Like nomads, but with more stuff

Our plan Sunday was to do all there was to do at Lake Louise. It was our first time out there, and again Alex whined and complained ...

We celebrated President's day with our first overnight in the Rockies. We stayed in Canmore, at a hotel that was 15 minutes away fro...

So, I'm not really writing an ode. Although it would rock. We have had experiences with Yak Trax but it was nothing like the joy th...

A fun thing to do when the weather gets down below -30C is to make your own snow. Just get some boiling water, pour it into a cup and throw...

A phenomenon we had never even heard of before our move is the magic that is Canadian Tire. They do in fact sell tires (I wasn't entire...

I guess four months in a house (one of which was away) isn't TOO long a delay for discovering the charming park around the corner. I ca...

This was definitely a birthday for the books. The mantra of the day for the kids was "Kind, loving, agreeable" - meaning if their...

In the nearly 20 years Terry and I have been together prior to Calgary I can think of five ER visits: each of Alex's broken arms, when ...

Our first attempt at hiking the Rockies in the snow didn't go all that well - the temperature was significantly colder than predict...

We got a decent snowfall overnight and the kids played outside most of the day. Using the snow they shoveled from the walkway as well as al...