December 27, 2015

 Arrived in Medicine Hat early last evening.  Temperature  hovering around minus 18 – pulled into a Casino parking lot and we were able to run the generator all night – we literally had frost on the inside cabinets around our beds, so we wondered around the casino just long enough to take the edge off in our trailer.  Furnace ran all night!

Woke up and started our drive – we were greeted by a beautiful sunrise and a fiery sky.  

Driving was good, roads were clear.  As we grew closer to Calgary the sky was painted pale blue and we got our first  peek at the Canadian Rockies – they stand tall and proud with rugged sharp peaks.

We had a quick stop at MEC to pick up Bill’s brakes he ordered for his new skis.  It felt good to walk around and stretch our legs.  It wasn’t long before we had a few texts from Payton and Ethan asking how long we were going to be as we were meeting them in Kananaskis –

We had a warm welcome as we arrived in the parking lot at the Delta Lodge Resort.  I would turn around and drive another 3400km for those hugs.  Steph told us when Ethan woke up this morning he asked “is there a 2 and a 7 on the calander?”  and she answered “yes Ethan why do you ask?” and he replied “because this is going to be the best day ever – Uncle Billy and Auntie are coming.”   For some reason he has decided he wants to shorten my name to Auntie and I am ok with that – and I couldn’t agree with him more this is the best day ever – until tomorrow….