Down the road again

Spring is about change; throwing off the dreariness of winter with the promise of new growth, invigorating and renewing the earth and all it contains. Spring is bringing a change to us too; some of it happy, and some of it a little sad. Ted and I are moving out of Alberta and its prolonged winter, which is a good thing, but we are leaving behind new friends, and proximity to his family. In exchange, we are moving closer to my family, and to a valley where winter is much shorter- albeit wetter!

These last two days we drove to B.C. to our friends over at Own A Morgan, which is partway to where we are moving to. Ted bought a truck for work there, and I headed back home while he is continuing on to his new job, which is in the beautiful Creston valley -Tara, you'll get a chuckle out of this, I'm sure! (Tara moved from Creston to Saskatchewan!) I'll be staying in Alberta while my husband finds us a place to live.


The drive home took me through some of the most scenic places in the country. There was beautiful Columbia Lake:

On northward to Radium Hot Springs, the road winds through these rock cuts:

On past the Hot Springs are some gorgeous red rock bluffs:

Then on up towards the Columbia Icefields there are so many breathtaking mountains that a person could spend days with a camera. This is the Bow Glacier, which feeds the Bow River that supplies water for all of the Calgary area: I could see snow storms sweeping up the valleys between the mountains, but didn't have to drive through any snow.

Just when you think you've seen the most beautiful one, around the next corner is another! If I could figure out how to add music to blogger videos, I'd put this little video to How Great Thou Art.

Back down through the mountains and home again, I'm still on foal watch, which means that Nuzzling Muzzles and Gtyyup are out! But since there are a lot of times left, lets do this: if your guess is up, you can guess again- just look through the comments (go to the link on my sidebar, it's the quickest). So keep checking; I'll post as soon as baby is born!