Lake Louise

This weekend, we got away for a short break into the Rockies, staying at the Chateau Lake Louise Hotel. The hotle is very opulent, and the view from our room was incredible (right).

Lake Louise as seen from the ski slopes.

On the way back, we we very lucky and saw a moose, standing in a stream 70-80m from the road. Sadly, a passing local informed us that it was stood in the water as it was trying to evade a wolf pack which was hunting it. A closer look at the photo shows a red wound on one of it's front legs where the wolves had already attacked it. Apparently they were waiting beyond the treeline, ready for the moment that the cold forced the moose from the river.

Cypress Hills

Harrys had his Nana visit for a couple of weeks, so is getting plenty of cuddles & attention. Plus we're getting the help with the washing, hoovering, cleaning & cooking!!

So after a week confined to Ralston, we decided to venture to nearby Cypress Hills this weekend for a much needed change of scenery. We left Saturday morning with the snow starting to fall. By the time we got to our destination the snow was getting quite deep & driving conditions were quite interesting. We hoped the drive back wouldn't be so bad. However the snow continued throughout the night meaning we had to dig the car out before we could come home.

Olympic flame comes to Ralston

Amid much hype, the Olympic flame came through Medicine Hat and Ralston village yesterday, en route to Vancouver. Not very exciting, really - just a bloke with a torch!

photo updates (for now....)

we have at long last opened a 'Flickr' account in order to publish all of our photos online. See right for link. Blog willl continue, but Flickr page will have more photos on it. Enjoy!!

Harry's big day out

Yesterday Harry had his first day out. We wrapped him up, and put him in his sling under Sam's coat, for a wander around snowy Banff. He was very well behaved, although didn't seem very interested in the magnificent mountain vistas.

More Harry pics

Henry Edwin Bailey dob 07 Dec 2009

As anyone who follows this blog will know, the long-awaited Harry Bailey arrived on the evening of 07 Dec 09 (2030hrs Mountain time), following a surprisingly short labour of 3.5 hours duration. Mother and baby are both well, although Sam could do with some sleep! Left and below, the rare sight of Harry sleeping peacefully.

Pretending to be a Tellytubby.

Here comes wind!!

Phew! Even I dont like the smell of that one!!