A Weekend In Calgary

This was from Tokachi Japanese Restaurant.
Dawn had the Udon and I had the Ramen.
I think I preferred Dawn's just a bit. Next
time we're going to try the all you can
eat sushi.

 I was surprised at the size of

Calgary. It's a legit big city.

 We didn't go up the tower.

Maybe next time.

 Dinner at Little Sheep Mongolian
Hot Pot was tasty and filling. Dawn
and I really enjoy these kinds of
restaurants.

 This is a shot of the Italian Centre
Shop. It is a really nice Italian
market with a great selection of
meats and cheeses. We even managed
to smuggle a bit home...

An awesome breakfast at 

Red's in Ramsay.

Calgary is a great weekend getaway.

Especially with the good exchange rate.

Dawn and I had a blast and hope

to go back soon.

Tokachi Japanese Restaurant

Red's in Ramsay
Italian Centre Shop

The Great Eclipse of 2017

Some of my better pictures

Waiting in Hamer, Idaho

What are they staring at?

Kona can sleep through anything.

A few months ago we decided it would be a 

good idea to drive down to Idaho to get in 

the path of totality for the eclipse. It's one

of those things that you should take 

advantage of if its anywhere nearby.

We had to leave Great Falls around 

4:30am to make it in time. Yikes, early. The

traffic was ok until around Rocker. After

that it was more like California traffic. 

Crazy for Montana. 

We found a big, open field in Hamer, Idaho

that wasn't too crowded. It turned out to be

a great spot to view the eclipse. The eclipse 

started slowly...you couldn't tell anything

was happening without special glasses. 

When the sun was around 90% covered is

when things started to change. The light

gradually dimmed and the temperature 

started to drop. That last sliver of sunlight 

finally disappeared and we were in totality.

It's hard to describe, but was truly amazing.

Seeing the sun's corona and having a 360

degree sunset are things I will never forget.

I hurried to take a few pictures then took

some time to just take it all in. Then just

like that it was over, as quickly as it began.

I'm so glad we took the time to drive down. 

Hopefully everyone will get to experience 

this in their lifetime.

A Quick Trip to Spokane

    The river was raging!

https://youtu.be/j66QFghZ1k8

Ivars!

The Spokane River was running high

Fun at the park

The Scoop...super good, homemade icecream 

They use liquid nitrogen to make their icecream 

in small batches. The waffles are homemade too

Zips Burgers..a solid burger. Reminded me of

Fords or Burgermaster.

Dawns favorite sushi restaurant in Spokane..

Sushi Maru.

We met up with Brady, Kristi and the kids for

a fun weekend in Spokane. If you are in 

Spokane, The Scoop and Zips are definitely 

worth hitting. The sushi restaurant is the 

conveyor type. Its tasty and reasonable. All

in all it was a great time.

Christmas Eve

Looks comfortable 

Borries Pasta

Presents!

A White Christmas 

Another excellent Christmas Eve dinner

at mom and dads house. The prime

rib was perfectly cooked and the shrimp

potatoes were awesome as usual. 

Merry Christmas everyone!

Logging Creek

Thats some cold water!

A game of war! I think Michael won.

If you're looking for a small, lightweight 

and packable stove you might want to

check this out. Its the Emberlit Fireant

stove. I've used it a couple times and

love it so far. This is the stainless model. 

This was a nice little drive we took a few

weeks ago. Its a beautiful area.

Big Sky Bakery

An Almond paste filled Croissant 

Free Sourdough Bread

Apple Danish with vanilla cream and below is a Pumpkin Scone. All were very delicious. Dawn also had a ham and cheese breakfast pastry that was great.

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Garden Update

A quick garden update for the 12th of July, 2016.

Tomatoes are coming along nicely. It will

be BLT season before you know it!

The recent rains have really helped.

A great looking onion crop this year.

Our New Hobby

We recently started geocaching. It seems like something fun for the family that will get us out of the house. Here are a few of the caches we have found. 

This one was a little tricky. It was hanging

on a tree branch.

Hopefully we can log a few more this 

weekend.