Thanks for the replies guys...
Muha, I'd like to say a trip to the foothills would be priority #1, but with a newborn I'm stuck to 2 hour or less sessions. So the 5 min drive to the bow, or 5 min walk with a belly boat to the lake is appealing to me. Got a question for ya though, Do the 2 hr boating restrictions apply to your personal watercrafts? ie. A belly boat or a canoe. Also, the $900 a year is for "shore access", do you know what that entails? It's not very clear on their site.
BA, Good tips. We were meeting with the builder to discuss financing, sale of our current home, moving, etc. I'm thinking if we decide to finance with them it would lock us into a good rate for a long time , including the time it takes to build the place. We're looking at a possession date in September, so 5 months, which would work very well with our work schedules. As for the commute, it's 28ish minutes from Evergreen right now, so moving there would actually be faster to get to work down deerfoot at during my commute times (25ish mins at earlier times than the rush hours).