There and Back

Our trip through the Rockie Mountains to the Fraser Valley of B. C.

Driving from Calgary towards the mountains was quite daunting to say the least! It felt a little crazy that we should be entering them in the depths of winter.

The scenery was breathtaking, though, even more so on our way back yesterday. The sun was shining bright and there was a fresh, thick layer of snow on everything... (except the road, thankfully!)

There were so many of these waterfalls in a beautiful frozen blue/green color, many of them huge and right along the side of the road.

These were the road conditions for most of the way there... not too bad...

until we got to Hope, B. C. and then it was slushy and slippery. We were thankful it was still light out and that it wasn't snowing!

We arrived at around 2:30 on Dec.24th and as soon as we got there it started snowing like crazy! Here is a picture of my parents yard... looking out their front door.

Christmas day at my parent's. Standing on the dike looking towards the Fraser River.

My sister, Racheal, tobogganing down the hill on which I broke my hand.

My parents' place... so beautiful. We had the whole basement to ourselves... it was wonderful.

My oldest brother, Steffen, rigged up this sled to pull behind the Kaboda... what fun we had sliding around on the driveway!

Just along the dike from my parents place is Steffen's place (you can see a bit amongst the trees in the picture below)... it's so nice that he is close by and we spent a lot of time visiting together.

When we arrived home yesterday this is only how far we made it into our driveway... we had to walk the rest of the way to the house!

This picture doesn't do the situation justice at all...'cause, boy, are we ever snowed in!

My DH definitely has his work cut out for him with the snow shovel!