As melted snow runs down my gutter, I feel pressed to post this entry on our February trip to the mountains. Amber had a great idea on how we should spend a Sunday: attend the Ice Sculptures Competition at Lake Louise. We arrived at around 10 am and the kids got to do some ice … [Read more…]
2001: Shave my head for the first time, work as a youth pastor at Red Willow Community Church in St Albert AB (Events: Just Shoot Me, Gerta’s Eclipse, and fall retreat in Nordegg), canoe the Mackenzie River in NT, camp at Elk Island National Park, attend plays at the Citadel Theatre, travel to Halifax NS … [Read more…]
As I watched George Bailey dream and then watch his dreams slip away to responsibility over and over again, I was reminded of all the dreams that I have abandoned or watch fade. I was going to be a classical guitarist and then become an orchestra conductor but my hands began to cramp up and … [Read more…]
While waiting in Kelowna airport on a layover on my way to Calgary, my buddy Mike was waiting in Calgary airport on a layover. We connected over Facebook and started chatting. We discovered that I was going to arrive about 5 minutes after he left. I asked him if he was into hiding something in … [Read more…]
8:15 PM: Descending into Vancouver on WestJet Flight 437 8:22 PM: Touching down at YVR 8:31 PM: Walking through the terminal to the SkyTrain. 8:46 PM: Boarding the Canada Line at YVR-Airport towards Waterfront. 9:11 PM: Exiting SkyTrain at Waterfront Station 9:16 PM: Departing Waterfront on the SeaBus 9:28 PM: Stepping off the SeaBus after … [Read more…]
Amber and I spend a glorious couple days and two nights in Waterton Lakes National Park (or the Waterton Glacier International Peace Park) for the 10th anniversary of our marriage. Neither of us have ever visited the park, so we are eager to take in as much as possible. We also splurge for the occasion … [Read more…]
My mom has been raving about the Canmore Folk Music Festival for a years now and we were finally in province for it this year. I’m glad we were! The great blues musician Matt Anderson (from NB) played a couple workshops and we were excited to see him. We saw him last at the Vinyl … [Read more…]
It still feels a little strange telling people that we spent a week vacation in Saskatchewan. We don’t have any family there and we live 60 minutes from Banff. The province does take its share of derision, second probably only to Newfoundland. The facts that it is so flat and boring and sparsely populated do … [Read more…]
Since first touting this microbrewery pub in Regina when I met him 2 1/2 years ago, Chris finally had the opportunity to take me to visit the legend in the flesh. Monday night, our last night in Regina, I spent 3 or 4 hours at the Bushwakker Brewpub. Brian bought us a sampler tray which … [Read more…]
The Qu’Appelle Valley in Saskatchewan was once the political centre of the province and the milieu for many of the treaties signed with First Nations in the 19th Century. The valley itself was carved out of the prairie by glacier some time back and it is made up of a string of lakes connected by … [Read more…]