Skiing...

Snow Day at Panorama

Snow Day in Taynton

Windswept

Wind at Bella Vista

Lake of Clouds

Summit

Towards the Mineral King

Inlet

The End of the Mist

Moose

Moose on Taynton Trail

In the Trees

The Second Moose

Time to go...

Summits

Moss

The Path Up

On Top of the Next Mountain

Mount Taynton

Mount Nelson

The Summit

Mount Assinaboine

The Trail

Lonely Trail

Hop Hop Hop

O'er the Hills...

Walking back...

Sliding down the mountain...

Back Country

The Edge of Taynton

Tree Density

Light

Zoo Lights

Gotta love the lights...

And the animals...

New Year's

As always it seems hard to believe that another year has passed.  Well... it has.

It was a good year, and a good party.  As usual we had a few ideas to spice it up... so Brent sabered a bottle...

And Ryan fired off a rocket...

Or two...

But yeah... Happy New Year!

Skating

Its been a long time since I last went skating... like... 15 years....

We bought skates last year, so it was about time that we tried them.  This is how it went...

But the lake was pretty...

And I got the hang of it again... eventually... sorta...

Yep, that lake sure was pretty...

Ontario

So, in many martial arts there are tests to check your progress as you develop your skills.  Iaido and Jodo are some of those arts.  Every few years it comes time to test, and this year was one of those years.  Given that we have to test in Ontario to be able to test both arts it was an excellent opportunity to make a trip out of it.

We headed to Guelph where we stayed with Taylor Sensei.  We were able to train twice daily, which was an amazing opportunity for us, and we were able to squeeze in a bit of site seeing.  It was an amazing trip all around.  We met some great people, did some excellent training and were able to challenge our exams.  I was testing in Iaido and Jodo and managed to pass my Jodo exam.  My Iaido exam, well, there's always next time...

I'm behind on my life so I'll let the photos do the talking...

We went to Elora...

Then we went for an awesome hike...

And then we went to Niagra!