Thursday, July 12, 2007

P to the paddle


Last weekend our friends Catherine and G invited us on a 2 day kayak trip down the Red Deer river. After a good breakfast, we rented the kayaks, loaded them up and drove to innsifail where we would put in for the day. The river is not really fast water so we had a nice time enjoying the scenery, telling some stories and having a pretty relaxing time before arriving at our campsite for the night on a small island.
The next morning we had some coffee and quesedillas before heading off down the river to Catherine and G's house which is literally right on the river. Our bellies where staring to make noises so right after washing things off with the garden hose we went for a great dinner at a Japanese resteraunt called Shiso. We said our goodbyes, stopped for a timmy hos and shot off towards canmore very content and relaxed from a great trip with good company.

Sunday, July 01, 2007

Black Feather Canyon

Yesterday Michelle and I joined our friends Catherine and Sean and shot up to Lake Minnewanka where we hiked a few kilometres on the wide lake path before branching off on a lovely side trail leading through the forest and soon after, Black Feather canyon itself. The Canyon boasts some of the nicest 5.10s any of us had done in a while and we had a great time climbing them before moving on to something a bit harder. All day the sun shined down on us and we couldnt believe how lucky we were to have the place all to ourselves on the busiest weekend of the year!