Sunday, February 12, 2012

Caribou Cabin


Our good friend Kathryn came for a visit from Ontario and decided she needed to get on some skis. What she lacks in experience, she makes up for in enthusiasm, so we agreed to take her on a backcountry ski trip. Here she is showing off some of that enthusiasm on the pre-trip xc training expedition.

 We chose a suitable location for a beginner and a 6-month old, loaded Cassia up, and headed off.

Simmers carried the baguettes (to go with the cheese fondue, but of course).

 The family at Caribou Cabin.

 Surface hoar



Our hut entertainment consisted of this: hand someone a soother, get them to put it in upside down and see if they can flip it right-side-up using only their mouth. Surprisingly difficult. And humourous.


And then we skied some sick lines.

Untitled from Nature Nerd on Vimeo.

Here's the "hand-cam" shot of Dad skiing down with little C. I think Dad's slightly more excited than Cassia.

Banana and a Snore

 Cassia nomming on some banana.

 Not so sure about this.

Coming round to it.

Untitled from Nature Nerd on Vimeo.

And here's a video of C sleeping. Yes, I know, not exactly action-packed. But there's a super-cute snore at 5 seconds. You know you're a mom when...