Panorama Weekend with the Guelph Crew

We spent this Family Day weekend in Windermere again with the "Guelph Crew": a group of friends (and friends of friends!) from our days at the University of Guelph, who have now made their homes out here in Calgary as well. It was a great weekend, with the weather cooperating for a few days of mild and sunny temperatures, where we were able to enjoy a few days on the ski hill and a great day out on the lake for some pick-up "hockey".
Now that Ontario is also celebrating a "Family Day" long weekend in February, it would be great to be able to celebrate with our families this time of year, but for now we will have to settle for continued opportunities to enjoy the benefits of living so near to the mountains, and celebrating with friends new and old. (I guess that's not really "settling"--we've been pretty lucky!). Here are a few photos from our weekend...
The ski hill at Panorama Mountain Village


Walking up to the hill
Kirsten and Tim traded off so that baby Owen could enjoy the day too...





The whole crew: me, Tim, Andrea & Bruce, Shandra, Dave, Crystal & Marc.





Myles trying some surfing/snowboarding on the lake behind the Matrix...(more successful than I thought it would be!)

Hockey out on the lake in Windermere: unbelieveable surroundings!




Dave is a natural with the kids: like it or not! Here is Keith's son Will giving Dave a hard time...

Dave and I went back to Panorama on Monday, just the 2 of us: NO line-ups! (but somewhat icy/skiied-out conditions)

Here's the "ice highway" across the lake between Invermere and Windermere: a little nerve-wracking at first to get on and off the lake, but a well-travelled road that's pretty neat once you get used to it!