June Hiking 2017

Ride with Kassie - 09 June 2017

Kassie came down early in June. I love it when she comes! She wanted to ride and so we did! Horseshoe Basin in Waterton.

Enjoying our ride! A very nice day in the mountains!

It's so much fun when the kids come!

I think too much when I try to take selfies!

A whole bunch of lady slippers! A fun find!

Looking south towards Waterton and Montana! Love where I live!

What I posted for Instagram! I love these kind of days!

Kassie also graduated from the University of Alberta as a teacher! Levi and Tiffany with Kassie at her graduation! 

A great picture of the girls! Kassie's first teaching job is a grade 5/6 split class at a christian school in Edmonton! She is great!

Cracker Lake - 22 June 2017

My first real hike of this season was to Cracker Lake in Many Glacier, Montana! This hike is 12.6 miles return with an elevation gain of 1400 ft.

I just love it when we get to the lakes, they are always so pretty, well worth the effort to get there!

Laura Webster, our fearless leader! She organizes the hikes which makes it so much fun. It is a great group of women who hike! 

Marilee getting that one good photo!

 I got her to look! Thanks!

The group of ladies for this hike! Lavern Appleton, Lorna Uibel, Sue Ellen Nielson, Laura Webster, Marilee Cahoon and Dixie!

Just for fun! Look at that lake!

Grinnell Lake - 26 June 2017

Grinnell Lake is another hike in Many Glacier, MT. This is an easier hike that is 3 miles return and an elevation gain of 220 ft. We go by a couple of lakes on this hike.

This is the group for this hike. (I can't name them all)

Marilee's daughter Laurel joined us on this hike which was so much fun! Laurel informed us on the way down to this hike that she was much more afraid of Moose than Bear! I was sure that wasn't going to be an issue, bear and for sure not moose, I haven't seen moose while hiking ever!

So what do we see on this hike!? Moose! Oh wait it gets better! These two were in the lake just down from the trail where we were. (Laurel is just a tad bit nervous) We look up on the trail where we are headed and what do we see....?

Another Moose right on the trail headed right for us! He/she starts trotting towards us! I'm thinking where do we go? We found a tree to get behind off the path towards the lake. My thoughts were, if he doesn't like us, maybe we can protect ourselves by the tree! Not much choice. Luckily the Moose just trotted on by not worried about us at all!  So I go from never seeing a moose, to two/three in one day all within 100 ft of us!! A great day!

Laurel posing for us in a fun tree!

A hike with both Moose and bear! This guy was seen from the car down by the lake as we were driving out! I think he went down for a drink.

Tiffany Anna's Wedding

Devon Lynn proposed to Tiffany Anna Lowry on the way home from our Saints and Sinners Run on 25 Feb 2017.

How sweet is this?

The handsome couple!

Engagement photo! I love this photo of them!

 Family photo after Tiffany's sealing in the Calgary Alberta Temple.

From Left to Right

Levi, Deedee, Tashina, Devon,Tiffany, Kelly, Mike, Kassie, Nathan.

The whole family as it existed 25 May 2017

Back Row

Melissa, Levi, Tashina, Devon, Tiffany, Kelly, Mike, Kassie, Piper, Nathan

Front Row

Zak, Greysen, Deedee, James, Hunter, J.J., Markus, Thomas

I love each and everyone of these people! They are all so fun and great to have around. I wish I could spend more time with them.

Mother and Daughter, beautiful!

Nathan, Tiffany and Levi

Kassie, Tiffy, and Tashina

Tashina with her son Markus!

Kassie with her nephew Greysen!

Nathan's son Thomas Michael Sinclair Lowry!

Nathan's second son Hunter Nathan Barnes Lowry

Nathan's daugher Juliana Joy Lowry ( J.J.)

Levi's son Zakary Levi Lowry

Levi's second son Greysen Allister Lowry

Levi's daughter Piper Noel Lowry

Tashina's son Markus Denver Watson

Kelly's children all grown up!

Tashina, Kassie, Tiffany, Nathan, Levi 

I love this family and these kids so much! Tiffany had a beautiful day. Just a note, the 25th is important to Devon and Tiffany. Devon proposed on the 25th, got married on the 25th and I think there is something else but I can't remember what.(first date??)

Saints and Sinners!

February 16 - 22, 2017 I got to go to Vegas with these fun gals. Barbara Hinman wanted to run the Saints and Sinners Half Marathon. She asked Kelly if she wanted to go. Kelly said yes, lucky for me, Kelly asked if I wanted to go, I said I can cheer anyone running a race in Vegas, no problem!

Then Kassie and Tiffy decided they wanted to go. Therefore, we 3 decided to do the Team Relay! I of course said I get the shortest leg! So Tiffy started, 6 miles for her, Kassie, 5 miles for her, and Me, 2.1 miles!

This is before the race started! A rainy day at Lake Mead, NV, but warm enough, I liked the desert landscape! Beats snow at the moment. Cara works for Kelly and she wanted to come too!

From Left to Right: Dixie, Barb, Cara, Kelly, Tiffy, Kassie!

Who was the Saint and who the Sinner?

This is one of my favorite pictures! Kassie's Selfie!

Document for posterity that we were truly in Vegas to run a half marathon! It was Barbs idea and she was the one who trained the least! Funny! I didn't train, as it is cold in Canada, but I can say I ran the full distance of my part of the relay! 

Evidence that I was in the race! So this race was my 5th, I've done three 5km races, 2 in Polson, MT, 1 in Kalispell MT, 1 Spartan race in Calgary, and this, a Team Relay at Lake Mead, NV! It's fun to get the little goodies, for this race we got a nice black Saint and Sinners T'shirt and a little backpack!

Tiffany coming in after completing her part of the Relay! Kassie and I stood in the rain waiting for her to come in! Really too bad we weren't getting a tan while waiting! (but we weren't too hot!)

Kelly coming in the first part of her race, Barb is not far behind!

Cara coming into the 3rd and final 2.1 miles of the race! Her face tells it all! "Why did I say I'd do this???"

Kassie completing her part of the relay! She was just getting going, and felt like she could go for miles! Oh the joy of Youth!

Yup I ran the full distance of my part of the race! (a bit painful to walk for the next few day though!)

That's our team time: 2hrs 23min 47 sec!

 I do believe our team name was the TDK's!

Oh notice I choose the Saint side to finish! Ummm!

The TDK's on the podium with our medals! 

Lake Mead in the background! It was a nice place to be!

Cara finished her half marathon 13.1 miles in 2hrs 26min 31sec!

Way to go Cara!

Kelly completing her 13.1 Miles!

Way to go Kelly!

Kelly's Time!

Barb, you did it! 

Barb's time! Right on!

The Half Marathoners! Yeah!!

All of us! It was a good time!

President's Day in the USA! We drove to Red Rock Canyon, got in free and enjoyed ourselves. We would have hiked around if it was warmer, but we just enjoyed a few pit stops and the view from the car!

Just had to put in Barb's photo bomb, as it was painful for her to walk! Actually, the 3 older of us were rather tender in our walking for a day or two!

We went to Cirque du Soleil Michael Jackson One! It was great! We also saw a Donny and Marie show, which was great too, but I have no pictures. We were lucky at Donny and Marie, the usher ended up getting us a table closer and that made the show even better! They were funny, much like I remember growing up!

I had to put this in as Tiffany got engaged on this trip! She stayed a week longer to rock climb with Devon, and gang. On the way home, on 25 Feb 2017 Devon proposed at the Provo Temple! I do believe the big day is 25 May 2017! Congrats you two!