{"id":5438,"date":"2015-02-28T13:10:36","date_gmt":"2015-02-28T19:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?p=5438"},"modified":"2015-03-30T19:08:31","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T01:08:31","slug":"the-february-of-warmth-melting-snow-and-suspicion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?p=5438","title":{"rendered":"The February of warmth, melting snow, and suspicion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When we weren&#8217;t sitting around eyeing weather forecasts suspiciously (&#8220;Surely it&#8217;s going to get cold again some time soon?!&#8221;), much of February was spent riding bikes from the left of frame towards the right:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Bikes\/2015-Bikes\/i-ZzLnm9c\/0\/X2\/20150208_152811-X2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Prospector trail in Exshaw was alarmingly dry&#8230; and we spent more time trying to get the boy to pedal his trail-a-bike. And going on random explorations (in-between working on renovations&#8230; which are, by the way, a fantastic way to eat up every moment of your spare time).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Bikes\/2015-Bikes\/i-QzdmxGK\/0\/X2\/20150228_152106-X2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was some more skiing, as we gradually came to terms with the fact that there might not be a long nordic ski season this year. At least Moraine Lake Road still had snow!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Snow\/20142015-Random-snow\/i-V24bMwq\/0\/X2\/20150201_144705-X2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And the Nordic Centre is always fun, slush and warmth are preferable to -25oC and windy as far as I&#8217;m concerned.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Snow\/20142015-Random-snow\/i-LGZ3njk\/0\/X2\/20150224_124351%280%29-X2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Also, jumping is fun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Snow\/20142015-Random-snow\/i-6ZvBXw9\/0\/X2\/image%20%281%29-X2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/photos\/i-6ZvBXw9\/0\/MzRJVRTCrJ46HR5PzVFCmLFKjgwqmrMKgL2xHz26R\/580x435\/i-6ZvBXw9-580x435.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"435\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Winter Carnival in Canmore came and went with a whimper &#8211; the pile of snow on the street kept trying to melt, even with extra snow being brought in to shore it up. The toboggan slope was great fun though.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Random-Adventures\/20142015-Winter-in-Canada\/i-JRpqG75\/0\/X2\/20150209_174222-X2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then the boy&#8217;s run bike was passed on to the next generation of biking toddler.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.smugmug.com\/Random-Adventures\/20142015-Winter-in-Canada\/i-NDzMjpN\/0\/X2\/20150216_153001-X2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All of which serves to remind me that I really need to remember to take my proper camera a little more often, instead of relying on my phone camera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we weren&#8217;t sitting around eyeing weather forecasts suspiciously (&#8220;Surely it&#8217;s going to get cold again some time soon?!&#8221;), much of February was spent riding bikes from the left of frame towards the right: The Prospector trail in Exshaw was alarmingly dry&#8230; and we spent more time trying to get the boy to pedal his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,24,1,1270,14],"tags":[56,249,1526,1527],"class_list":["post-5438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bikes","category-canada","category-general","category-moosling","category-snow","tag-canmore","tag-canmore-nordic-centre","tag-febtober","tag-prospector"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"megan","author_link":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?author=1"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20150222-IMG_4008-X3.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?cat=29\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">bikes<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?cat=24\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">canada<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?cat=1\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">general<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?cat=1270\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">moosling<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?cat=14\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">snow<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">bikes<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">canada<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">general<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">moosling<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">snow<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?cat=14\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">canmore<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?cat=14\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">canmore nordic centre<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?cat=14\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">febtober<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?cat=14\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">prospector<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">canmore<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">canmore nordic centre<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">febtober<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">prospector<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 11 years ago","modified":"Updated 11 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 28.2.2015","modified":"Updated on 30.3.2015"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 28.2.2015 1:10 pm","modified":"Updated on 30.3.2015 7:08 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5438"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5448,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5438\/revisions\/5448"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}