Mar 14, 2009 Powderface Creek

Just went out to get some sun and went out for a couple hours. It was a beautifully sunny day but wind was howling. That wind made it a bit uncomfortable. We didn't bring our snowshoes but there was enough snow. Right on the path there was the remnants of a deer that must have been killed within the last day or so. Most of it was not on the path but Jake found a rack of ribs in the bush. It took a bit of doing to get it from him!

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Mar 14, 2009 Powderface

March 7, 2009 New York

Breakfast in the room.

Crosstown to Madison. Bus up Madison to 103 Ave. Walk to New York City Museum.
Spend 2 hours in museum.

Bus down 5th to 59 st. Walk to Bloomingdale's. Eat first at diner. Heidi and Elsie shopped for an hour. Harry and I walked around outside. Took some pics and watched the people and cabs.

Walk a bit down 3rd then catch bus to 42. Walk to Jack's 99cent store. Bus up Madison to 49. Cross town home.


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March 6, 2009 New York

Bus to 5th. Walk to 53 and get #6 subway. Change to B train to end of line at Brighton Beach. Walk down to Coney Island - same beach different name.

Walk back to Brighton Ave with the subway going over top. Found a Russian restaurant Primoski. Big lunch, cheap and good. Walk around some more. Take the Q train back to times square. Check for Lion King tickets. No discounts. To Beekman.

To Moma. Walk back to 53 and 2nd. Beer and wings at Clancy's. back to Beekman.


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March 5, 2009 New York

Walk to Comfort Dinner by the Amish Market. Another good breakfast. Take bus down 2nd Ave to 34 street. Take cross town to 8th Ave. Walk to B & H Photo. Very cool store. Loads of staff. By something and get a slip. Take slip down to checkout, pay for it and pick it up. The items get sent via a track system. Bought a tripod.

Walk to Macy's. Harry and I went to Madison Square Garden while Heidi and Elsie stayed in Macy's. Took bus down Broadway to Union Square. Walk to the Strand. Heidi bought a couple books and I got one. Walk around the block and find Trader Joe's. Line up to pay went down the aisles!

Bus down 3rd Ave. The number M103 was long in coming. Got off at Delancy and walk to Mott and blah and eat at Umbertos Clam House - Italian restaurant. All stuffed and tired, we walked back to Bower street and waited and waited and waited for the M103. We vowed never to travel the M103 again.

Relaxed, tried my tripod and drank some beer and wine.

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Mar 5, 2009 New York

March 4, 2009 New York

Walk to Morning Star for breakfast. Walk to Grand Central Station. Buy a week pass for each of us. Walk to Madison avenue. Take bus to the MET. See Bloomburg's house. Spend 3 hours in The Met.

Walk across Central Park to west side and go to Zabar's. Take bus up Broadway and then the cross town at 50th Ave. back to Beekman.

Nap. zzzzzzzzzzz

Take cross town to Broadway on 49th St. Walk to Helen Hays theater and pick up our tickets to 39 Steps. Walk around to find some dinner. Went to Charlie O's (Mahai Mahai for H and E, Half chicken for H and I had slow cooked Beef Brisket. Lot's of garlic for Heidi and I.

Walk back to theater and enjoy the show. Very funny and interesting with the effects.

Walk back to 49th Street and take cross town to Beekman.

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Mar 4, 2009 New York

Feb 28, 2009 Paddy's Flat

With some new snow over the last week we thought we would take advantage. We went back to Paddy's Flat. It was a beautiful sunny day with very little wind. Saw lots of tracks - some big ones possibly Elk or Moose - and some small ones possibly coyote.

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February 15, 2009 Beaver Flat

We went back to a hike we did in the fall. Through Beaver Flat and then follow the Elbow River south. This isn't a marked trail so there is actually a little more snow. Otherwise there isn't really enough snow for snowshoeing. On the Elbow we came across an ice jam and there was a large vortex of water going under the ice flow. Pretty cool.

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Feb 15, 2009 Beaver Flats

February 1, 2009 Station Flats

Superbowl day and what better way to hangout on the couch and watch the game then by going on a hike first! Station Flats has a few trails going from it. These trails are used by horseback riders and mountain bikers in the summer so it's best to go in the winter. We choose to do a loop which incorporated the Sulfur Springs Trail and the Elbow Vally Trail. There was a gain of about 250m but with going up and down it's more like 400m of gain.

We scared two grouse (or partridge or prairie chicken) from just beside the path. One only went about 20 feet away so I got some good pics of it. Jake and Cleo didn't even notice them! Earlier in the hike Jake found part of a dead rabbit and wasted no time in swallowing it, fur and all. There was no way to get it from him. We figured he would barf that up sometime in the next day, probably at night. Turned out he didn't barf. Whew!

There wasn't very much new snow and there was quite a bit of melting lately. This meant a fairly loud hike with the snowshoes. We could have gone without the shoes except it would have been quite slippery in many spots.


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Feb 1, 2009 Station Flats

Jan. 10, 2009 Price Camp at Sandy McNabb

Today we returned to a hike we tried a couple weeks ago. This time we wanted to do the whole loop. For the first 3 km the trail had a snowmobile track and a horse track so the going was good. Then both the snowmobile and horse went south and our trail was unused. Now the going was a little harder. To top it off, we lost the trail after we crossed the creek. A hard slog over a hill and we found a cut line and then rejoined the trail. Those were 2 tough km! Then the trail was well used for 3 km until the wind had obliterated the trail. The trail followed the highway (which is closed in the winter) so we opted to go on the road as we were all getting tired. 11 km and 4 hours later we arrived back at the car. Good hike and we will do this again sometime.

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Jan. 4, 2009 Jumping Pound Trail

This was our first time on this trail, although we have been near this trail before. We just did the west loop. Doing both loops is about 10 km. We couldn't see where the trail went toward the loop and just went through the campground like others have done. Some very nice views from the north leg of the trail. At the end of the hike we got back to the car, which was parked on the side of the road, and both Cleo and Jake nearly got into on coming traffic! I thought I trained them better than that.

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Jan 4, 2009 Jumping Pound Trail

Sandy McNabb

Today we did a short hike at Sandy McNabb. About 20 km west of Turner Valley. It was about -8 or so with overcast skies and snow forecast for later in the day. About a kilometer from the trail head we saw two Moose. One was a little skittish and hid behind some trees. This was the second time we've seen a Moose this winter!

We hadn't been to Sandy McNabb in the winter so we wandered around until we found the trail head. The road to the majority of the trails is closed during the winter but there are some right at the gate. Mostly for skiing in the winter so we tried to find the horse trails. Found Price Camp trail and went for about a kilometer before turning back. Total of about 4 km today. We will come back to this one.


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