a walk around the lake

ohhhhhh the lake. 

Lake Louise. 





An unbelievably bluish-greenish, wonderful, magical, icy cold mountain lake.

we loved it. 

Depending on the weather/time of day/cloud cover/where we happened to be standing.....the colors changed. 

From green, 

to blue, 

back to glowing green, 

to turquoise. 

I feel lucky to have experienced this place with my little family. 

There is only so much a

happiness

alberta, canada


blue sky

green pasture

big happy barn. 



what more could you ask for?



happy thursday!

O Canada

When can we go back? 

I just can't get over how perfectly pretty everything was. 

We decided the best word for this part of the world was....

WILD. 

Everything. 

The mountains. 

The rivers. 

The waterfalls. 

Everything seems so tame where we live, in comparison to this great place. 

Wild animals--everywhere! 

The forests--so thick and dark and misty.

Glaciers massive and sparkling and

one last drive

dear big old magnificent girl,

 

where to begin? I remember the first time I strapped my fifteen month old babe into your back seat and set off on to Utah roads, where sunsets are pretty and drivers are.....well.....crazy. 

It was love at first drive.



You helped us move. Across the valley with stuff piled high, you made trips back and forth and to and fro, carrying our belongings to this

insta-canada

a few phone snaps of our road trip into Canada. 



notes:

-the Montana/Canada border where we crossed was literally a barb wire fence.

-photos taken near Canmore, Banff, Lake Louise and the many windy roads in between.

-Canmore was my favorite town.

-It was chilly. But beautiful. But really, chilly.



the end.

insta-montana

more photo vomit here. a little instagram action of montana. 

oooohhhhhh montana how I love your open roads, big sky, puffy clouds, old buildings, ghost towns, thunderstorms, clear lakes, and cutest cousins.


notes:
-images near simms, fairfield, choteau, dupuyer, avon, and georgetown lake, montana.
-Granite Ghost Town was a huge hit with the kids (and myself)
-next time you are camping, have

photo vomit

I have about one bazillion photos to go through.

One. Bazillion. 

And I can't decide which ones to post and how/when/what order to do so. 

We saw blue green lakes/raging waterfalls/wild animals/wildflowers/meadows. 

We hiked/drove/and drove/and drove/camped/roamed/fished/explored.
Utah/Idaho/Montana/cross the border/Alberta/British Columbia/and back again.

So that's when I just photo vomit