Kinyon Kamping

I've been meaning to get on blogger and download pics of our awesome camping trip to east park reservoir, but unfortunatly i'm at work, and I'm fearing i might be too busy this weekend! But just wanted to drop a line and say what a great time we had camping. I wish we could do it more often...just brings you back to simple fun with family and friends! There was keg stands, beer pong, and a 4-man beer bong! What more could be asked for! great food, and some good weather and chillin' in the water! (my burn has turned into a nice tan:) we really missed those of you who couldn't attend, and hopefully next year we can plan another camping trip, and have all our friends there!
luv,jen

CANADA eh?!!

Trav and I finally got to visit Canada! We've been planning this trip since January of this year, and it has already come and gone! crazy how vacations only last for a few brief moments! Either way, we had a fantastic time visiting with my friend Caroline (who i worked with at stanford). She showed us downtown Calgary (which is over 1 million people...i never knew it was such a big city) and showed us how to party "Cowboy Style!" Trav of course knew all the songs, and loved every minute of it! We went to the Stampede Festival, a big "state fair," got to see chuckwagon races, eat bison burgers, and watch the grandstand show with acrobats, dirt bike stunts, and fireworks...it was so much fun!


Caroline and Us!

Free Pancake Breakfast!

After spending a few days in Calgary, we rented a car and headed towards to Rockies! We visited Banff National Park, what a beautiful place to see! Our first day we visited Lake Louise, a lake whose water is torquoise in color due to the fine rock deposits being etched away from the glaciers. We hiked up a steep mountain whose 1.5 miles took us an hour and a half to climb! The views were amazing and their was a small secluded teahouse that welcomed hikers to stop and rehydrate before the trek back down the mountain. That same day we hiked a much smaller climb though Johnston Canyon to see a waterfall! The next day we went water-rafting on the Kicking Horse River in Yoho National Park. The water was 5 degrees celsius....almost freezing, running down from the glaciers. We had to wear wet suits in order to raft. The rapids were class 3 and 4, we had such an adventure!! We were welcomed back to base lodge with bison burgers, fruit, and warm hot chocolate! We had a great trip and here are a few pics! (sorry no rafting pics)

Lake Louise
Tea House

Mirror lake

Johnston Canyon