It's official - we've seen a bear! BUT the elusive mounties are no where to be found. It was raining yesterday morning and we set off on a waterfall hike - 12km up over the hills and up to the inkpots. We walked through dense forest areas and the canadians were walking with their bear bells ringing - these are like christmas sleigh bells so the bears can hear you coming. The only thing we saw was a squirrel. Then .... about 25m from the car park ... we saw a b...

Hi It's Tuesday morning and we're just about to go down for breakfast. There's a machine to make your own waffles (Becky would love it) but we haven't sussed how it works yet. Apart from the waffles, it's all healthy stuff - fruit yoghurts cereal - no bacon and eggs. We went walking yesterday to Lake Minnewanka (stop sniggering!) - Andy had his photo next to the sign - captions for this photo on a post card please. Part of the trial have been closed because ...

Hiya Good flight - miles of ice, snow and glaciers slowly turning a little green and then, from nowhere, you could see Calgary. The fire service were at Calgary Airport with a really fancy fire truck - I've got pictures Dad. We collected a Ford escape 4x4 - only 2000 miles on the clock - leather seats and all the works... Andy's in his element - the irish lad who helped us with the car is out here for the summer whilst studying at Dublin University (they're...

Hiya Good flight - miles of ice, snow and glaciers slowly turning a little green and then, from nowhere, you could see Calgary. The fire service were at Calgary Airport with a really fancy fire truck - I've got pictures Dad. We collected a Ford escape 4x4 - only 2000 miles on the clock - leather seats and all the works... Andy's in his element - the irish lad who helped us with the car is out here for the summer whilst studying at Dublin University (they're...