Say hello to our new family member!

It was quite a busy day yesterday. We took possession of Sarah's new ride. We've bought a new Ford Ranger. Sarah has always wanted a little truck and with that Ford Employee Pricing going on last month, it was too good to pass up. So it's a brand new Ford Ranger Sport, Supercab, 2 wheel drive, 4.0L V6, 210 hp.




So yesterday we took it for his 'maiden' trip to the mountains. But first we went to see the house. The house is looking great. This time around we had gutters all around on the outside. And the concrete foundations had that 'stucco like finish' that I talked about in an earlier post. On the inside a lot has changed too. The first coat of paint was on. Looks fabulous. Also the railing on the stairs was in. That looks very good too. The casing around the bathtub was in. And there was a trades person in doing preparations to install the doors. He was attaching a million hinges to the insides of the door frames.
After visiting the house we drove to Banff. Enjoying our little truck on the highway. I was surprised about the handling of 'Roger' (o yeah we've named him 'Roger the Ranger', sounds good eh?). We strolled around in Banff. Sarah bought some really cool winter gloves. And around 6 we drove to the third Vermillion Lake. I wanted to do some sunset photography of the Mount Rundle and Sulfer Mountain. I found a perfect spot. I installed my gear and 20 minutes or so before sunset, 9 other photographers joined me. It was quite busy. But I had the best spot. Lesson of this is kids: better come an hour early then 10 minutes late!

The sun touching Mount Rundle at sunset. Sulpher Mountain is to the right. Notice the light is still warm and yellow.
By now, the sun has set. Notice how the light changes to salmon pink.
The sun has now set for about 10 minutes or so. The sky turns purple. That dark purple region on the lower left (in the sky) is actually the earths' shadow.