The end of summer

First things first, we now have team jackets! Woop diddy woop woop! We found these bad boys at a thrift store and they came embroided with our team name as well as official first aid crosses so now the phrase “Dont worry I'm a doctor” can be said with authority.

The last week or so has been quite slow for us. We've been driving around ski towns throughout the Rockies looking for winter jobs. We've checked out all the big name towns and ski resorts - Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper, Golden, Fernie, Invermere and have decided to stay here in Golden. The resort looks amazing – very little snow at this stage – but the 8 person gondola to the top of the hill will be a treat compared to NZ ski fields.

Heres a few pics from our touring around Banff and LakeLouise...

Lake Louise

Shaun is a good rock hiffer. Moraine Lake - Near Lake Louise

Jacqui is a good thinker, some would say an ideas person. Moraine Lake

Chris is a good pole dancer. Moraine Lake

Proud

The town of Banff

We've been camping just outside of Golden at a sweet spot by a lake. The campsite comes complete with a plentyfull supply of firewood and better still – a sweet rope swing. If the water was warm enough to swim this swing would be awsome. Hers a few photos from around the place

Early morning at the campsite, the air is crisp - so too are the icicles in Chris's poor excuse for a tent...

The swing. Good to go.

These are the two ways we could keep ourselves warm at night, chop the wood for the fire or sit practically on the fire.

We are now back in Hope (where we started from), we have come full circle. Waving goodbye to Chris this morning we have turned a new leaf, we hope we see him return for the winter!

We managed to get a pretty awesome job lined up for the winter in Golden. We will be running a lodge in the ski resort called kicking horse: www.kickinghorseresort.com the lodge itself: www.copperhorselodge.com is located on the other side of the road to the Gondola. We will be living at the the Lodge, which means we eat at their restaurant too! Were excited about the season, we still have a month to kill before its all go though, so we will be hitting the road once again. Were going to start South and head North finishing at the Banff Mountain Film Festival, in Banff itself!

Bring on the winter snow, here we come