Woke up.
Went for Breakfast
Packed up the tent site for the last time
Came home.....that is where a whole new exhaustion starts. THe washing and cleaning of clothes, van, blankets.....now we have spent the next couple of days trying to recover from our adventure. For my record sake, I need to add that I slept with a toque on for 7 out of 12 of those days. So so long to our 2009 summer vacation....looking forward to 2010 already!!!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Day 11 - Aug 8th
Now that Sara is gone I have to narate for myself. Today we got up, and G & G Welk and Sara headed home to Assiniboia from Calgary. Casey, Jada, Eric and I continued on to Maple Creek to pick Copper up from the Kennel. (he spent all his time at G & G Welks but the one night they camped at Calgary with us he had to go there) Man, he was so excited to see us. and we were equally excited to see him. From here we headed back to Cypress Hills for one last night of Camping. While there we just chillaxed and had a fire, saw a family band play at the ampitheatre...pretty simple day!
Day 10 - Aug 7th
1.woke up
2. packed up
3. went to Calaway Park (we met Grandma & Grandpa Welk here. This was part of the kids Christmas Present from them. It was a great time. We stayed the night at Calaway Campground too. Grandpa has most of the pictures on his camera, so maybe once I get some of those I will add here)
4. adventure is over (that is for Sara. She went home with Grandma & Grandpa to have her special week with them. Casey's talking to her on the phone right now and she is working hard and having fun. Miss you Sara. We continued on with our adventure for two more days.)
2. packed up
3. went to Calaway Park (we met Grandma & Grandpa Welk here. This was part of the kids Christmas Present from them. It was a great time. We stayed the night at Calaway Campground too. Grandpa has most of the pictures on his camera, so maybe once I get some of those I will add here)
4. adventure is over (that is for Sara. She went home with Grandma & Grandpa to have her special week with them. Casey's talking to her on the phone right now and she is working hard and having fun. Miss you Sara. We continued on with our adventure for two more days.)
Day 9 - Aug 6th
1. woke up
2. packed up tent (this is us with Jano & Sonia, the owners of Noah's. They are amazing people.)
and this was one of their dogs Tsoulene. She is the baby, only 9 months old. The kids would take her for walks and play with her. Very nice dog.
3. ate breakfast
4. on the road
5. camping at banff
6. got a site
7. shopping in banff
8. horse carriage ride around banff (this is not us in the carriage. I had to lift this from the website, but it was a nice ride.)
9. went to lulu store
10. fire (firebans had been on since our second day, so this was a treat)
11. sleep
2. packed up tent (this is us with Jano & Sonia, the owners of Noah's. They are amazing people.)
and this was one of their dogs Tsoulene. She is the baby, only 9 months old. The kids would take her for walks and play with her. Very nice dog.3. ate breakfast4. on the road
5. camping at banff
6. got a site
7. shopping in banff
8. horse carriage ride around banff (this is not us in the carriage. I had to lift this from the website, but it was a nice ride.)
9. went to lulu store10. fire (firebans had been on since our second day, so this was a treat)
11. sleep
Day 8 - Aug 5th
1. woke up
2. got dressed (another very important part of our day)
3. going to eat breakfast at 3 valley gap
4. play at the park
5. argo rides (check out Noah's Ark Resort website to see what these look like. This is another event we forgot the camera for. In short it is an amphibious ride on a "thing" that has 8 wheels and goes from trail to water. It is kind of neat)
6. Play at the park
7.Stung by a wasp (oh the poor girl. Sara got bit right behind her earlobe. Her whole ear swelled up and was red.)
8. going for lunch
9. Kay Falls (these were an amazing sight. Off the #1 highway we just pulled onto a rest area, not even a marked one, just a random dirt spot to stop. With cars zipping by, we doned our running shoes to walk for these falls we heard about from locals, WELL, we entered the unmarked path and a 2 minute walk, no kidding. Like right behind the first layer of trees where these BEAUTIFUL falls. Huge they were.
2. got dressed (another very important part of our day)
3. going to eat breakfast at 3 valley gap
4. play at the park
5. argo rides (check out Noah's Ark Resort website to see what these look like. This is another event we forgot the camera for. In short it is an amphibious ride on a "thing" that has 8 wheels and goes from trail to water. It is kind of neat)
6. Play at the park
7.Stung by a wasp (oh the poor girl. Sara got bit right behind her earlobe. Her whole ear swelled up and was red.)
8. going for lunch
9. Kay Falls (these were an amazing sight. Off the #1 highway we just pulled onto a rest area, not even a marked one, just a random dirt spot to stop. With cars zipping by, we doned our running shoes to walk for these falls we heard about from locals, WELL, we entered the unmarked path and a 2 minute walk, no kidding. Like right behind the first layer of trees where these BEAUTIFUL falls. Huge they were.
You can see the kids and Casey at the base of the falls. They were huge. 
The river below it was amazing. Everything sparkled with "fools gold" in my opinion. Every rock you picked up and flakes of it floated everywhere. I couldnt believe this gem is hidden without a sign to guide people here. We were sure to share our find with other campers at the campground.
10. Sky Trek, Jada's trek. Jada smacked her nose. (So the day everyone else did their courses, this little kids course for age 2 & up and no harnesses required, was still closed and close to being finished they told us. So stopped in just to check if it was open. Well it had just opened that morning. So off the girls went. Sara went along to encourage her. Jada did wonderful. Never scared of any course they had. She even started being brave and doing summersaults in the nets and stuff.
They could do this course an unlimited number of times, so the girls went threw for quite a while. They Jada got going pretty fast and slipped and slipped through some steps and banged her nose. (see below) but it didnt stop her from going again. She was an amazing tropper.
11. Truck stop supper (HUGE meals, bigger than I have ever seen before. One order could have fed Eric, Sara, Jada and I (shayne). We also met some firefighters from Ontario who where fighting the fires close by and they let us know that it was finally under control. Thank you firefighters.)
The river below it was amazing. Everything sparkled with "fools gold" in my opinion. Every rock you picked up and flakes of it floated everywhere. I couldnt believe this gem is hidden without a sign to guide people here. We were sure to share our find with other campers at the campground.
10. Sky Trek, Jada's trek. Jada smacked her nose. (So the day everyone else did their courses, this little kids course for age 2 & up and no harnesses required, was still closed and close to being finished they told us. So stopped in just to check if it was open. Well it had just opened that morning. So off the girls went. Sara went along to encourage her. Jada did wonderful. Never scared of any course they had. She even started being brave and doing summersaults in the nets and stuff.
They could do this course an unlimited number of times, so the girls went threw for quite a while. They Jada got going pretty fast and slipped and slipped through some steps and banged her nose. (see below) but it didnt stop her from going again. She was an amazing tropper.
11. Truck stop supper (HUGE meals, bigger than I have ever seen before. One order could have fed Eric, Sara, Jada and I (shayne). We also met some firefighters from Ontario who where fighting the fires close by and they let us know that it was finally under control. Thank you firefighters.)12. Bed
Day 7 - Aug 4th
1. woke up
2. went to sky trek (here is the pictures. I have so many good pictures of Eric & Casey doing their first course since there was a professional photographer there, but it is hard to upload those pictures here, so just a few to share. Eric & Casey went all the way through to the black course. Man some spots looked scarey and at times they were REALLY high in the trees, but they finished all the courses.
Here is Casey doing a summersault in the nets.
High fives while going down the ziplines.
Here is a picture trying to show how high it was. You can see the ground, Eric on the lower platform, and then Casey on the upper platform. THis was the beginning of BLACK!!!
The boys are still wearing their gear, and the girls are wearing their helmets so we could watch.
Here is Sara geared up to go through her course. She still wasnt tall enough to do the adult course. This was very upsetting, since we for sure thought she would be, but we will wait and see agian next year.
The guy that was running the course gave Sara some things to try to make the course more challenging. Like going backwards, eyes closed, one hand. So that was fun for her.
Doing a summersault in the nets (this is where Casey got the idea from)
Eyes closed on this course!
3. ate at three valley gap
2. went to sky trek (here is the pictures. I have so many good pictures of Eric & Casey doing their first course since there was a professional photographer there, but it is hard to upload those pictures here, so just a few to share. Eric & Casey went all the way through to the black course. Man some spots looked scarey and at times they were REALLY high in the trees, but they finished all the courses.
Here is Casey doing a summersault in the nets.
High fives while going down the ziplines.
Here is a picture trying to show how high it was. You can see the ground, Eric on the lower platform, and then Casey on the upper platform. THis was the beginning of BLACK!!!
The boys are still wearing their gear, and the girls are wearing their helmets so we could watch.
Here is Sara geared up to go through her course. She still wasnt tall enough to do the adult course. This was very upsetting, since we for sure thought she would be, but we will wait and see agian next year.
The guy that was running the course gave Sara some things to try to make the course more challenging. Like going backwards, eyes closed, one hand. So that was fun for her.
Doing a summersault in the nets (this is where Casey got the idea from)
Eyes closed on this course!
3. ate at three valley gap4. on the road (going to revelstoke to check out some shops)
5. dad looks cool
6. mom looks awesome (ah thanks Sara)
7. shopping revelstoke
8. cook supper (Casey again bbq'd for us, boy was it yummy)
9. played at park
10. sleep (what a much slower day, though Sky Trek takes a long time to get through. I think we were there from 9am till 2pm)
Monday, August 10, 2009
Day 6 - Aug 3rd
1. woke up (waking up here near Sicamous was very smokey. Forest fires would have been only 45 minutes away from us. Is was sad not to see the beautiful scenery every morning.)
2. tarp on tent (neighbors must have said forcast for rain, but we never did get any)
3. going to three valley gap for breakfast. (we collected stickers from all the places that we went and here is Casey & Sara putting them on the roof topper. I loved the sun rays coming down, God's blessing for our trip)
4. Enchanted Forest (I have so many pictures from here. The kids loved it again this year. I love watching them run around and explore. Jada's favorite place this year was Little Miss Muffet.)
Say no Evil, Hear no Evil, See No Evil.
The ducks where eating right out of their hands. It was so fun to watch the ducks fight for the food. THey where fighting with the fish in the pond.
5. Got a bear (Sara had been asking to buy a teddy bear every place we went. Some as much as $50, and we kept saying NO, but we finally gave in and let her get a much more resonably prices one at the enchanted forest)
2. tarp on tent (neighbors must have said forcast for rain, but we never did get any)3. going to three valley gap for breakfast. (we collected stickers from all the places that we went and here is Casey & Sara putting them on the roof topper. I loved the sun rays coming down, God's blessing for our trip)
4. Enchanted Forest (I have so many pictures from here. The kids loved it again this year. I love watching them run around and explore. Jada's favorite place this year was Little Miss Muffet.)
Say no Evil, Hear no Evil, See No Evil.
The ducks where eating right out of their hands. It was so fun to watch the ducks fight for the food. THey where fighting with the fish in the pond.
5. Got a bear (Sara had been asking to buy a teddy bear every place we went. Some as much as $50, and we kept saying NO, but we finally gave in and let her get a much more resonably prices one at the enchanted forest)6. lunch subway sicamous
7. Go Karting (I had never been go karting and this was definelty on my to do list. It was so much fun. Everyone got to participate. Jada kept telling me to go faster. Eric got extra time since he was reallly into it. Sara really enjoyed it as well)
above is Eric.
below is Sara in the green & white car, and Casey in the black car.
8. D Dutchmen Dairy (this was amazing ice cream. we got to go back behind the building and they had the adult cows that you could see & pet, then the barn beside with the babies and you could pet them too, and they also had horses, peacock, llamas, pigs all to interact with for FREE. The ice cream wasnt free but it tasted so yummy. Made fresh right here in the building.)
Can you find the kids?
Sara of course, loved the horse again.
Eric petting the calf.
Here is the ice cream shop part. It was so busy, and it had so many flavors to choose from that it took us forever to get through there. Each freezer had 8 flavors and there where 3 freezers, so let me do some math . . . that makes 24 flavors to choose from. So what did we have, Jade=orange creamcicle, Eric=chocolate milkshake, Sara=peppermint patty, Casey=vanilla milkshake, Shayne=peppermint patty. I just had to phone Sara and ask her what flavours we had. She is the best at remembering. Sara is at Grandma & Grandpa Welk's for the week.)
9. suspension bridge (at Crazy Creek, this is a fun place to come. It has also expanded since last year as well. It is run by a Christian guy, so Sunday's are free entrance. We went on Monday. D'oh)
Last year this bridge freaked me out, but this year, the fear was concored so I could have some fun on it with the kids.
The little boardwalk down to the falls.
If you look through the trees, there is three hot pools that is part of Crazy Creek as well and we went swimming there twice.
Here are the falls that you walk over.
8. D Dutchmen Dairy (this was amazing ice cream. we got to go back behind the building and they had the adult cows that you could see & pet, then the barn beside with the babies and you could pet them too, and they also had horses, peacock, llamas, pigs all to interact with for FREE. The ice cream wasnt free but it tasted so yummy. Made fresh right here in the building.)Can you find the kids?
Sara of course, loved the horse again.
Eric petting the calf.
Here is the ice cream shop part. It was so busy, and it had so many flavors to choose from that it took us forever to get through there. Each freezer had 8 flavors and there where 3 freezers, so let me do some math . . . that makes 24 flavors to choose from. So what did we have, Jade=orange creamcicle, Eric=chocolate milkshake, Sara=peppermint patty, Casey=vanilla milkshake, Shayne=peppermint patty. I just had to phone Sara and ask her what flavours we had. She is the best at remembering. Sara is at Grandma & Grandpa Welk's for the week.)
9. suspension bridge (at Crazy Creek, this is a fun place to come. It has also expanded since last year as well. It is run by a Christian guy, so Sunday's are free entrance. We went on Monday. D'oh)
Last year this bridge freaked me out, but this year, the fear was concored so I could have some fun on it with the kids.
The little boardwalk down to the falls.
If you look through the trees, there is three hot pools that is part of Crazy Creek as well and we went swimming there twice.
Here are the falls that you walk over.
10. make supper (we actually went to a grocery store and bought some meat, potatoes, corn on the cob and cooked it back at Noah's. They provide two barbeques to be used by everyone, along with tables and chairs, microwave, coffee. It's great. Everyone appreciated a home cooked meal.) 11. Park (there was a park right below our tent site, so we let the kids have some down time to play and make friends.)
12. Swimming (oh at the hot pools. One pool is 86degrees, one is 102degrees, and one is 104degrees. then there is the cold pool plunge. Sara would jump into the cold plunge over and over again. It was freezing, glacier fed. Jada also started swimming on her own here. The water wings came off and away she went. She couldnt totally do it by herself, but it was great to see her start trying. This is a huge step for her since she doesnt like water being on her face and she was swimming underwater. Good job Jada. Again we didnt have the camera.)
13. sleep
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