Kicking Horse River - Riverside Artwork

Here is a neat Kicking Horse River piece of Riverside Artwork

Kicking Horse River Bighorn Sheep

We are very fortunate in Golden to see Bighorn Sheep daily in the Kicking Horse Canyon! Here is a great photo of a majestic Rocky Mountain Ram!

Is Catrafting on your Bucket List?

Catrafting made Let'sGo! Magazine's Travel Bucket List: Check out Catrafting on the Kicking Horse River  
What’s a Bucket List?
If you haven’t heard about the bucket list, it is a list of all the goals you want to achieve, dreams you want to fulfill and life-experiences you desire to experience before you die.

Why Create a Bucket List?

Why have a bucket list? If you don’t live your days by personal goals and plans, chances are you spend most of your time caught up in a flurry of day-to-day activities. Ever feel your days are passing by without any tangible output to speak of? What were your accomplishments in the past 3 months? What are your upcoming goals for the next 3 months? Look at the things you did and the things you’re planning to do next – Do they mean anything to you if you are to die today? Having a bucket list reminds you of what’s really important so you can act on them.

Even if you frequently live by goals or to-do lists, they are probably framed within a certain social context e.g., performance, career, health. A bucket list opens up the context. It’s a forum to set anything and everything you’ve ever wanted to do, whether it’s big, small or random.

It’s just like planning ahead all the highlights you want for YOUR whole life. Even though goal setting is already my staple activity, I still found many new things to do while I was writing on my bucket list. It was an incredibly insightful exercise. What’s more, coming up with the list it gave me a whole new layer of enthusiasm knowing what’s in store ahead!
The objective of creating a bucket list isn’t to instill some kind of a race against time or to create aversion towards death. I don’t see our existence to be limited to just our physical years on earth – I don’t see our existence to be limited to just our physical years on earth – our physical lifespan is but a short speck of our existence in the universe. The whole point of a bucket list is to maximize every moment of our existence and live our life to the fullest. It’s a reminder of all the things we want to achieve in our time here, so that instead of pandering our time in pointless activities, we are directing it fully toward what matters to us.

Create Your Bucket List

If you don’t have a bucket list, I highly recommend you to create one. How much does it cost? Probably 30 minutes to an hour, or more if you get really caught up in the writing . What do you gain? Significant clarity and focus on what you want from your life. It’s an invaluable exchange.
If you have already written your bucket list before, take this opportunity to review it. See if there are new items you want to add-on. If so, add them in. Check if all the items listed are still relevant. If not, remove them.

 YEAHH!! Definetly Bucket List Material...

Catrafting made Let'sGo! Magazine's Travel Bucket List: Check out Catrafting on the Kicking Horse River

Top 10 Worst Christmas Gifts

Top 10 Worst Christmas Gifts

According to Gather magazine, these are the absolute worst presents you could give for Christmas:

1. Nose Hair ClippersGather
2. A dead hamsterGather
3. A vacuum cleanerGather
4. MascaraGather
5. KY Jelly
6. Outgrown or hand-me-down clothing
7. A framed photo of yourself and/or your family
8. A years supply of protein bars
9. A one month gym membership
10. Orthodontia

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Score Brownie Points with your Boyfriend this Christmas

Want to make sure you pick the right gift for your boyfriend this Christmas? Men prefer cool, funny and practical Xmas presents. Find the best Christmas gift ideas for your boyfriend, partner or fiance that cost less than $100. Alpine Rafting Gift Cards are on sale until November 15th 2010

The best Christmas gifts for your boyfriend provide you with a great opportunity to demonstrate how special he is to you and how much you value having him in your life.It's also a great time to show him that you are willing to swallow your fears, go out on a limb, and you are prepared to do something FUN and DIFFERENT together.  You'll find that most women are worried about getting their boyfriend, partner or fiance something that they won't want or use. This needn't be the case, provided that you pay attention to what he's interested in when he's out and any Christmas gift clues that your boyfriend slips into the conversation. When it comes to presents, men tend to be more outright than women.

Get him something you might not necessarily pick!!

If your partner is a sports enthusiast, or adrenaline junkie, you won't need to ask him as you'll know. Whether he's into  baseball, sky diving, basketball or whitewater rafting, buying a pair of tickets so that you can watch a live game together or jump out of a plane together is going to be well received. Plus, you'll get lots of brownie points for being the cool girlfriend willing to swallow your fears and get your adrenaline pumping together.  " He'll appreciate the fact that you have come along, especially if he knows it isn't really your thing " If you can't stand the thought of watching the game yourself, it won't be too hard for him to talk a friend into going along with him.
Christmas gift ideas for boyfriends could include a variety of sports-related presents. You can be sure that his favorite sports team doesn't just sell tickets, they'll offer official team jerseys and signed pictures of the best players. There is a variety of team merchandise available, but much of it should probably be avoided. Christmas gifts for your boyfriend should never be forced and it's all too easy to get carried away and purchase everything that broadly related to the overall sports theme.

Great Christmas Gifts for Your Boyfriend Costing Under $100

• An annual subscription to an interest-based magazine, such as DIY of Fitness Mag
• Something adventurous: Sky Diving, Bungee Jumping or Whitewater Rafting
• New power tools, such as a nail gun, circular saw or jigsaw.
• Home brewing kit.
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Good Fiance', Partner or Boyfriend Christmas Gift Ideas

The most common mistake women make when buying gifts for boyfriends at Christmas is purchasing what they'd like rather than what he'd like. Go out on a limb and get him something you might not necessarily like.  The more feminine the lady, the more difficult the decision-making process seems to become. Does he really want a cute teddy bear with "I love you" written on it? Men are very practical creatures so always try to come up with Christmas gifts for your boyfriend that are both practical and fun, never dull, impractical or work-related.

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