the celebrities, Dave Kelley from the A-channel hosts our parties....nice guy.
Cam and I loving the company and the drinks
Jen and Andrea, showing how to use the menus for face masks, Lets just say Jim Cuddy was a little mystified by the masks.
Our headlining band..Blue Rodeo. Could not ask for a more fun group of guys to play for us...what a night...
Cam decided to show off his gear with a sharp new style.
The dinning room gets to hold all the furniture for a while, take a look at the couch....thank god that one is gone now.
Then it was onto the bathroom. A Large 3 person tub, with a shower setup...yikes
So we started to rip out all the baby blue tiles. Also with that came the wall too....ooops
Not much left....oh yeah...next was the floor....That was tough work
