Weekend Free Time

After 2 days with The Calgary Board of Education we earned our weekend getaway to the mountains. We woke up to a snowy landscape on Saturday morning and with some trepidation I took to the wheel and headed north west (we think!). The roads had been graded with a combination of dirt, gravel and salt and weren't too bad as long as it didn't get too slushy. I found a fellow cautious traveller, tucked in behind and just followed!

We stopped in at Canmore on the way to our ultimate destination, Lake Louise. We walked the Main Street, it was very cold close to 0C. On to Banff, where we did some shopping - some warmer clothes to suit the 'arctic' conditions was in order. We arrived at Lake Louise late afternoon and the weather had cleared so we were keen to get some photos of this picturesque spot while we could.

Sunday morning two of us headed out early for a hike, -16C I might add, thank goodness for the purchases made yesterday! All 3 of us returned to Lake Louise in near perfect conditions to update our touristy photo shots with the sun at a better angle. We then travelled back down to Canmore to try a new adventure - dog sledding! The best part was actually driving your own sled, not many companies allow this but it was so good to be in control, it really added to the challenge! Not to mention driving the sled over a frozen lake.

Sunday night back in Calgary and we are preparing for the next four days in schools. Colleen has done so much work in setting this up for us, we don't intend to waste a minute!