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We camped with some friends at the Little Elbow Equestrian Campground in the Elbow Valley. It was a fantastic weekend with plenty of activity, and some relaxation and great food too. Highlights included hiking the Nihahi Ridge Trail, visiting Forget-Me-Not Pond, and barbecuing some great steaks over an open fire.

The forecast was for rain all day at home, so we checked the weather in the mountains and found out that it was going to be somewhat nicer even as close as Canmore, so we all piled into the van and headed out. We went to Canmore and did the Grassi Lakes hike, which is [...]

Here’s another one from earlier this year. Way back in the spring I bundled the kids into the car and took them for a drive out to West Bragg Creek and Kananaskis. We ended up at Elbow Falls and went for a nice hike and had a picnic lunch there. Elbow Falls is a very [...]

Another family hiking trip, this time to Chester Lake in Kananaskis. We did an approximately 10 km round trip, including 320m of elevation gain. Andrew walked all the way up to the lake, but got a ride (and a nap) in the backpack for part of the way back down. It was a beautiful hike [...]

We took Andrew to Nakiska for his first day of skiing. They don’t make skis or boots small enough for him, so we just shoved his feet into Melanie’s old boots and stood him up on her old skis. He loved it! He never fell and he just wanted to go faster. I wonder where [...]