The Canadian Rockies ...

Picture 81547, originally uploaded by John Foong.

... are beautiful.

For this 2-day retreat, we had the privilege of staying in Canmore/Banff, about an hour or so away from Calgary, and home to these huge, gorgeous mountains (which form part of the Rockies - which is this endless mountain range from northern Canada to Chile ... longer (but not taller) than the Himalayas). Whoa.

There were about 50 of us, all staying at these cute little chalets, surrounded by mountains. And to make things even better, the weather was a "balmy" 5-10 degrees Celcius (significantly warmer than the -15 that had been forecast?!!!) ...