Hi all,

Here is the link to the article I wrote for The Chronicle about Remembrance Day in Canmore, Alberta, Canada.

http://www.thechronicle.com.au/story/2011/11/11/karina-baigrie-remembrance-day-canada/

Lest We Forget.

We enjoyed a slow morning of packing and even ate lunch before leaving the condo since we didn’t have to rush out; just as well since we really had a lot of organising to do.  Today we driving to Calgary to our airport hotel and the only major thing on our (my) agenda was to go to the Canadian Tire store so I could spend my vouchers; obviously since the shop is ‘Canadian...

What did we do whilst in Canmore, Alberta, Canada for one week? 

• Stared at the Rocky Mountains from our condo and from every direction! Here are the Three Sisters.

• Hung out in the comfort of our condo and watched movies.
• Had a dinner party with one of Steve’s workmates Nicole and 3 of her friends with the most decadent dessert ever, Brownie Delight. Here is the link to...

My alarm just went off at 5.45am on a Sunday morning in Canmore.  No, I’m not going to an early riser’s church service or to work but I am partaking in a cultural experience of sorts; in fact I have done so for the last 3 mornings.  What am I doing you ask?  It’s called ‘lining up for freebies’ at the opening of the new ‘Canadian Tire’ store in Canmore; the first 100...

I was woken early by the sound of people talking in the adjoining dorm room so I got up and ate breakfast to start the day and started the process of showering, packing and moving out again.  Today we were driving to Canmore to set ourselves up for a week in a condominium.  Hooray a home for a week with a kitchen, laundry, two bedrooms, lounge and gas fire and use of a gym...

We had thought about driving to Jasper and back to Lake Louise in one day and spend three nights in the Lake Louise Hostel but since it was going to be a huge day of driving to get to Jasper and back I asked about changing our booking so that we could stay in Jasper overnight. Lucky for me the guy working at the hostel was Aussie and friendly because he said we should have...

Banana pancakes were a great way to start our day before driving back up the mountain to Lake Louise to see the Chateau. We had to stop and wait for a road block to open so for 10 minutes the boys got to jump in some snow and play with their new snow disks for tobogganing.  When we arrived at Lake Louise there were only about 3 cars and 1 bus in the car park; I’m sure in...

I woke up early in our motel room.  The clock said 7 am and then I remembered it was daylight saving time was over so now it was only 6am – bonus time to get online and work in quiet. Everyone started to stir so we got ourselves ready for a biggish day of driving from Lethbridge to Lake Louise.  Our motel had a continental breakfast with make your own waffles and the...

Here you go Nanny, a photo showing where Harris’s teeth fell out from.  Can’t believe he lost two in one week – the first in Mandan, North Dakota when he was 9 and the second in Waterton Lake, Canada when he was 10! What a busy week!

Farewell to beautiful Waterton today.  We saw ourselves off with a huge choose-off-the-menu breakfast that could have fed 2 families of 4.  The boys each had a Ranger’s Breakfast of 2 eggs, 3 small sausages, 2 pancakes and a skewer of fruit and somehow managed to eat the vast majority of it.  Steve and I had eggs benedict on bagels with hash browns – I love it when I don’t...