One warm, sultry evening, we decided to build some supersandwiches and head up the road into Kootenay National Park for a cool respite beside Olive Lake.
This particular pond is very small, green and olive-shaped...
At the site, there are two short interpretive hikes along a boardwalk that describe the flora and fauna found within that specific area.
At the end of each walk are small decks where one can look out over the lake.
The above photo was taken upon one such landing as we were enjoying our meal.
Martini anyone?
Martinis are a bit brutal for me. I had one as a pre-dinner drink the first time a date took me to a really nice restaurant. I have absolutely no recollection of anything else I ate, or indeed anything at all until I got outside again and the cold air hit me. I'll stick with G&T please.
ReplyDeleteHowever ... this is something else. What a great idea. Lovely evening, beautiful scenery, a walk with the family and big fat sandwiches. Pure pleasure, and no headache in the morning.
Good luck for your second week!
What a lovely picture- everyone looks so happy.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Margie- G & Ts are my summer drink too, along with sangria and spritzers. I've never been a vodka fan, but you go ahead and have a few for us.
How was the first week?
xx
AM
LMAO Margie!
ReplyDeleteI've never had a martini - honest - and I've never really had a desire to imbibe in one...especially after your story.
I can get into enough trouble drinking white wine and beer...
We do live in such a great area here, where we can do these things without having to drive far at all.
Our backyard is hundreds of square miles of mountains, trees, lakes and alpine meadows.
Thanks for the well-wishes, Margie!
Oh Anne-Marie, you snuck in while I was commenting back to Margie.
ReplyDeleteYes, I have to admit I'm more of a G&T girl, too. It's the only mixted cocktail I will drink.
My first week was a baptism by fire, to be sure.
My first day was Saturday afternoon, then again for a full day on Monday, where I took notes fast and furious. The girl training me left for holidays that evening...
Sooooo, on Tuesday morning I was completely on my own while the rest of the staff attended a meeting. I did it though - and I'm going back in tomorrow, if that says anything!
Cute kids :)
ReplyDelete~Lace~
You're going back tomorrow! WAHOO! That's the fightin' spirit. You'll be training *them* in short order. ;o)
ReplyDeleteThe children are beautiful, as is the scenery. ::sigh:: One day, I vow to live in/around Mountains.
Have a great week!
xo
I hope all is well with you...
ReplyDelete--Dan L.
Well done Dale! You'll be fine, and by the way, an English woman in the Netherlands with a licence to sell property is only one thing...useless!! LOL
ReplyDeleteJust a quez, though, this walk looks stunning, but whose are all the kiddies. I recgnise Bobby, but not the other three?
Good luck for the week! xxx
Hi Lace and Tink...thanks for the kind thoughts.
ReplyDeleteYes Dan, things are beginning to look up.
Bob was probably easy to pick out, Val - the one with his arm in a sling...
Jenny is on the far left and their two friends, Brookelynn and Sam in the middle.
They are all great kids!
Did you have soggy eggy-weg sarnies??
ReplyDeleteIt's the right one..
It's the bright one..
That's Martini..
oooh i feel tippsy..a lil tee many martoonis..((hic))
Oh no, Gypsy!
ReplyDeleteThey were fresh ham, cheese and lettuce on a kaiser bun...
The closest I got to a martini that evening was Olive Lake...
my kids are all very wierd.
ReplyDeleteat least just now they are.
ReplyDeletebut I love all three just the same.
Hi Dale,
ReplyDeleteI see this must be a great day for you with the kids. It's great to have a field trip.(never heard the word field trip, but I found it in my dictionary. Is this the right word??? In Germany it's called "Ausflug")
Last sunday my kids comming back to me, they stood two and a half week with her mother. I missed the kids. Now the school is starting and the free time is gone. Charly is going in the class 9 and Konstantin in 6.(grammer school or is this the high school?) I don't know. It's different like in America and Kanada.
Here it's raining since hours. Hope the sun will be comming back.
I wish you all the best.
Take care.
Love and peace.
Stefan
Aha, had a feeling that was Jen there, but wasn't sure. They all look sweet in any event! Happy days...
ReplyDeleteWe always new Dale was up above the crowd! :o)
ReplyDelete(remax joke .. ha-ha)
xo
Kaiser buns, eh? Here we call them "rolls", although hamburger breaddy things are called buns, by order of McDonalds, who don't actually use real bread at all.
ReplyDeleteSomehow I just can't get my head around a crusty bread roll being called a bun. Buns are soft and full of fruit and spice and the sort of thing children used to feed elephants in 1930's picture books.
Do I need to step out of my time-warp and come to Canada to do some in-depth cultural reassignmnt?
Kaiser bun?..
ReplyDeleteMargie we call buns baps..thats also a term for large boobys!..
Cute picture! Reminds me of my kid days when we would go to the lake for vacation. Great memories.
ReplyDeleteReading your previous posts, I am so happy for you that you have a new job. That is great! Wishing you the best in your new job and selling your house. I know what a pain selling a house can be.
Glad to see that things are looking up in your life.
XO
Zoe
Gypsy - no, really? I knew about the baps (at least the flattish floury ones), but not the superstructure.
ReplyDeleteMind you, I wouldn't want breasts shaped like flat white rolls. Perhaps Dale's kaiser buns would be better - perky and round with nice little nipples on top. Suspect mine are more the small dinner-roll variety though. No sesame seeds please.
Sorry Dale, where were we?
Looks like the stuff memories are made of. :)
ReplyDeleteHow is the new job??
Sure, bombay with three olives.
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