Life in Calgary

Forgive me if I am tired of the winter. Maybe I am getting old and my tolerance to cold has been decreasing or this has been a cold Winter. It looks like we have a good snow dump coming our way to help welcome Spring. Enjoy.

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The weather forecast for tomorrow is showing a high of +5 C. I hope that’s true as this has been one of the coldest winters I have seen in Calgary. What do you do to keep in good shape when the temperature is below -20 C for over a month? Hope it won’t be long [...]

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I went for a walk with my dog and captured this video clip to give you an idea of how a -29 C Windchill day looks like. Video quality is not fantastic because I filmed with my phone and the dog was dragging me but you will get the idea. It was a cold day [...]

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I woke up to -10 windchill today and I am really in need of some good weather. I remember that we got some snow early on October and that we had a day or two of -16 C back then and I feel it’s time for some good weather.

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Here we go again. Another winter storm on its way to hit Calgary. Hope it won’t be too long before we see some decent weather.

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Here is a picture that I took while we were walking the dog yesterday. Quite a change in scenery from just a little over two weeks ago.

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Here are some pictures that I took during a recent visit to Lake Louise. Despite all the snow and ice that you see in the picture it was just -8 Celsius that Day. Thought that converting the pictures to black and white would keep the focus on the snow The link will take you to [...]

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You have probably seen in the news that Avalanches have caused quite a few tragedies recently and if you are planning to head to the mountains I would strongly suggest that you check these web sites first: Canadian Avalanche Centre Basic information from Emergency Preparedness Canada Canadian Avalanche Association Be safe out there!

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We spent Christmas around the rockies and I thought I should post a small video clip to show how beautiful Canmore is. Wish I had the money to buy a cabin there. It must be “horrible” to wake up every day and to look at these mountains.

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I am tired of cold temperatures and ready for some warm days. Have you been enjoying the cold weather?

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