"Girls just wanna have fun."

Cathy, Cynthia, Betsy, Mary and Donna

Donna and Betsy

Oops forgotten the name of this treasure.

The warrior women

We met in downward dog at the top of the mountain

and this is what we saw.

wooly fleabane

The final summit

Prescribed burn across the valley

The helicopter dropping water.

Wilma, Donna, Betsy, Cynthia, Cathy

Larkspur

It's now or never

Paintbrush in a great variety of colours

Marg looking at how far we had come
Sunshine to Healy Pass to Harvey Pass and eventually down to Borgeau Lakes

Me with Mount Ball in the background. In our list of worthy objectives.

Alpine Hawksbeard

"Only the fortunate wayfarer will find this lovely treasure, for it inhabits

the high places where few people wander." George Scotter

 

Borgeau Lake

Savasana on the mountain

This marmot was in the huff because her buddy
walked away from her advances.

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Fragrant Bog Orchid  -smells of blended clove, vanilla and mock orange

The now or never women.

Silky Scorpion Weed

The lovely Rocky Mountains - My back yard!!

How lucky is that?

Out on a limb

Just spent a fabulous four days at the Fernie Writers Conference. This was action packed. 12 hours with Betty Jane Hegerat, our faciliator. She inspired us to look long and hard at each other's writing. We gave each other valuable feedback.  Thanks to everyone. There were readings and panels to attend.  In our 'spare time' there was a walk at Island Lake, a quick ride up the Gondola. Then a banquet. All in all lots of interaction with dedicated and motivated writers.

From left to right 
back    Gavin, Theresa, Mary, Barb and Jeff
front    Wilma, Cathy, Betty Jane, Marybeth and Susan

Island Bay Lodge

On our guided walk poets and fiction writers mix it up.

Wandering through the woods

Poetry Reading at Island Lake.
What a great day.

Barb Parker riding home after an evening reading

Wild Flowers at the top of the Gondola

Ghost rider

Sentinel Pass and Wastach Pass

"I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized." - Goethe

Yep I can do all this and more. Who wants to be my friend????

Ah Indian Paint-brush

Avalanches pour off Lefroy

Looking up the Wastach Pass
                                                               

Aberdeen in the background and Marg and Betsy coming up the snow.

Olympic Yogi at the Wastach Pass

Shona, Marg and Lenore above Eiffel Lake

Just put a few more photos on this blog but they got gobbled up into cyberspace. OUCH!

Wastach Pass with five wise women

The wise women at the top of Sentinel Pass.

Last haul up to Wastach Pass and a yogi extraodinaire.

Who'd like to live here? Our beautiful home.

WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MORE PHOTOS OF THIS AMAZING DAY. I off to Fernie's writers conference. It turns out I should have stayed home to do my homework so now will have to wing it with intelligent coments.  Ha ha