Fernie-Winter Adventure!

I have never been a winter person!

I prefer the warm summer weather that leaves you hot and sweaty compared to the cold and snowy winter season. Unfortunately, when you live in Alberta, it is impossible to pretend that winter isn't here. I believe the reason that I don't like winter is because I don't do anything. I do not snowboard or ski. I do skate, however no one ever wants to go skating!

Last winter I went on a trip that helped me to start to embrace the winter season. I went with two families to Fernie BC for a week. We rented a five bedroom house at the bottom of the ski hill and all 11 of us crammed into the house for the entire week. 

Fernie was beautiful and snowy the entire time, and we ended up dividing the boys and girls for most activities. The four boys went snow boarding everyday while we were there, while the rest of us girls relaxed in the cabin and did girl stuff like painting our nails. 

The back of the house was on a lake, so one day all the girls went onto this lake with shovels and we shoveled different things into the snow, that you could see from the windows of the house. This was a lot of fun which was surprising because usually I hate the cold!!

Down town Fernie is similar to Banff except it is less commercialized. So we spent quite a bit of time going to the different shops down town. We ended up doing a big scavenger hunt that the Mom's set up for us. 

All of us at the Fernie train station for the scavenger hunt

One morning all of the girls piled into a van to the Ying Yang Yoga studio in Fernie. This was the first time that I had tried yoga in a studio situation. It was a lot of fun and a great way to start the morning! Later that night us us three couples that were 18+ went out to The Brickhouse for supper and drinks, which was a lot of fun because it was our little night on the town, even if it wasn't that eventful.

This trip was the beginning of me trying to accept winter and getting through it by finding fun things to do that are specifically for winter. What does everyone else do during the winter season that helps pass the long cold days?!