our blue moment

insane. it's over a year since we were married and i am now (finally) going through the photos.

this is one of my favorites - it captures the magic and moment that i have a hard putting into words of that day.

just reminds me of how lucky i am.

yoginis

wow. wow. wow.

did i say wow?

just started teaching at a new yoga studio this weekend - had a great opening party on friday night. taught saturday AM but had a very blue moment tonight.

i was teaching a 7.15p beginners class. the first month the studio is open is free yoga. so i was thinking maybe 25 students. (capacity is 30+/- or so we thought) dave (my supportive yogini husband) and i showed up around 6.55 in prep for class. people were waiting at the backdoor to get in. hmmm. nothing what i expected.

we ran out of yoga mats at 7.10, we were full at 7.12 with about 40 students and apparently the owners had to turn away more than 20 additional students. wow. and my husband gave up his spot and came back to pick me up.

the blue moment, if that wasn't enough, came in the middle of class when I thought - i am really doing this, i am a yoga teacher.

home

there is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.

~nelson mandela

zippin' along

thanks zip for posting us on the the blog.

love the chevy chase vacation mention. see us on zip.

and after all my environmental mentions, i'll be pushing hard for a zip recycling programme.

ice, ice baby

spent the last few days driving up and down the icefields parkway. the canadian site quotes it to be the most spectacular journey in the world. part of the northern rockies which make up one of UNESCO's world heritage sites. ended up in jasper national park very very far away from STL.

we hiked up a few glaciers, peaks and the like. while driving on the parkway we saw caribou and two teenage black bears in a berry patch. it was stunning. we had the chance to drive it two different directions at a variety of times of day allowing us to see all different angles of light and perspectives.



the least stunning part of the trip is how much the glacier's have receded. at the actual glacier they have markers that show where the glaciers were every decade to give perspective of recession. at one point they actual went out to the road now it's about a 20 minute hike to the bottom of the glacier. it's very depressing and another reminder to decrease our individual impact on the planet (i.e. not drive across country in an suv). and the folks that say global warming isn't happening need to go check out the ice fields.




















there is really a bear in this photo.














we also found a few things we really LOVE about canada other than the maple leaf:
roots clothing is really doing a lot in their green efforts, check it out.
the cbc has great new music and canadian artists, check it.
and as most of you already know, Sarah's favorite yoga retailer lululemon.

thanks, canada - we'll see you again soon.

feeling queasy in lake louisey

not really, just a little home sick.

we didn't have the same experience in lake louise as Diana and Laura did but it is beautiful - just way too many people (we cut them out of the photo).

XO

Canada eh?

After our stay at Waterton Lakes, Alberta we headed back to pick up the dogs. Took a quick day hike at Logan Pass in Glacier along the Going to the Sun Rd which was nice. Several mountain goats greeted us. When we arrived at the Triple R Kennel, the dogs were pretty excited to see us. Unfortunately TUK never received his pain meds, b/c the broad there said we never left them. A huge ugly battle of the ladies broke out (too bad no mud or jello around. I had my bets on Sarah.) and we left with the only one hurting out of the deal was TUK. They gave us some generic dog pain meds to make it through the trip, but for all we know they could be suppositories. Anyway camped out just south of the Canadian border in a hoostastic park and then travelled north the following day.
The drive along route 93 was gorgeous with huge peaks lining the drive. We passed several resort towns with hot springs and finally made it to Banff NP. We camped Saturday night there in Johnston Canyon ( cool canyon walk to the falls) but did not sleep well due to the freezing cold and Ogi with some GI upset. We were up a couple times in the night to let him out but weary of bears snagging him up for a late night treat. The insomnia led us to Banff city where we are now. Cute little ski town nestled amongst rocky peaks with lots of culture and shopping for Sarah. I had a great Alberta steak and Sarah had the wild BC salmon with maple glaze at the Maple Leaf Grill. We shared a bottle of Cab-Franc out of the Niagra, Ont area which opened up nicely and then passed out cold by 11pm. Today we are well rested and showered and off to Jasper along the icefields parkway and then towards home. Miss you all. XOXO

sd:i hate this photo for obvious reasons.

ps: for some reason dave is know talking with a canadian accent - i think he secretly wishes he was canadian, eh.