Amazing Long Weekend in Fernie.

Last week was our first official week of training in Calgary!  Everything with my hip is on track and it was a really good start to the summer program!!

Between workouts I've been doing some GARDENING!!! Trying to make our little place look ALIVE!

FOr the long weekend, I headed to Fernie with Jenny to meet up with Em Brydon, Anna Prchal and Anne-Marie Lefrancois!! It was so great to see the girls and the weekend was jam packed full of fun times thanks to these amazing ladies!

Of course, we hit up the bakery!! yummmmmyyyy! 

 We practiced my new mountain biking pose!!! (Em and I)

 ANd then Mountain Biked for real!

 Beautiful backdrops.

 And sipped on iced americano's after a hard bike ride!

 THEN, we got aggressive with some tools and made this game "washers"!!!!

We are true carpenteristas!

 So proud of my carpet cutting!! haha! 

 And then we tested it out and it was awesome!

 And finally, TOday's main activity was arts and crafts.

This was what I came up with....

 All of our art to decorate Em's apartment.

 super artistic pom-pom.

 and we had a four-person canvas at the end....

 and then we made anna's belly into a canvas!! Junior was happy!!

 tres natural. going with the flowwwwww.

 And each handprint! Em's place is gonna be so amazingly decorated now!!

 It was an awesome weekend of mountain biking, jogging along the water, bbqing turkey burgers, arts and crafts, and catching up with amazing friends!!

Back to training tomorrow early!!!! 

First week in Calgary, first golfing, first mtn biking, first jogging!

It's a week of firsts for me!  It's my first week of officially living and training in Calgary for the summer.  I was cleared to take my first (short) jog, I hit golf balls for the first time in a LONG time, and we hit up the trails in Canmore for some mountain biking for my first ride on my brand new OPUS mountain bike!! 

All these firsts have been fun and exciting and a sweet way to start the summer off!

Posing part-way through our mountain bike excursion yesterday....

MP, Britt, Graham, Mitch and me.

 mountain bike pose.

I think yoga should use this one.

 hahahuihihihehaioha we are having so much funnnnnnnnnn

 nice to be back in the mountains

 EXTREME biker gang poses.

 Apres bike-rides and work-outs lounging area in our backyard.

Our sweeeeeet walmart lounge chairs. 

 Our garden is blooming!!!!

 Lup and I went golf pro.

 And of course, chilling on terraces!!

Kelly and Erin relaxing over coffffeeee!!!

It's been a busy and fun week!! A great start to what should be a great summer of training!

just drive

Some other random pics.....crazy road work explosions!!

They blew this rock up right as we were waiting to get through! intense!

 There were so many lakes, rivers, ponds, swamps, and bodies of water all along the way!

 Driving towards Thunder Bay.

 My car, my bikes and a pretty lake!

 JUMPPPPPP

 still ICY!

 But I went in anyway!

 waterrrrrrrrrrrrr

 c'est tout!

Testing has been good so far and MP and I have found a place to live! The summer BEGINS!

if you've never driven across Canada, this may be of interest.

The cross country drive was a success! For the most part it was beautiful scenery, random weather, and many hours spent listening to the audiobook "Dune".

THe beginning. Shadows and fields!  Quebec.

 First night sunset in Sault Sainte Marie!! Thanks to the Actons for their hospitality and sweet apres-dinner beach walk!

 Lake Superior!

 More of Ontario the next day and funky clouds.  We drove from the Soo to Winnipeg!  It was AMAZING! So pretty and so much to look at and marvel at this amazing country.

 A lonely piece of rainbow in Manitoba.

 Flooded fields. 

 tractors!

 LOts of rain storms!

 Crazy clouds and storms ahead.

 The worlds largest Teepee apparently!... Medicine Hat.

 And finally, the final stretch to Calgary with a huge storm cloud sitting above it.  I saw snow. For real.

Anyway, I took some other pics with my "nice camera" but we have yet to settle into an apartment so the camera is in my car with the rest of my LIFE!!

In case this blog wasn't boring enough, I have even more pics to post in the near future!!!haha!!

Testing was today and it went well for 5 weeks post-op!

More testing tomorrow and the sun is out!!

end of vacation....beginning of......

So, this is my last week "off" before driving across the country to Calgary for the summer.  I'm moving to Calgary to train with the team, trainers, physios, doctors etc.  It will be good for me as I am still in rehab-mode and will benefit from having everyone close-by!  And it's always nice to have a bunch of people to train with and cook with and walk around with and bike around with!  It will be a change from being in the mountains and lakes all the time, but it seems like the perfect opportunity to live in a city before I settle down somewhere for good in the MOUNTAINS!!

So, with that said, who has some good audio books to recommend for the trip!!!!!!????

OTher than searching for audio-books, packing has been a little overwhelming.  I have so many toys and things that I can't wait to finally have in Calgary.  To have both mtn and road bikes, golf clubs, tennis racket, and a CAR will make the summer epic.  I always feel like i am stranded in Calgary with nothing to get around in and no fun toys to play with, so this time I am going fully prepared to make the most of the next three months!

Here are a few last shots from the BEACH last week.  I already miss cali, but I know I'll be back sooner than later!

Although I always go on-and-on about how drinking coffee on "the rock" above Lake Tremblant is the best coffee spot in the WORLD, this little morning spot was pretty sweet too.  Coffee on the Pacific ocean on a private beach and a sunny sunshine. ahhhhhhh

 Between sips of coffee, searching for sea glass and shells.

 Apres coffee, boogie boarding into the sunset.

 Bike rides along the coast.

 Hair flipping fun times!

 Trying to catch the fabled green flash upon sunset.

 double rainbow!  Still can't believe that night.  It was one of those moments where I could have continued boogie boarding and gazing at the sky until well after dark.  The waves were perfect, the sky was amazing, and I was surrounded by awesome people!

 Although I couldn't participate in the extreme beach volleyball sessions, I got to snap some sweet action shots of Chelsea's skillz!!!!!

 And finally, browsing the farmers markets and getting inspired to cook yummy food!

The drive starts Thursday and I'm sure I'll have many fields and things to take pictures of!