Christmas Tree!!

 No captions needed.  We're in the Christmas spirit around here though!  Lots of lights; Christmas cards are slowly rolling in...

Happy holidays everyone!

sarah & remi

Seymour

It's that time of year, and the weather was nice this weekend, so we got our trip in to Seymour (see blog below).
There's already a lot of snow, and it's more than enough to have fun, but it will be really awesome when we get another few feet to play with.





More playing on the way up... We only went partway, partly because we didn't have enough time, and partly because I'm still recovering from a bout with the old H1N1 . There were also a bunch of people. Turns out idiot tourists have learned that snowshoeing is fun, and they're crowding up all of our favourite haunts.

This must be at high end of our hike. It always looks tropical in Vancouver from up there (it isn't).

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You can take the boring well worn path down, or you can keep away from tourists in Lulu pants (not enough buffer from the cold in my books, but who am I to judge style) and see the nicest and best snow. Around here it felt like walking on piles of sugar. Neat.

No tourists here. And lots of fresh snow to slide down.

We totally stage these pictures.

I'm working on a career as a model for a sporting goods store.

From the video below, you'll get an idea about why going down the hill is so much fun...

R

First snowshoe of the season: Black Mountain!

Last Sunday morning Remi and I decided to head out for a snowshoe.  We'd planned on going up Seymour, but they were getting some snow and had four cars in the ditches on the way up.  They were strongly urging winter tires or chains (neither of which we have), so we opted to head out to Cypress instead.

The weather wasn't fantastic, but a break in the clouds gave us a neat view of the city.

We had some company. Whiskey Jacks hoping we'd share our granola bars.

They're a cute little bird and must be pretty smart too!  They came out of nowhere once we arrived and pulled out our snacks!

The hike out is always more fun - and much faster!

We tooled around in the fresh snow on the way out.  Always more fun than following the trail.

Hope all is well with our readers leading up to the holiday season!

Sarah & Remi