It was a long time coming.  We had about 4 or 5 days of steady rain at Vagabond.  Something we haven't had for quite a while.  We have had a weekly rain storm that has come through which was great.  But this was more than that.  The highs were about 8C and that meant at the top of the mountains, snow.  In the Jasper area they had snowfall weather warnings. and some of the highways in that area were impassable with snow. When the rain finally stopped and the clouds lifted the mountains were absolutely stunning.  
Also after the rain stopped I finally went to the top of the mountain for a hike to T2.  It is my go-to place both winter and summer.  And as you can see in the video there is some snow.  Usually there is snow from the winter at this time of the year but the snow I walked through was from the recent storm pattern.  But one thing that is consistent are the views in every direction. 
Kicking Horse resort is now open daily for the summer with the gondola, grizzly bear refuge and mountain biking.  
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Vagabond Lodge is back open for the summer season with our first guests.  We have a couple from England who were here last year and another couple from Phoenix. 
After a long hot spell we are back to normal, with some new snow on the mountain peaks' over the past few days along with  rain off and on.  More rain is predicted in the next few days and cool temperatures at night especially hence the snow in the higher elevations. 
The change in weather is awesome.  
Oh yes...Canada is not burning up as you may see on social media and on the internet.  I am not saying we don't have some wild fires but it is not as serious as you would think. There are some in Northern BC and in Northern Alberta. 
We have nothing of note locally with a couple days of some light smoke in the air.
We have had certainly worse over then past 5 or 6 years. 
It is business as usual here. 
We did take advantage of the hotter temperatures last week when it was reaching close to 30C and did an amazing bike ride to Takakkaw Falls and then a kayak on Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park. We aim for the bike ride just prior to the road being open to car traffic and it was magical.  
Beautiful asphalt road with no-one except us and a few other bike riders and hikers on it. 
Along with friend Patrick we then put our kayaks into Emerald Lake for a couple hours paddle.  Again..magical.