Home Sweet Home Again

I thought I would never say that I liked home better than vacations but after another 10 days away, this time in Alberta,  its great to be home.  I do enjoy visiting family and friends but the weather in Alberta sucks.  Yes the economy is thriving and many young folk go there for jobs and being able to make a good salary is a factor that can make life easier and therefore better. After all,that was our life choice during our productive working years. But I think Albertans buy more stuff, more toys and possessions to compensate for the lousy weather.

Here's Calgary during one of the few sunny breaks last week    

And here is a view

of the highway east of Edmonton

K and I had a pleasant drive back through the Roger's Pass.  The sun brightly shone on fresh snow up on the mountains but the roads were bare and dry.  There was little traffic and no construction.  We stopped lunch in Revelstoke where we saw our first spring flowers:

When we got to Vernon,  we went for a walk up Bella Vista Road, then crossed the hill west of our house.  We could see Okanagan Lake and look back towards Vernon and Silver Star, still white with snow.  The Balsam  Arrowroot are in bloom all over the hills:

It is good to be home, I plan to stay put for a while!