Banff to Revelstoke

First day on the bikes, rode 350 km through absolutely beautiful country from Alberta to British Columbia. Day started a bit chilly at a damp 50 degrees F, but warmed up to the low 70s after we got to the west side of the mountains.  Took a few detours to see glacier lakes and an amazing waterfall fed by glacier runoff. You could smell the cedar forests the whole day. Tourists were annoying, but it's easy to flee from them on bikes! 

Banff or Bust!

Good news:  all the connections and surprises went off without a hitch. Pat and Pete rode 900+ miles in rain and hail, but arrived safe and soggy in Banff on Sunday. The look on Doug's face was priceless when they showed up at our table at the Irish Pub. 

New Truck!!

Doug got a new toy today.  Same as the last one, but a newer model with 3 fewer trips across country on it.  Gearing up for our next RV adventure in 2016!!

And from here, he turns around and heads back west!  Woo hoooo!

Pups say goodbye to NH

Doug left the cabin yesterday and headed over to Maine.  Pups took their last romp down the driveway to the barn and then hopped in the truck for a long ride through the mountains.

And they did one last patrol of the Back 40.  (They sure do move a lot faster than the last two who used to love this so much!)

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Doug is in NH, surrounded by great New England beers (think:  Smuttynose, Shipyard, Long Trail, Moat, Sea Dog) and he picks this.  Good grief!

Barn

Barn is as clean as its gonna get.  Still can't figure out what to do with the remaining stuff.

  

The pups continue to have fun at the cabin.  There was big excitement this week when a bear came into the yard (the black shadows under the tree limbs).

Pups when on full alert.  Took Sunday awhile to stop perching on the window like this watching for it.

The big yard at the cabin gives Finn lots of space to practice his shadow herding.  

(Although I think this is more him thinking about how much he misses Mom rather than herding)

And of course, Sunday always has Doug's 6.

There was so much stuff in the barn that he had to rent a dumpster ... that's already been filled and replaced twice.

 

He's also almost finished re-tiling the shower in the bathroom! 

Doug continues to make progress at the cabin.  You can't really get the full effect without seeing "before" and "after" shots, but trust me when I say "WOW!!!"

Memories

Hard to believe she was ever that skinny!

Oh Sunday!

 Doug couldn't find Sunday the other day.  

He finally found her perched up here in the back of the RV.  

                                                        Every object with stuffing MUST BE KILLED!!!!

Watching her domain.

NH pups

The pups are having a great time being New Hampshire dogs.  I don't think they'll ever want to come home to boring old Missouri....

 Sunday goes crazy when she feels a tick on her.  She bites at it and gets obsessed .... and then starts foaming at the mouth, leaving her with an adorable little foam mustache!

 Sunday wearing Richie's bell from Switzerland.  

 Neither of them have any interest in learning how to play catch with Sandy's old frisbees, but they sure do make good pull toys!!

Somebody honed the fine art of begging while visiting Grandma last week!

  This time it was Doug's turn to taunt me with the photo of the Dunkins.  (Jerk!)

My garden is totally gone, except for this plant fighting its way out of the ground.  I'm no expert, but it sure does look like something that is only allowed to grow in Colorado or Washington.

Cabin

Doug continues to make progress at the cabin....