Variety is the spice of life… After almost a month skiing in Fernie and with very little snow it was time for something different. Our friends Jody and Gabe drove us to Kimberley for a day at Fernie's sister resort. When we arrived the clouds had rolled in and the resort village hung under a thick grey blanket. Visibility was going to be a problem. We rode the express chair to the top of the runs and as we climbed I couldn't help but smile. We broke through...

First impressions..... It was an early start to the day and a long bus ride that eventually brought us to the small town of Fernie in British Columbia. We've chosen to stop here for two months to take on an extremely important job, officially titled 'ski bum'. Lucy was very excited on the bus, wanting very much to look out the window most of the way. What she got was a tour of middle-of-nowhere Canada; the bus stopping at every small town and outpost between C...

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! We were thrown in the deep end on our first night in Calgary. Christmas Carols at the Woodwards (our generous hosts for the week)! I rarely sing in public, mostly because the resulting noise is something that could hardly be called singing, but there was no escaping the hijinks planned for the evening. Lucy did her best to join in, but mooses don't have the best vocal chords for singing. She opted out after the first song, leaving...

A female moose with antlers. Hmmmm….. We decided to pick up a mascot while in Toronto. We're getting bored of photographing each other; there's only so many ways one can pose in front of tourist attractions! So Lucy has now joined us for the ride. As you can see from her happy snap, she's a moose in a Toronto/Canada hoodie. She also has antlers which is a characteristic of male moose; I liked the name Lucy Moosey though, so she's defying nature! So far, Lucy...

Maple Leafs, Niagra Falls, beavers, moose and snowboarding. This is Canada! Flying north of New York we noticed a significant increase in the amount of white on the ground. Its regularly cold in Canada and temperatures can drop to the negative 50s if the conditions are right; we were a little nervous! It was definitely colder than New York when we landed, but luckily for us the colder weather was mostly in the west of the country. We were fortunate to be stay...