Dec 24 2006
At Canoe Lodge, Valemount, BC
Free wireless internet. Cool.
Let me just say, why don’t more people travel the mountain byways in winter? They are GORGEOUS. I mean GORGEOUS. Drop dead stunning.
The snow makes everything dramatic. We told the kids to look at the trees, because God had made every one of them His own Christmas tree. That is exactly how they look.
The mountains look… oh about 1000% better with snow on than without. I don’t know why, they just do.
There is nothing like a creek or river, running dark and blue, with snow piled on its banks 2 feet deep, just stopping suddenly at the water’s edge.
Unless it is compared to the fractured sculptings where the water has frozen over then begun to break up.
The train winding its way up the valley across from the highway, normally plain dirty earth tones that blend into the dirt in summer, stand out like Christmas ornaments, flashing in between the snowcovered trees.
Let me tell you, the slicker roads and the intermittent snow is so worth it.
One last bonus - the traffic is terrific. It is so much more relaxing driving the interior when you only see another car every 5 minutes or so.
Tomorrow: on to Edmonton and Christmas Eve with my family. If I don’t post again before then, Merry Christmas to you and yours!
