Saturday, August 1, 2015

Summer photos - July 2015

A collection of photos from this July....for posterity's sake.  Mostly short 2-3-4 day camping trips within a 1/2 day drive of Calgary.  As well as a few scrambles and hikes.

Al, Ramon and Steve at Moraine Lake after scrambling up the Tower of Babel.


Gull Lake


The new way to carry bikes....on the roof.  Works very well....hope I don't run into anything.


Cowtown lookin' all grown up.

Off to Taylor Lake to overnight.  5km one way.


Taylor Lake



Great toy for the kids......





Lake Sikome....R and C in the foreground


Sample of the topics covered in Ramon's grade 3 class this year.



Wasa Lake BC

Ramon the tour guide

Wild onion and Saskatoons



Whitefish Montana, 4th of July


Dad relents and pays 180 CAN for a hotel in Whitefish


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Glacier National Park Montana




Cowtown

Ramon in action going up the Tower of Babel

Room with a view on the Tower of Babel

.....and a couch to boot

Note the squirrel in the window....or is it a TV?

Yoga man Al...praying to the mtn spirits


Been there, done that he says

Local city Nan King cherries

Inside an ambulance at Stampede

Carla Ramon and Jefferson

Cowgirl

Picklejar lakes

Fresh....

Kinbrook Island provincial park


Same beach as above 6 hours later


Dinosaur provincial park

Alberta badlands



C-level cirque with Nancy the Pastusan 



Maybe they'd do well to add LISTEN






The Chief in Montana....just across the border

Near the summit of the Chief


Prince of Wales hotel in Waterton


the Chief the next day from Alderson-Carthew hike

Mt. Alderson

Carthew lakes...20k hike



More cowtown in the summer


World's largest truck....so they say.


Surveyor's lake.  Kikomun Provincial Park BC



In the new tent

Less than 1 minute to put up.



Island lake above Fernie BC








Monday, June 1, 2015

Carla at the beach - Gull Lake

Carla having toooooo much fun at Gull lake last weekend

Latest gaggle of pics

Just a rag tag collection of pics from the last few months.  Things you see at the zoo.  You sure jump when your under these things and they start moving!

Just another rock I'd like to climb this summer.....in the Roger's Pass

skateboard park salmon arm

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Mr. leaf blower


Nakiska with the kids

Their first black diamond run



Apres ski...kananaskis river

Carla in the front yard...the lure of running thru sprinklers

Ramon on his home made mini go kart...with roller blade wheels

Kids having dinner outside....still need to replace the cement pad

La mami maruja on skype

y el papi mon

happiness is fresh papaya, plantain and cherries

Bloques.....

Maria on the left in the neon orange singlet....came in first

An Argentinian fan

With Mayor Nenshi of Calgary

Here comes...........



Ramon on Mt. Baldy




Opening the summit register

Gull Lake/Aspen Provincial Park


Campsite facing the beach at Gull lake

sunset



sunrise

Shallow and warm...perfect for the kids


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Carla looses her first tooth!

First Crocus of the year


Greens before.....

...the sugary slurpee


Family run 5km.....Mama won it and came back to get us

Saturday, April 4, 2015



Backside gullies-best skiing on the planet!  Runs 124-132 all day.  Last time I skied the Lake was 88?  Hope my legs will carry me to the hot tub this morning......that was the workout of the year for me!