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Club Events 2005 : 2005-01-05 : COC - Ice Skating at Chateau Lake Louise

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We knew it was going to be a blessed day when Lana showed up at carpool WITHOUT spilling her coffee all over her car. And blessed it was... blessed beautiful, and blessed c-c-c-cold! The temperatures did not get as high as promised... in fact, I think the high for the day was -23... a smidge colder than we would have preferred. It was very nice, though, that the Chateau provides free firewood for the little on-ice bonfire. Lucky, lucky David, on his very first event, got to spend the whole day (including four hours in the car) with Lana (Official Info Chick, member since July 2003, 47 prior events), Cheryl (VP, Treasurer, Oversheriff, member since February 2004, 91 prior events), and Rhonda (Dictator, member since April 2003, 203 prior events). And boy did we have fun!! Lana, Cheryl and I that is... and of course, David had fun, too... whether he realizes it or not. The mountains and trees were spectacularly beautiful today with a fresh dusting of crystally snow. The little skating rink on Lake Louise was in decent shape, and the castle was there to greet us and provide us with much amusement. Cheryl did not don skates today. See this photo (from Cheryl's last skating event at Lake Louise) or this photo (from today) for my guess as to why. Instead, she amused herself by keeping the bonfire in tip-top shape, and chatting up the other Chateau visitors. David, being on approximately his third ever ice skating experience (he's from England, cut him some slack), did a fabulous job and was well on his way to perfecting the "hockey stop" by the time we were done skating. On the ride home, David learned more than anyone in the world should ever know about Lana, Cheryl and I, and the unofficial goings-on of the club, but he braved it well and didn't lose his lunch or anything. A 30-minute in-depth discussion about doughnuts, their brands and varieties, and an analysis of the properties of cake doughnuts vs yeast doughnuts led promptly to a stop at Canmore's Tim Horton's, and my tragic (but oh-so enthusiastic) departure from the "Wild Rose Detox" (can you say "falling off the wagon in a BIIIIIIG way"?). -- Rhonda

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We knew it was going to be a blessed day when Lana showed up at carpool WITHOUT spilling her coffee all over her car. And blessed it was... blessed beautiful, and blessed c-c-c-cold! The temperatures did not get as high as promised... in fact, I think the high for the day was -23... a smidge colder than we would have preferred. It was very nice, though, that the Chateau provides free firewood for the little on-ice bonfire.

Lucky, lucky David, on his very first event, got to spend the whole day (including four hours in the car) with Lana (Official Info Chick, member since July 2003, 47 prior events), Cheryl (VP, Treasurer, Oversheriff, member since February 2004, 91 prior events), and Rhonda (Dictator, member since April 2003, 203 prior events). And boy did we have fun!! Lana, Cheryl and I that is... and of course, David had fun, too... whether he realizes it or not.

The mountains and trees were spectacularly beautiful today with a fresh dusting of crystally snow. The little skating rink on Lake Louise was in decent shape, and the castle was there to greet us and provide us with much amusement. Cheryl did not don skates today. See this photo (from Cheryl's last skating event at Lake Louise) or this photo (from today) for my guess as to why. Instead, she amused herself by keeping the bonfire in tip-top shape, and chatting up the other Chateau visitors. David, being on approximately his third ever ice skating experience (he's from England, cut him some slack), did a fabulous job and was well on his way to perfecting the "hockey stop" by the time we were done skating.

On the ride home, David learned more than anyone in the world should ever know about Lana, Cheryl and I, and the unofficial goings-on of the club, but he braved it well and didn't lose his lunch or anything. A 30-minute in-depth discussion about doughnuts, their brands and varieties, and an analysis of the properties of cake doughnuts vs yeast doughnuts led promptly to a stop at Canmore's Tim Horton's, and my tragic (but oh-so enthusiastic) departure from the "Wild Rose Detox" (can you say "falling off the wagon in a BIIIIIIG way"?).

-- Rhonda

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Lake Louise
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Ice Castle
Lana, David, Rhonda
Rhonda, David, Lana
Cheryl finds the thin ice

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