Like nomads, but with more stuff

COVID-19 has not made the same deep inroads within Alberta that it has in other places. We have been watching the rest of the world, making...

Our very first snowshoe adventure was in Finland, back when we were posted to St Petersburg. It was amazing, magical, so very much fun. W...

Looking for open ice places to go skating, I stumbled upon the Bowness Park Lagoo n. Having no idea at all what to expect, we packed up o...

Across the street from the Consulate in Olympic Plaza there is a fountain that is made into an ice rink in the winter.  It is free to u...

Our low key Monday was meant to focus on a ski slope in Canmore that had a sledding hill and skating rink. We figured we'd have some...

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...