My time in the mountains.

If you know me, but don't know where I went, here is the explanation; since Sept. 2nd I have been living and working in a lodge in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta. My backyard consists of glacier fed lakes, waterfalls, caves, ice caverns, glaciers, and massive mountains that await my arrival. Num-Ti-Jah Lodge is the place that I'm working at, it feels just like home, pictures wouldn't do it justice. It is always warm, there is almost always a fire roaring in the library (yes we have a library!)
Being here is amazing. I love the atmosphere, I even love my job. I am the dining room host but I also do sometimes work in the kitchen department making appetizers and desserts, I get to cook all day, its so much fun. I like working in the kitchen way more than the dining room, I feel way more comfortable in there. Its amazing how the people totally make the place. One could feel totally alone in this type of environment if they were surrounded by the wrong type of people, but there's a good mix here so I'm good to go.
I take a lot of pictures of my spare time, I cant wait to show everyone when I get home. I don't have the time to load them onto this crappy computer and then on to the slow slow internet, so you'll have to wait for when I get back to see them (ill post them on here as well).

Two days ago I signed my first mountain register (which is a little book they put at the summit of most mountains to keep track of how many people have climbed it). The mountain I climbed was Crowfoot, not little crowfoot, not big crowfoot, but TRUE Crowfoot, which is the actual summit of Mnt. Crowfoot. Its a couple hours longer than if I were to climb Big Crowfoot but only about 5 meters higher, but its so worth it. I climbed it with my buddy's Paul and Rachel, Paul had done this summit before. The register on that summit has been there since 2002 and since that point there had only been 7 entry's, which means that in 4 years I was among only 10 lucky people that have made it all the way up there. The view is indescribable. It took us 5 hours to reach the summit from the lodge and 4 hours the return back. I am addicted to the feeling of reaching the top of somewhere only a handful of people have been to, I want to climb more but the weather is really cold sometimes. The weather can change so fast when your on a mountain, especially during this time of year so I had to bring a lot of layers of clothing, but that day we had the perfect weather, even better than during the summer season of hiking. There were blue skies, and I could see for miles and miles and miles, all the way into the B.C. interior.

Well, that's all for now folks, ill try to post more often.

I miss you guys a lot, can't wait to see you!
bye!
-Matt