Friday, January 7, 2022

3 days in Stoke heaven

Revelstoke. Longest vertical in North America: 5,000ish foot drop.  All lifts are high speed, unlike Kicking horse or Panorama.  Spent 2 of 3 days chasing powder.  Looking south from the top of Stoke chair.







Mount Begbie? and the Columbia river
Stoked to be on his phone 😂


Hiking up to the sub peak
....almost there buddy!
On the sub peak



Grandma Lori's first meal at the Jade Buffet since Covid started.
80 years old/15 years old

                                                                      Nutz!!😂😂😂


 



Papa struggling in the Pow


Ramon's magic trick

Nov/Dec 2021

New additions to the family.  Ron and Bean.  Ron from Harry Potter and Bean ...well...because he looks like a Bean!  Although Guinea Pigs, Cuy as they are called in Spanish, are a source of food in Southern Colombia, Maria has reasurred Carla that Ron and Bean will not served for dinner.
....but hell, we'd kill ya over nothin'    Just outside NW Calgary city limits.
Dunno
Mr. P Porcupine on my walk to work.
Through thick and thin.....
Somewhere in Calgary, snoopy lives!
Carla's fresh bread
They sure love Romaine lettuce....and have moved from the basement to Carla's bedroom and have now taken over the dinning room.
Yup....he's a big boy now
City of cyclists :)
Weaselhead

First real tree after 7-8 years of the plastic one we keep in the basement.
Dia de las velas
Gordon and Kelly came down from Whitehorse to buy a new vehicle and for Gordon to enjoy a feast at Red Lobster
Good thing they don't bite fingers!  They just nibble a bit.

This GP prefers homemade empanadas
The Regal Cat Cafe.  Cat petting for $10 pp for 30 mins.  10-15 homeless cats.
Vaughan and Kendra's new townhouse. No back yard to mow, as they have the mountains out the back door to play in....located with a quick exit from the city.
Vaughan on Ha Ling
...on Prairie mtn in -30C
Big Horn on Lady Mac
Vaughan heading down Lady Mac.  Las tres hermanas in the background
Tabernac on Prairie in about -20C
Papa in the rock garden on Lady Mac
Vaughan on Lady Mac, admiring the 3 sisters
Ramon....#8
Spot Ramon.  3rd row up, RHS on the end
Carla and mama running Edworthy Park XC
My great, great grandparents on my mom's side of the family.  My great grandmother on right. Late 1800's  Not sure where the photo was taken.  Otto and Emma Blume.  A google search turns up Saxony.