Depsite my knee giving me quite a bit of grief, i have not been able to stop myself from snowboarding. We have only seen 3cm of fresh snow in the past 3 weeks so we've had to move on to new activities for entertainment. Work has been the usual, although the time is almot coming to an end. only just over a week left of work before we finish up and have a few days boarding before taking off. It will be sad to leave Golden but at the same time there are only more n...

So it came time for Australia Day. We decided to head out to Banff again for 3 days, staying at the Samesun Backpackers, where Leo had some friends staying also. Banff consists of about 80% Australians so is was bound to be a hectic few days. Due to the time difference we were able to celebrate Oz day for about 40 hours, listening to the hottest 100 countdown two nights in a row. The night of the 25th was a large one. Far too many beers that's for sure! a great ...

So our stay at Palliser Lodge room 402 sadly came to an end. Now we have found our own apartment in the town of Golden, two bedrooms, one bathroom, sizable living area and decent kitchen. We managed to pick up a few bargains in terms of furniture, couple of couches, coffee table etc from the local second hand shop. It took a few days to find beds for a reasonable price so we were forced to sleep on the minimal furnishings we had. Fortunately now, we all have Qu...