Yeeha?!?!?

I attended my first Westerner Days this past week and it was nothing like what I expected... if you refer to last week's post Westerner Days you will see what I expected to see. And here is what we actually did.

We played in Giant Bubbles

Went to the Midway

And went to a Country Concert

So absolutely nothing like what I expected but still a pretty good time :)

Cheers

CN

Westerner Days

I may not be a "Westerner" but I do love me a good exhibition, and one of the pretty awesome things about Westerners is they L-O-V-E their Stampedes and Rodeos! Every town has one so pretty much every week or weekend there is a display of western pride within an hour's drive and a guaranteed good time. This week is my city's turn to display it's chuck wagon racing,

http://www.thestar.com/sports/article/837399--horse-deaths-have-many-questioning-stampede-chuckwagon-races

 bull riding,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bullriding.JPG

"YEEHA-ing" skills with what is called "Westerner Days" this means that my coworkers suddenly come to work dressed as cow people, and everyone hauls out the oh so expected stetson and cowboy boots.

We kicked off the celebrations today with a 2 hour parade, and now that it's over I wish I had thought to snap a few shots. But tomorrow I am headed to the midway with Michael's sister and children and I am hoping for a very good time... maybe even an extra long weekend to work out some of the sillies I seem to have that are really keeping my mind away from the paper work I should be doing :s

Hoping to have some Westerner Day photos for next week!

Cheers!
CN

Road Trip!!!!! (Part 4)

Here are some videos of the drive from Moraine Lake back through the maintains.

It was a beautiful trip! Everyone should do it once... and maybe pop in for a visit with me!!

Cheers!

CN

Road Trip!!!! (Part 3)

On our way back to Banff we took a little detour to Moraine Lake.... probably the more amazing than Lake Louise! It was so beautiful I just had to kick off my shoes and walk in to the freezing Glacial Waters!!

I climbed a pile of rocks to get this view (sorry about the Blair Witchiness of the tape)

Still a little more to come! Check Back tomorrow for the final Installment!

Cheers!
CN

Road Trip!!! (Part 2)

After leaving Banff we headed deeper into the mountains to Lake Louise.

So amazing! Just pulled over to the side of the road because I just needed a picture...

 or two..

or three!

Lake Louise Village!

Walk towards Lake Louise

So beautiful!

I wanna go canoeing! 

The water is so cold! I just needed to touch it!

Fairmont Lake Louise from the parking lot

Still more Pictures and Videos to come!! Check Back tomorrow!
Cheers!
CN

Road Trip!! (Part 1)

This week my parents came to visit while on their drive across Canada back to the East Coast. While they were here we made an attempt to hit up the Calgary Stampede....

But that turned into a bit of the Gong Show (which I pretty much expected) so we decided to drive a little further west and visit Banff! This was a first for all of us and here is a little bit of what we seen.

Fist View of the Mountains

View from the Hotel Room

Yummy Caesar from Wild Bill's on Banff Ave

Onion Bites!!

and Cheese Plates

Biggest Nachos of LIFE!!!

Banff Ave

Room View

My feet shot from the room with a glass of vino!

Morning view! It was a crisp 2 degrees!!

Check Back tomorrow for more pictures!!!

Cheers!

CN