the first time we have ever done REAL snowshoeing - 6 or more feet of snow!

Staying with Grant and Shawna has been so wonderful. They both spent the day with us, showing us around and filling our brains with the wonders that are Nelson. This place really is magical!

Artist and musician haven, the rod ironwork all over town is stunning. The stores are very competitive, and it is a coffee culture which means organic fair trade coffee EVERYWHERE!



The day started off with a gorgeous breakfast made for us by our adopted parents (we hope Sam and Vanessa are willing to share their folks) followed by garden tour at the lookout park and a little shopping trip to the outdoor stores and Wiccan supply shop. Then home for lunch and and to gear up, (new threads to break in!) then off to Nancy Greene Mountain for a snowshoe adventure. Okay, so we have been snowshoeing before, all over Toronto, but we found out that we have never been using snowshoes to their full potential. 6 feet on average, and in some spots we figured over 10 feet of snow was between us and the ground. Maturing trees were at out knees and the mountains were all around us. The smiles on our faces were big and warm enough to melt the snow, it was so satisfying.

One more sleep in our comfortable bed in Nelson, then off to Vancouver tomorrow!

Talk to you tomorrow,
Colin and Lauren

Breakfast Waffles

holly grows as a tree here

Nelson, looking NW

local artists are key

Lauren likes snowshoeing and her new jacket

there are mountains all around us, behind the clouds

this is a fraction of the snow up the mountain

This little guy was near the car ready to wish us good bye