Christmas at the Lodge
December 29, 2011 
When I say the Lodge, I mean my brother's place, White Grizzly Lodge - quietly situated on the northern tip of Kootenay Lake in the British Columbia interior of the Canadian Rockies.
This is what he does (I'm a proud sister).
I don't do that. Not even close. I think only crazy people with suicidal tendencies do that sort of thing.
But the Lodge is still a super cool place to visit, even if you don't ski. Check this out.
The main building sleeps 16 people - 5 bedrooms, each with private bathrooms (thank god!).
A welcoming front entrance.
A woodpecker door knocker made by my Uncle to announce your arrival.
That's my room up there.
The view from my room.
Firewood - a necessity for the warm fire in the main room where we all hang out.
A dining table made from a slice of a 500 year old Sitka Spruce tree.
We eat like kings here, all meals were prepared by a chef.
Complete with standard issue Lodge taxidermy ...
... named George. Totally not my thing. But he's really quiet and you kinda get used to him after a while.
FYI, George came with the place when my brother bought it. No one in my family owns a gun let alone shoots anything, just sayin'.
I even saw some deer while on a walk with my sister-in-law.
(So mad I didn't have my camera set properly ... )
So this is where I was last week. It was the first time in a decade my family's been together for Christmas and it was a right-proper-Winter-Wonderland-holiday. It was special.
I have a few more fun things to share about this place in the coming days.
Reader Comments (22)
A beautiful place! Looks like your brother is really living the life. How wonderful that your entire family can get together at such a special place. Best wishes and have a great time!
It looks gorgeous! How I miss all the trees =)
I'll stick to quilting! The riskiest thing I do is leave the safty off my rotary cutter!! Your brothers place is awesome! Your girls must have had a blast!!
What a treat! So glad for you and your family getting to spend the holidays together. And I'm sorry, but you posted the pics....SNOW!!!!!!!! A real-life Winter Wonderland!!!!! So.very.jealous. :)
What absolutely beautiful footage! I love mountains, snow and trees. Our son, the Alaska kid, climbs mountains just to ski down them. Looks like he and your brother would get along well! And our son made his cabin from his own Sitka spruce trees on his land, and he's made tables, too.
However, I do not ski. I never have. Well, cross country on perfectly flat land, and then I struggled! So I'll stick to the dangerous Big Brother and rotary cutter!
That place looks marvelous for spending the holidays! Lucky you!
How FUN!!!!! Is there fishing nearby the lodge? I am thinking it would be a great place to send the men in the family for a fishing trip in the fall.
OMG! That's my idea of a really wonderful Christmas!!! I wish I had a relative with a place like that. (Even my city dog would have a good time. She thinks snow is God's reward to her for staying indoors in the rain.) That just looks like so much fun!!!
AWESOME!!! DId you have trouble traveling in the winter weather??!! Dang! That last shot of the little building/shed....is that where Santa slept??!! Looks like an old garden shed. ;p
Welcome back!
Nice place although a little bit too much snow for my taste;-) But I love this cute little woodpeeker!
Hildy
Oh wow, wow and wow Kristyne what a fabulous way to spend Christmas, you lucky girl.
V x
Wow! What a neat place! My cat, Harry, even jumped up on my lap to watch the video. I wonder how long it takes that beard to thaw out! :)
Looks like a great place to visit!
What a wonderful place to spend the holidays! I would love to go there for a long visit and take my sewing machine. Sew, walk, eat, sleep, repeat!
What a wonderful place to spend Christmas!!! Hope you all had a wonderful time!
Wow! That looks wonderful. So glad you had a special family Christmas!
It's wonderful you all got to spend time together. Your bro' is a real daredevil! And what a lovely place he has! And you are so lucky to have had snow. All we have here is a drizzly rain and too much wind... Oh well, still great weather to stay inside and do some crafting!
What a beautiful place to live and work. Your brother is really living the dream. Christmas could be disasterous and still be pretty awesome when spending it there. I'd say I hope you had a great time... But, duh! :)
Love the pictures of your white Christmas we have a sunburnt one here in Australia. Love your blog
It looks like a slice of heaven to me!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? It's 50 degrees in Chicago and raining! I would love to be doing what you're doing! Lucky duck!
What a pretty place. Thank you for sharing us with and for the terrific photos. I live in So. California by the beach and looking at that beautiful snowy landscape is a treat (I still prefer the beach vs mts.). Thanks again for all the great postings and Happy New Year!
I was thinking as I watched the video, young people are so brave. What a surprise when he took his hat off at the end! What a lovely place! What goes on there in the summer?
Another thought I had during the video was, there must be some shocked animals as people whiz by.