Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Jan-Feb 2020
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| Grandma Lori getting new lenses, with the same 40 year old frames! |
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| Mom in her bliss: Chinese food at Yans |
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| Happy 79 mom! |
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| ...and some strawberry shortcake birthday cake |
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| A Vietnamese restaurant has finally opened in Salmon Arm; she still prefers Chinese. |
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| The Goose flies up vertical walls so fast, that dad can barely keep feeding out the rope! |
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| Mike offering a toast to the Mtn gods |
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| On Ha Ling, with Lawrence Grassi in the background |
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| Met the venerable Bob Parr on the way down....a gazillion lifetime ascents and still going strong. |
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| Al and Lynne microspiking up to the rockgarden on Lady Mac |
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| Finally broke down and got a TV....a smart one at that. Then Ramon's friends gave him their old PS3 for his B'day and Uncle Darren and Tia Karen gave him their Wii |
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| Carla got a sewing machine to practice what she is learning at sewing club at school. Oddly, there seems to have been an influx of pillows proliferating the house. |
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| A fine winter's day on Prairie Mtn. |
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| Mike takes a snow dive. |
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| 2 Days at Fernie! |
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| He snowboards about 10% of the time. |
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| Magical morning light |
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| Ramon ready to hike up Knot Chutes |
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| Finally got a ride on the elusive summit Polar chair. Seems to open about 1 day a week?? |
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| Spectacular! |
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| ....and deadly |
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| ....and other worldly |
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| Apparently, Fernie has the highest cost of any Canadian ski area with regards to avy control. |
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| .....and so it has. Hopefully there are a few more trips yet to come. |
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| This is not the beach! They made it part way to Punta Cana, when Annette twisted her knee, getting off the plane in Cowtown. She left the hospital at 1:30am diagnosed with a torn lateral meniscus. |
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| But thru it all she grins and bears it. |
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| .....and then got chauffeured straight back back to Grande Prairie! |
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| 16,000 screaming junior high kids at an anti-bullying Hitmen game. (Bullying and Hitmen somehow go together?) |
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| Cowtown cityscape |
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| Thai restaurant |
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| Slush Cup in Edmonton. Ramon with some of his teammates. |
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| Ramon in action |
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| Bronze medal! |
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| Same weekend in Edmonchuck at the U of A Butterdome. Maria (on the right) racing young ladies less than half her age and still coming in 2nd in the 3000m at the ripe old age of 49. |
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| Weaselhead XC |
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Nov-Dec 2019
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| Mamita on her way home from Colombia |
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| Chef Goose |
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| Carla with some school friends |
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| Ramon checking out some virtual reality |
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| Such decadence |
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| Ramon going for it at Lake Louise/Paradise chair |
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| He's getting to be quite the skier! |
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| The Big Box |
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| Flames vs LA Kings |
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| Maria and Ramon, with Carla walking back up |
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| The cat/goose |
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| Castle mtn |
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| Wonderful painting at Castle mtn....Dr. Seuss type trees |
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| Taking a leap at Castle |
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| Mike flying along on snowshoes |
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| Carla trying out dad's new snowshoes. (First time I've been snowshoeing since high school.) |
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| Ramon is now officially a TEEN. |
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| Calgary city scape |
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| Calgary tower is now well dwarfed |
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| Prairie mtn yet again.... |
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| ....with microspikes |
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| The Big Fun Centre |
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| Hiking up Lady Mac above Canmore....to the small bump just beyond the helipad with...... |
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| .....Mike |
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| Feliz ano! |
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| The look of determination at the finish line. Maria won the Canadian XC masters division in Abbotsford and when then named Canadian masters runner for November. |
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