Lake Minnewanka, Canada - 9th January 2010
By: smaug
Hi Mum!
Over the last couple of days temperatures here in Calgary crept over freezing point for the first time in weeks, it was really nice and warm ! To take advantage of this unexpected spell of summerish weather, today we went for a hike around Lake Minnewanka...where temperatures were not that summerish at all .
On the way to the lake we met again the elks.
Since they are often at this spot along the road, we decided that they are probably paid by the park tourist board to attract tourists , but they are cute, aren’t they?
As you can see the lake was nicely frozen...
...and the path wasn’t in much better condition.
At one point we had to cross this frozen stream that looked quite slippery...
...and the little bridge crossing it didn’t give us much more confidence.
But somehow we got across, and ended up at this junction where we found this sign: grizzly bears !!!!
Smaug said that we were not entering that area today and, anyway, all the bears were likely to be asleep for winter. I hoped he was right. Eventually we reached our destination, a bend in the lake about 10km from the parking lot.
Here you can see the “beach” behind me,
The lake looking upstream...
...and downstream.
Everything was frozen or covered with snow. On the way back it was getting a bit darker so we didn’t take any more photos and, luckily, we didn’t meet any grizzly.
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Posted Jan 10, 2010, 7:56 pm
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Calgary, Canada - 10th January 2010
By: smaug
Hi Mum!
Today we said goodbye to one of the guests here. Nathalie is moving to her next host in Russia so we all gathered together to wish her a safe journey .
Maybe I’ll meet her again somewhere around the world .
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Posted Jan 11, 2010, 12:54 am
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Calgary, Canada - 15th February 2010
By: smaug
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Posted Feb 27, 2010, 9:07 pm Last edited Feb 27, 2010, 9:08 pm by smaug
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Calgary, Canada - 21st February 2010
By: smaug
Hi Mum!
Tomorrow Lucy K will travel to her next host, she is going to Lithuania . So tonight we gathered together to wish her a safe trip .
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Posted Feb 27, 2010, 9:55 pm
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Calgary, Canada - 16th March 2010
By: smaug
Hi Mum,
Today we said goodbye to Michel who is travelling to his next host in China, how exciting ! We all wished him a safe journey, hopefully it won’t take too long for him to get there .
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Posted Mar 19, 2010, 2:46 am
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Calgary, Canada - 24th March 2010
By: smaug
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Posted Mar 26, 2010, 5:39 pm Last edited Mar 26, 2010, 5:47 pm by smaug
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