Weekend adventures

Two weekends ago (Sunday 23rd) we decided to go to the Columbia Icefield. No, the Icefield isn't in Columbia like the name suggests. It's about 1,5 hours north of Lake Louise on Highway 93. It's one of those popular spots that – when the weather is perfect – can be awesome. We have been there four times before and every time the weather was bad. So now this was going to be our fifth time and all weekend we were keeping an eye on the weather. This time the weather was cooperative though, and we decided to take the $45 snowcoach trip up the glacier. Needless to say it was an awesome experience. First, those snowcoaches are really fine examples of superb enginering and second, standing on a glacier is an amazing experience. The temperature up there was really cold... wow what an icy wind.
So especially for you I've done one of those 360 degrees panoramas again so you too can enjoy the wonders of nature.

ATHABASCA GLACIER (click and drag mouse)


Last weekend we went hiking again! This time it was the area around Lake Louise. We did the trail to Mirror Lake and Agnes Tea House. It is so beautiful up there and you are so close to the mountains. It feels almost like you can touch them. Then we pressed on to the Small Beehive. Wow that was a pretty hard hike. Well I don't like going UPhill, but I like going DOWNhill. Why, I don't know. It has always been this way. Even as a kid I would run down a mountain. ;) For Sarah it's the other way around. So going uphill, I'm always out of breath and shouting (whilst on hands and knees) to Sarah 'PLEASE SLOW DOWN, I'M AN OLD MAN!'.
Conquering the Small Beehive made us curious what the view could be on the Big Beehive. So, we went uphill again. And o boy was it BIIIIIG. On top of the Big Beehive there is a little hut (I don't have pictures of it) but people were leaving their names on the wood there for ages. There are signatures from 1923 and even one from 1919 (with the full name and address of the individual). Pretty cool! The view on the other hand was being blocked by trees.
I think we did close to 15 km in total. We were tired and last night we slept very well! On to the pictures!




First picture is Mirror Lake. Second picture is Lake Agnes. Third and last picture is the view from a top of the Small Beehive and the Big Beehive. You can click all pictures to see bigger versions.

So what about the house I hear you ask. Well we were there on Saturday. The siding was almost completed. But we won't show you pictures yet! We want it to be fully finished before we unleash the pics. It looks stunning but that is the only thing I am going to say. For now, we will show you the inside. Since the rough-in has been completed the trades men were busy starting on the drywall. Seeing the rooms of the house without the fact that you can see through walls made a huge difference. We are both really excited about the house. It will look awesome!




So what do we see? First picture is the view in the living room. From approximately the area where the raised eating bar will be. Second picture is the view from the second floor looking down the stairs. Third picture is looking back from the master bedroom to the bonus room. And the last picture is the view from the master bedroom looking at the bathroom and the hallway upstairs.