tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32668876431251200002024-02-08T03:21:19.746+01:00swissfamilyMThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-35960990838884306292022-08-21T23:51:00.000+02:002022-08-21T23:51:54.942+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip Day 16<p> Well, this is it folks. We flew out of Edmonton the same day the pope flew in. The security lines were longer than expected, but we had no problems. We were excited to have snagged 2 window seats for our return flight. Alas, David lost their window seat when bumped to the front of the plane for unaccompanied minors. We switched Lucas and David, so that Lucas could profit from the extra leg-room in the bulkhead seat. Nonetheless, Michael still had his window seat. Kind of.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVknJfGZbU-GfjSuTk9Rf4InAHSFBD2eHTwEOdcK0s8fosDQv6nWmGzGRCy1pg1EHZWLs7UBV2VDW9amJtOd-OkAzvJO4cbA8Y_rpOR7rxw1ZHtnhYWKfN1gnBxHB0BrneIPw5aH9qQLzZdTtHVmdf4BnBFPcc-vV9Q0naeSYTEabMDwmNvEUweEtg/s4032/20220724_074922.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVknJfGZbU-GfjSuTk9Rf4InAHSFBD2eHTwEOdcK0s8fosDQv6nWmGzGRCy1pg1EHZWLs7UBV2VDW9amJtOd-OkAzvJO4cbA8Y_rpOR7rxw1ZHtnhYWKfN1gnBxHB0BrneIPw5aH9qQLzZdTtHVmdf4BnBFPcc-vV9Q0naeSYTEabMDwmNvEUweEtg/s320/20220724_074922.jpg" width="320"></a></div><p>We finally got home and the garden had survived the 16 days without us. Rogue cherry tomato plants were flourishing anywhere I hadn't put cardboard down to control the weeds.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINsBeRO7p3U4vvR7p3VJ3BCiUBPZdOSLIoFjPNrZUv9g4RxnbBAIHBLA4nu6pG2uttN4pbkIuEOFxMZ-7tjuN1Ti03xxpPgwWatH9iSVpsH7bYlr9zS7K8typKR-N8AGgiy4S4VR3KRgpAAj34RpDNIxnWUnpz14hf5-QpjfmuGnrDwEj17sbf9me/s4032/20220709_142103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgINsBeRO7p3U4vvR7p3VJ3BCiUBPZdOSLIoFjPNrZUv9g4RxnbBAIHBLA4nu6pG2uttN4pbkIuEOFxMZ-7tjuN1Ti03xxpPgwWatH9iSVpsH7bYlr9zS7K8typKR-N8AGgiy4S4VR3KRgpAAj34RpDNIxnWUnpz14hf5-QpjfmuGnrDwEj17sbf9me/s320/20220709_142103.jpg" width="320"></a></div>Before<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZa8ep-Ktueo0VmDU7XKEXqf3H0d3WNicmSbuZm0kz_LI__ylHfYInFhXjNO4skmG8gmgI3L2_eZRLU4KT5vjV9Hk7e6dg9cBFpj3xR5qND-F5rsRyMmh-82sCvLZXfMuwHAxqVuvKoniLNtyzD-g5WAt8VmzCBqTo5R3gIQFKHNtU2uPtAvPi42sN/s4032/20220725_080757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZa8ep-Ktueo0VmDU7XKEXqf3H0d3WNicmSbuZm0kz_LI__ylHfYInFhXjNO4skmG8gmgI3L2_eZRLU4KT5vjV9Hk7e6dg9cBFpj3xR5qND-F5rsRyMmh-82sCvLZXfMuwHAxqVuvKoniLNtyzD-g5WAt8VmzCBqTo5R3gIQFKHNtU2uPtAvPi42sN/s320/20220725_080757.jpg" width="320"></a></div>After<br><p>I was super impressed with how well the trip went. Two weeks in the back seat of a car and there were no major fights. Within minutes of being home, Lucas and David were playing video games with each other. I am so happy that we were able to take this adventure together. All three are old enough that they should remember this trip for the rest of their lives. I certainly will. I was also pleasantly surprised that my 48 year old body managed to keep up and there were no major aches or pains to slow me down. My one foot did get a sharp pain after the day of walking in Vancouver which did impact my hiking afterwards, but it was gone after a couple days rest. My fitbit tells me that I walked 289,649 steps and covered 195km by foot. The car rental invoice says we drove 3328km.</p>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-15070983534963744192022-08-20T21:11:00.000+02:002022-08-20T21:11:54.725+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip Day 15<p> The morning of our penultimate day of our adventure we spent sipping coffee, and playing games with the Shutts. It is always such a pleasure to spend time with old friends as if no time had passed. Even better when the kids also get along. My very strong regret was that we did not take any pictures of our reunion! I think I may have exhausted my picture taking capacity after our Lake Louise/Lake Moraine outing. We thanked the Shutt's for their hospitality by leaving behind all our excess belongings. Who doesn't want 1/3 of a Costco jar of peanut butter or 3/4 of a box of fruit bars???</p><p>We planned a side detour on our way back to Edmonton to visit my Aunt Trudy and Uncle Bob. They live in the delightful town of Big Valley. We got to see the tourism train arrive and the community members who dress in garb from the 1800s to greet them. There are a couple of very impressive historical collections in town from thousands of different tools to historical population data and artifacts. I was privileged to see my Uncle's room of collectibles, particularly items related to Wyatt Earp and Roy Rogers. Again I failed to take photos of the reunion, but I treasure every moment spent with my Western family. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxgR7HmNb3Vhlc7Nk7oZNOxvgbBQY3CW-FylXt_hXdJW4jAtouxWQYo6hwf3vkJn0oe_MAI2-yqjxra-pBncb7-V3kLwHkvNH8zGUG5XJp4eN7RZaHby1ahBkGPeFK9LE7JKP0JXrBqr3RHgZVlHu7vhDayRdltqZbrOUt2pBxdTCuzcvBKyIsKDj/s4032/20220723_165942.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxxgR7HmNb3Vhlc7Nk7oZNOxvgbBQY3CW-FylXt_hXdJW4jAtouxWQYo6hwf3vkJn0oe_MAI2-yqjxra-pBncb7-V3kLwHkvNH8zGUG5XJp4eN7RZaHby1ahBkGPeFK9LE7JKP0JXrBqr3RHgZVlHu7vhDayRdltqZbrOUt2pBxdTCuzcvBKyIsKDj/s320/20220723_165942.jpg" width="156"></a></div><p>As we continued on to Edmonton, our final reunions fell through. It was just not possible to meet up with everyone on our list. This means we have more people to see the next time we come out west! Our airport motel was quite the sight. We had 2 rooms, but not adjoining. The kids were upstairs while Chris and I had a deluxe jacuzzi room. David was the first to try it out, getting his swim suit on and filling it up while Chris ordered pizza. I drove over to the airport to return our trusty steed as our flight was an 8am departure the next morning.</p>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-62463781597691315472022-08-19T16:28:00.000+02:002022-08-19T16:28:17.520+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip Day 14<p> Day 14, two full weeks in! Today we were going to summit a mountain. In Banff, there is a 4km hike up Tunnel mountain. It is a perfect "starter" hike to get used to mountain hikes. It was perfect for our farewell hike. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKGjHW7VHnMuj6jJXNbP6NNIabEG6yu9TtyhAMXj2IHsEVuNU6R855BK0NWi8zaAwdFgHKDwF_sTtYpbZ1IuYRQgYcKB6Bo2CHnp8CtZB9x9sgO8TiGCtpB8xxZ6v9o17YiVZ1Dh076UA9CCCgwO-XSnzZYtxkvzdMWAye1z9ABBueSHzAcOlcxxF/s4032/20220722_095419.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLKGjHW7VHnMuj6jJXNbP6NNIabEG6yu9TtyhAMXj2IHsEVuNU6R855BK0NWi8zaAwdFgHKDwF_sTtYpbZ1IuYRQgYcKB6Bo2CHnp8CtZB9x9sgO8TiGCtpB8xxZ6v9o17YiVZ1Dh076UA9CCCgwO-XSnzZYtxkvzdMWAye1z9ABBueSHzAcOlcxxF/s320/20220722_095419.jpg" width="320"></a></div>Nice easy wide path<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuDHf9mmLusgM_DUA9K6ySzE80Ujh0my2uUrEdOm9kkTA_Xs9fJsTN88zeMmx03GkMvEjwL1xVWHMdB5f7hzFf2tbRuT7pJAXfAHX2toyzgKX8gCoW4imEIB9srQ1i9MmFBcXbXxKuDpc4mR0g5-kqJR7hCxCJj0-c5_TY9VKdy_ZDvGJENU7JHCM/s4032/20220722_102113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGuDHf9mmLusgM_DUA9K6ySzE80Ujh0my2uUrEdOm9kkTA_Xs9fJsTN88zeMmx03GkMvEjwL1xVWHMdB5f7hzFf2tbRuT7pJAXfAHX2toyzgKX8gCoW4imEIB9srQ1i9MmFBcXbXxKuDpc4mR0g5-kqJR7hCxCJj0-c5_TY9VKdy_ZDvGJENU7JHCM/s320/20220722_102113.jpg" width="320"></a></div>Great view of Banff from the top<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyradYVMPsB61eLLcC8m4LrG0pZnIjleiCLSJ6W3-xrveU0DfIBgKQ6s5ksdRZMwzgx-ddJmN4RsmwCg0Bfl0SEvI-8ZwvNoa9BmoDJII7NUpIbC7RSuj3eDT7XV5gVolyTeiElscsCtySsV8lCxDzfnCPKCW0Cyo-LYFxmzAjBKBnkf62eSkw7eN1/s4032/20220722_102157.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyradYVMPsB61eLLcC8m4LrG0pZnIjleiCLSJ6W3-xrveU0DfIBgKQ6s5ksdRZMwzgx-ddJmN4RsmwCg0Bfl0SEvI-8ZwvNoa9BmoDJII7NUpIbC7RSuj3eDT7XV5gVolyTeiElscsCtySsV8lCxDzfnCPKCW0Cyo-LYFxmzAjBKBnkf62eSkw7eN1/s320/20220722_102157.jpg" width="320"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakhyTzoum5rr-F5sFNjy9KU7Tn2rpuI8diFVEfUFY7VJQAMADiRey7BOyuvmsGP8roZmYxDwiRJr-P2sUpLGJkzuoh6zXz1oqqAAvnKuPe5v6rEPajyueqvsG3obfiNcG1R_u7PrB-126GLzmbYOCWxaLh4QmkZ0nKg1SGcJnw0iCNcJqh7_nNfur/s4032/20220722_102948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiakhyTzoum5rr-F5sFNjy9KU7Tn2rpuI8diFVEfUFY7VJQAMADiRey7BOyuvmsGP8roZmYxDwiRJr-P2sUpLGJkzuoh6zXz1oqqAAvnKuPe5v6rEPajyueqvsG3obfiNcG1R_u7PrB-126GLzmbYOCWxaLh4QmkZ0nKg1SGcJnw0iCNcJqh7_nNfur/s320/20220722_102948.jpg" width="320"></a></div><p>I had promised beaver tails at the end of our hike. It was actually too much sugar for David!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2WV2fPRymQGESy2xEZqqCJLSqQgtEMBBACXPF5rspW_S9-GJat2Q_hKKs53LnXW3uBE95WMOYWExWgDbUJYRAgGd-iZUXrqfvtVRiUxoie0_7Mkv-xPpJ87M55XeDiWu6K3R5OJg4X9BzeLBVfWLql_qZOQVCCuZhDqpaE3sUkZHakNBjqBGtv3S/s4032/20220722_114343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC2WV2fPRymQGESy2xEZqqCJLSqQgtEMBBACXPF5rspW_S9-GJat2Q_hKKs53LnXW3uBE95WMOYWExWgDbUJYRAgGd-iZUXrqfvtVRiUxoie0_7Mkv-xPpJ87M55XeDiWu6K3R5OJg4X9BzeLBVfWLql_qZOQVCCuZhDqpaE3sUkZHakNBjqBGtv3S/s320/20220722_114343.jpg" width="320"></a></div><p></p><p>We had been making plans to meet up with friends in Calgary for Day 15. To maximize our time it had been suggested they could come out to Banff and have dinner with us. The weather forecast, which had been beautiful for 13 days straight, was calling for thunderstorms. Not wanting to pack up wet tents to take on the plane, and frankly not wanting to sleep another night on the gravel, we packed up camp early and hit the road for Calgary. I think we missed a great storm. The clouds were very dramatic, the thunder rolling, and there were some good flashes of lightning we could see from the road.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6Xh7BnlNhCr45XPAGte34o7Jo3WZ2me3EiQnwlggN7NZR93mlcrp4hoUbi2g_3_RFt_iaWQzNFLd08DI47xFgQgdQXnSehBMBoOKGrI6hlsJd6MoDxnuqSXv-EJPcK8JtJwXPfgZFYmm_-0JpfIPTZ1UcPDWnKYOWnA8FuWfvdsmB6tHMDkDrAYR/s4032/20220722_144711.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb6Xh7BnlNhCr45XPAGte34o7Jo3WZ2me3EiQnwlggN7NZR93mlcrp4hoUbi2g_3_RFt_iaWQzNFLd08DI47xFgQgdQXnSehBMBoOKGrI6hlsJd6MoDxnuqSXv-EJPcK8JtJwXPfgZFYmm_-0JpfIPTZ1UcPDWnKYOWnA8FuWfvdsmB6tHMDkDrAYR/s320/20220722_144711.jpg" width="320"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbv4xw-A8DkXDXJs_sHF-shbI-UwOLJAAeQ-wxef1EUP1gmnY9uU0krtE0yiE-IrU0joXfO330swOVce6lq3TehyyRiGtDgO0jzf9_-9UDbFuPndL_FB8DS62tg_gEDZCU949u3gnp5LdccOAXfA5BuIcd8aI7Bt2x-7SdkebGm3s-Y-XRCIYV6IlC/s5184/IMG_8326.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbv4xw-A8DkXDXJs_sHF-shbI-UwOLJAAeQ-wxef1EUP1gmnY9uU0krtE0yiE-IrU0joXfO330swOVce6lq3TehyyRiGtDgO0jzf9_-9UDbFuPndL_FB8DS62tg_gEDZCU949u3gnp5LdccOAXfA5BuIcd8aI7Bt2x-7SdkebGm3s-Y-XRCIYV6IlC/s320/IMG_8326.JPG" width="320"></a></div>Chris spotted a woodpecker as we were packing up<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KgjMjDinbcq1ApmkeY2UTZA2VqkWJtPah44zDzchjq0Ck9OVlofZit91V5fxlxqTjj7vGB9BKiv0WgcD5U9G4OfK_9GSMz6QoRsx3ythXGebZUhyKEe689ie-eLSuFaoXXuw6CQet8kR4FEeH4auO5ZyiLwmIimUt0gykBymHlr5LkC7849iUNN8/s5184/IMG_8329.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6KgjMjDinbcq1ApmkeY2UTZA2VqkWJtPah44zDzchjq0Ck9OVlofZit91V5fxlxqTjj7vGB9BKiv0WgcD5U9G4OfK_9GSMz6QoRsx3ythXGebZUhyKEe689ie-eLSuFaoXXuw6CQet8kR4FEeH4auO5ZyiLwmIimUt0gykBymHlr5LkC7849iUNN8/s320/IMG_8329.JPG" width="320"></a></div><p>We arrived at our good friend's Tim and Robin's house and saw their two kids: Katherine, who is almost exactly David's age, and Nathaniel, who was a soul mate of Lucas, just a decade or so younger. We had a delicious dinner and even more delicious conversation. We had a great after dinner walk though the neighbourhood and a nice lookout point to see Calgary's downtown. With our bodies and souls content, we finished off Day 14. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaw1cLAxgFf1Emf_jrd-eaIlX2SdNzF5dOkXMiD6F7ybY7gO_2JndvKHlZOHBuJxJeSYlyw49gbdtkgchUQf73-7Pkx9UmQ1259spHqM8gqoFi4fu2zgYkRVMd8zQE-5EvpBH2okPdf_DfchmxUrARut-x4_PASeo8XDQ9AIAhEVDAaNw6m9FptCnr/s4032/20220722_185648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaw1cLAxgFf1Emf_jrd-eaIlX2SdNzF5dOkXMiD6F7ybY7gO_2JndvKHlZOHBuJxJeSYlyw49gbdtkgchUQf73-7Pkx9UmQ1259spHqM8gqoFi4fu2zgYkRVMd8zQE-5EvpBH2okPdf_DfchmxUrARut-x4_PASeo8XDQ9AIAhEVDAaNw6m9FptCnr/s320/20220722_185648.jpg" width="320"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Y4AtCPKc7DY1Bfr4rY-XMQ6AKJVQDjWLbFoMZuLBkUtU7m1MxtWeod2HS0gE_p75lx3X4vKBRAwFMlbHcmExt3JFfLlYZHpdvvQGEhljOCPFQtB7CX0Y0b45FbLlSHwe1WXBp4-NkQPQ7RcpPE9erZfNEzzXkMfl5kmvIdi7MXt1hkXJhw-ElQa7/s4032/20220722_185753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5Y4AtCPKc7DY1Bfr4rY-XMQ6AKJVQDjWLbFoMZuLBkUtU7m1MxtWeod2HS0gE_p75lx3X4vKBRAwFMlbHcmExt3JFfLlYZHpdvvQGEhljOCPFQtB7CX0Y0b45FbLlSHwe1WXBp4-NkQPQ7RcpPE9erZfNEzzXkMfl5kmvIdi7MXt1hkXJhw-ElQa7/s320/20220722_185753.jpg" width="156"></a></div>Birthday twins David and Katherine<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5hbEGxBSqdNBUKJgJvWLc3kc5n9dv26mcblfFrbnBfqU8wDR3jbWs23MwH2yfe8_JAUw1m50oY55TZg5WmZXJG0eYYdfmDXnCjgRax0ObTnpoyf30mm0QlEoVAiJFVPQIs61JWvyw9JejGfupzj6MhlZjaG-LUZ7zvEFBZ5SirCi1rhWOWAdTgY9/s4032/20220722_185916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp5hbEGxBSqdNBUKJgJvWLc3kc5n9dv26mcblfFrbnBfqU8wDR3jbWs23MwH2yfe8_JAUw1m50oY55TZg5WmZXJG0eYYdfmDXnCjgRax0ObTnpoyf30mm0QlEoVAiJFVPQIs61JWvyw9JejGfupzj6MhlZjaG-LUZ7zvEFBZ5SirCi1rhWOWAdTgY9/s320/20220722_185916.jpg" width="156"></a></div>Spiritual twins Lucas and Nathaniel<br><p><br></p>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-77594179240408799972022-08-19T03:01:00.000+02:002022-08-19T03:01:12.471+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip Day 13<p> Before leaving Golden on our lucky 13th day, we stopped at the grocery store to replenish our perishables. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjut5xuTby3rLgpAqjZXR_B6OwEN8_FIyDuj93LR47Z0pXe8oyrmeWRwvEimm9hFaawYok1sy6854hbchfaHWExEcih9wjDcQT00pCkBBYTrT4QE1ES__wipjOCcBwMVkQP0R1fm5HMSv_CA4DLGGOPeXjPWvpW8IySoHwI2uP6rzGQoaX0AAMm2UdJ/s4032/20220721_094558.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjut5xuTby3rLgpAqjZXR_B6OwEN8_FIyDuj93LR47Z0pXe8oyrmeWRwvEimm9hFaawYok1sy6854hbchfaHWExEcih9wjDcQT00pCkBBYTrT4QE1ES__wipjOCcBwMVkQP0R1fm5HMSv_CA4DLGGOPeXjPWvpW8IySoHwI2uP6rzGQoaX0AAMm2UdJ/s320/20220721_094558.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Blasting for road building reminded us of driving through the Canadian shield, but on a much larger scale.</div><p>The earliest shuttle time I could book to go to Lake Louise / Lake Moraine was noon. We left with plenty of time to get to the shuttle parking area where we prepared and packed our staple hiking lunch of peanut butter and jam sandwiches with protein bars. We went to check in for our shuttle. The gentleman in the kiosk filled out our information and indicated where to go to board the buses now. I double checked that we didn't have to wait until our allotted time. He shrugged his shoulders and said it didn't really matter. The rule following, lawful good in me objected, but the itinerary, efficiency obsessed part of me rejoiced. Happily, we were on our way to Moraine Lake about an hour earlier than anticipated!</p><p>We veered towards the rockpile after leaving the shuttle bus. There was a short little climb and then jaw-dropping beauty! This is only a small selection of the photos we took. I might need more cloud storage space!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITkGc6nD3J6588853XF8LxkJrEax_MHJaPFwlU9-W3zFt9PdOtn7lgtImZPT_Nqv9d9uIbNBkIRTfjMzDz3ltotNYK-yQjPc4d3-OdKhocDj6T3a9gj65g_zY4mA0-P9tUNHKdCd7VcPIhXJv26R9yB_4tPqpmhCbsiSynbVh1iNzM-TOd8qjUl9V/s4032/20220721_114534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhITkGc6nD3J6588853XF8LxkJrEax_MHJaPFwlU9-W3zFt9PdOtn7lgtImZPT_Nqv9d9uIbNBkIRTfjMzDz3ltotNYK-yQjPc4d3-OdKhocDj6T3a9gj65g_zY4mA0-P9tUNHKdCd7VcPIhXJv26R9yB_4tPqpmhCbsiSynbVh1iNzM-TOd8qjUl9V/s320/20220721_114534.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Feast your eyes, this is my virtual background for me meetings now!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPtgMa-w3s664JbC5v3Q1Y2wv1syk_aoAJB_ijtcLY8q9d9EbOw2hky9occdhC_aA5dL270MKE5CjDv6UrArqA_q6pd2RKRf2kiREYbkCQBWJDE96ha84E8y_FveK5x5E7ck6uruk9UwawAPhDoI_jPskHfMU3kYuJWL7hHUgIXEomUeRpOxzDgB3/s5184/IMG_8252.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We had our picnic lunch at the south side of the lake before heading back. Our good fortune ran out and we just missed the shuttle bus to get to Lake Louise. </p><p>Once at Lake Louise, there was no rock pile to climb. A short stroll down the path and our jaws were dropping again. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdRbOft549W1Z3j0i3wESC_wO2iJVNtBaeH1iA2TZYEWuu1BkiVQ4Kf5J8KytoSu3fKaEhMpxPoEQPi5NCZ_kTr0sIswKb4WbZkQpOLsE24I3hi183BYzWgjGCaD7SIlyrU2Rnfz8hb0DYkf6nKGMF5I1jfKrYzOvFwq8NPcHnAAR4rXO2u7WayhG/s7904/20220721_135826.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3664" data-original-width="7904" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdRbOft549W1Z3j0i3wESC_wO2iJVNtBaeH1iA2TZYEWuu1BkiVQ4Kf5J8KytoSu3fKaEhMpxPoEQPi5NCZ_kTr0sIswKb4WbZkQpOLsE24I3hi183BYzWgjGCaD7SIlyrU2Rnfz8hb0DYkf6nKGMF5I1jfKrYzOvFwq8NPcHnAAR4rXO2u7WayhG/s320/20220721_135826.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>As I was taking a panorama, a couple decided to walk right in front of me and do a little photo shoot.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NMWdZ3fHM88nLo3bd7HS16xgHpKtFfs8hUJcOvKazK1_dE7DTwqMt5pM5vFmPnrCtvMA-YHrlpsbffffIVKDH8Q-eLRESfV9ji4cXhxcqq-oMveDpn5LCeF89QJ9FODY1-5jpioU3wCWct8avt2podzE46txZzQsnU2olGhev-rIv6F3rspMW_yr/s3264/20220721_135848.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="1592" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3NMWdZ3fHM88nLo3bd7HS16xgHpKtFfs8hUJcOvKazK1_dE7DTwqMt5pM5vFmPnrCtvMA-YHrlpsbffffIVKDH8Q-eLRESfV9ji4cXhxcqq-oMveDpn5LCeF89QJ9FODY1-5jpioU3wCWct8avt2podzE46txZzQsnU2olGhev-rIv6F3rspMW_yr/s320/20220721_135848.jpg" width="156" /></a></div>This is me exercising restraint in not photobombing all of the above couples photos for the rest of the day.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJkflmaSpwOzYdVacYfsYgGIdXpGkrH1NRDSkeFHcUSQP3BK59b34yutQonFEzY0sEntDAz7Oe2ELmVyNKvK1XsiJXKGu6gKBDDkr3sSKGdYRgScFXFCYLHDVldaAEx0xAm4C8d5-RuCAfez5_4ir4qchgXFSLmksUV4osdWpWhAo1w2pA8PPBbGs/s5184/IMG_8291.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJkflmaSpwOzYdVacYfsYgGIdXpGkrH1NRDSkeFHcUSQP3BK59b34yutQonFEzY0sEntDAz7Oe2ELmVyNKvK1XsiJXKGu6gKBDDkr3sSKGdYRgScFXFCYLHDVldaAEx0xAm4C8d5-RuCAfez5_4ir4qchgXFSLmksUV4osdWpWhAo1w2pA8PPBbGs/s320/IMG_8291.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Chris got the money shot.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmyY1onra5KdIE2MlC02m0Jyrow9umBz1HQ05JQBOewqLphyVeNmYFPar-5cTwu6XXZvIzGzE8MyWnJU39eU2FEpBnTB7QMksUoHv1P5wPgQoCMVkR3UpprO-ZixqDKrYxqg5nLW8Qq9GAcHxqwU7hFylmc2Wz2pBb2F6wx7Q9RzwZXg4mgBbrn8u/s5184/IMG_8292.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmyY1onra5KdIE2MlC02m0Jyrow9umBz1HQ05JQBOewqLphyVeNmYFPar-5cTwu6XXZvIzGzE8MyWnJU39eU2FEpBnTB7QMksUoHv1P5wPgQoCMVkR3UpprO-ZixqDKrYxqg5nLW8Qq9GAcHxqwU7hFylmc2Wz2pBb2F6wx7Q9RzwZXg4mgBbrn8u/s320/IMG_8292.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p>I had planned a longer hike here. I had 2 options and decided on the shorter of the two, a hike up to Agnes Lake. As we set off, there was a detour due to bears in the area. So many bear alerts and the only 2 we saw the entire trip were outside a parking lot and from the safety of a gondola! The hike was a pretty constant and steep climb. This time it was David who was feeling like this:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsvzYL-qxtD5nEa-HIfzIWMhS3CGD5f4j-RYdaXDlGqCJ_ITRgflIplornnuydPmtVrEBMWdvTAfFw51dBlnevZiG1fR6mrDFWtBJSWvtCqhO-uXAAg4frb3ZAYe9NUer5iUlBtH8ThN0DUoz_TUzP-q5bKBTiAJ-QnUtMSl8GZKdDTfNjO3LGLuL/s699/297352371_1903160426545991_7576031403876418306_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="515" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsvzYL-qxtD5nEa-HIfzIWMhS3CGD5f4j-RYdaXDlGqCJ_ITRgflIplornnuydPmtVrEBMWdvTAfFw51dBlnevZiG1fR6mrDFWtBJSWvtCqhO-uXAAg4frb3ZAYe9NUer5iUlBtH8ThN0DUoz_TUzP-q5bKBTiAJ-QnUtMSl8GZKdDTfNjO3LGLuL/s320/297352371_1903160426545991_7576031403876418306_n.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><p>There was a lake mid-way up that was delicious looking. Leaving it we crossed a tour group on horseback (which was how our shuttle bus driver had recommended getting up to Lake Agnes). Near the end was a waterfall. David had been obsessed with being able to touch a waterfall the whole trip. All the waterfalls up to that point were in accessible. This one, however, was just a couple meters off the trail. There was a lot of power in that waterfall!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24dKufplAhfubD4VTA6V8oq314ylA_-PzgoFKisQaqX6c_I8CqY8FtX4TXXt16wEF5jUTuSwrJHBPbMU5GfslGnvANZcofhi8509CppCTS7VP9T9uxGSggWS8_bsfQ1zjuKtUIn4FEKgRV8jL5VsdE-GwRKI7qTU4nlormy7heCbb4JSgPEVN0mno/s4032/20220721_143654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg24dKufplAhfubD4VTA6V8oq314ylA_-PzgoFKisQaqX6c_I8CqY8FtX4TXXt16wEF5jUTuSwrJHBPbMU5GfslGnvANZcofhi8509CppCTS7VP9T9uxGSggWS8_bsfQ1zjuKtUIn4FEKgRV8jL5VsdE-GwRKI7qTU4nlormy7heCbb4JSgPEVN0mno/s320/20220721_143654.jpg" width="156" /></a></div>Lake Louise as we climb over to Lake Agnes<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhABTsSC74zzKLoY-W2NJ0HWb-5Tp2o37yr-js4Wn-ncExgf2a4-m2QrQYellueGE_VrSXqmiApwbY2kNW0qUg5Lx9I8f_9HVeR7GDgapFVADlo5tfrE7ZARjb811zM6f3Cn-L3Y1-LwdNvdla-ZabxuupuxchYQJk61s9MunKgVD488UITCrh8SFSq/s5184/IMG_8298.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I had already read in reviews that you need to be up pretty early to not have to wait in a very long line. We opted to sit on some rocks, dip our feet in the freezing cold glacier lake and nibble on protein bars. As we took a return loop to Mirror lake, I noticed some definite drag marks and trail of blood across the trail. Yet again, the kids had gotten ahead of us on the hike. We reiterated the need to stick together!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_VthSAlSGG2jNeHbv8X25SG7yi-Kf50CcxWWB0P7JY-ZSiyG8xrOtKRjWVBJBDwbXXiO_aac1Pnh329S8Ea5xZdv0h9jaklx3bCdM0TMXpU34RWInKY7BxpxTis-gQg9A4q6rRMSENJubEtvq3ELNhMkOTiAEfkSc77-w1d_Wla82x_7_7aIU46q/s4032/20220721_154005.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA_VthSAlSGG2jNeHbv8X25SG7yi-Kf50CcxWWB0P7JY-ZSiyG8xrOtKRjWVBJBDwbXXiO_aac1Pnh329S8Ea5xZdv0h9jaklx3bCdM0TMXpU34RWInKY7BxpxTis-gQg9A4q6rRMSENJubEtvq3ELNhMkOTiAEfkSc77-w1d_Wla82x_7_7aIU46q/s320/20220721_154005.jpg" width="156" /></a></div>Lake Agnes<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTdKmy8mxMRsDoaempgH11IS3L4bLlwZKR-3zHXqs0vUUcj2sOErSxMz8JVGYfIQ7HA-flpKxcDLwPsFXvIN8-aeN4Z6vIGIJtEzMhTGwa8n12YudUorMH3jJyZocCtqwZfY7em3_hoxZaSKOOK6qgoYFKMNyjJ6a2ArED2-Midw40e2ts_ZBDqG4/s5184/IMG_8312.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyTdKmy8mxMRsDoaempgH11IS3L4bLlwZKR-3zHXqs0vUUcj2sOErSxMz8JVGYfIQ7HA-flpKxcDLwPsFXvIN8-aeN4Z6vIGIJtEzMhTGwa8n12YudUorMH3jJyZocCtqwZfY7em3_hoxZaSKOOK6qgoYFKMNyjJ6a2ArED2-Midw40e2ts_ZBDqG4/s320/IMG_8312.JPG" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhN7QM7NoX1F_fffsGeh9b0_jLbucRBLRxfrn_JvCBiEVh4Vf_fzmUWm27ICrPGPMQ9OFwSnpja-bznnFzXllVgYVjvEkJKdvl3LUvt0p4mOuQezuwn_nvpR80WPiKq8eVPV-4UQnWt8Y1PpdOGp61J3m2MebCu2Z3CmB8adC7M9jl5uIvW1iQpEM_/s4032/20220721_154627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhN7QM7NoX1F_fffsGeh9b0_jLbucRBLRxfrn_JvCBiEVh4Vf_fzmUWm27ICrPGPMQ9OFwSnpja-bznnFzXllVgYVjvEkJKdvl3LUvt0p4mOuQezuwn_nvpR80WPiKq8eVPV-4UQnWt8Y1PpdOGp61J3m2MebCu2Z3CmB8adC7M9jl5uIvW1iQpEM_/s320/20220721_154627.jpg" width="156" /></a></div></div>The source of David's waterfall<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDX4ArY-hwdMXxhl4d30xwWRe-9B9CuVz5Lg_ssWV3ZYrmzaYz4g8BzIAAIlfz6uyjBVROl8F1_g306MexisoEnwjw33vgokuhia0jlbP5OfiJN6BG6TUH_kcVWVqdPRLX9CuR5-GXn25x_XAb5Cqcvvn-WyYDhOb3Y192wuqU0U1DcqUz_o3tnGEN/s5184/IMG_8316.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDX4ArY-hwdMXxhl4d30xwWRe-9B9CuVz5Lg_ssWV3ZYrmzaYz4g8BzIAAIlfz6uyjBVROl8F1_g306MexisoEnwjw33vgokuhia0jlbP5OfiJN6BG6TUH_kcVWVqdPRLX9CuR5-GXn25x_XAb5Cqcvvn-WyYDhOb3Y192wuqU0U1DcqUz_o3tnGEN/s320/IMG_8316.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqW50mLKguz_OzrnmU-a6veddd0Bbffh47ooNuJIgaYaXl45eVSG5OD4AEuLwfr7oOyY_VGh7KuA5_wzT_cehnPl44k9nNBLNNHWD5ac-0Uapk3UgsfJQb1Mfw0DylEtdtS0g4ukiA0cS_lDTvxaL0D1F-XjPaaIuiHNz_SvPgvD7X0pYLVDJS-S9_/s5184/IMG_8317.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqW50mLKguz_OzrnmU-a6veddd0Bbffh47ooNuJIgaYaXl45eVSG5OD4AEuLwfr7oOyY_VGh7KuA5_wzT_cehnPl44k9nNBLNNHWD5ac-0Uapk3UgsfJQb1Mfw0DylEtdtS0g4ukiA0cS_lDTvxaL0D1F-XjPaaIuiHNz_SvPgvD7X0pYLVDJS-S9_/s320/IMG_8317.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We did not stay long at Lake Agnes. We were cognizant of the fact that we still needed to get back to the shuttle, drive to Banff, register and set up camp before dark! We made it back to the shuttle loading site at a similar time as many other tourists. It was a bit chaotic as the line to the parking area had merged into the line for Moraine Lake. Once the lines had been de-tangled, we managed to get on the second bus back to the parking area. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNFoqF0FG2mjQPZDJFJ17MA_yhz57eH8d-Lhan3X_00RcmhpXfDqakOcd4177YlGSueQr50Ozc-1mzqn3scpDmKcG_p0PCfOZ-7JO73zOVWOpoXoqRgkGvb8og5Vdk4prz3QYPcVooGareWBp-Y9nHP3ofHvWexKeWIaigbPcW4dZgwZvDtPjEPmU/s5184/IMG_8319.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTNFoqF0FG2mjQPZDJFJ17MA_yhz57eH8d-Lhan3X_00RcmhpXfDqakOcd4177YlGSueQr50Ozc-1mzqn3scpDmKcG_p0PCfOZ-7JO73zOVWOpoXoqRgkGvb8og5Vdk4prz3QYPcVooGareWBp-Y9nHP3ofHvWexKeWIaigbPcW4dZgwZvDtPjEPmU/s320/IMG_8319.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Pretty hot and tuckered out<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1XKT_pTg97aZdoPVd-dBwRZHUd9UE41oYdhJZbg1hJwD_SkbXJ9HJiq6T6uIEM3MwUu5era1no0xG7T_rUvtset_9IO-KZ72g4k8qJQx2SSAXmdCHLiaoDa6A-2o3d4vbOk95tB8yZZPLjrwARYd742U1-YVga6fN_-TE5RtUsdcDvcoAkdqMh0d/s5184/IMG_8320.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY1XKT_pTg97aZdoPVd-dBwRZHUd9UE41oYdhJZbg1hJwD_SkbXJ9HJiq6T6uIEM3MwUu5era1no0xG7T_rUvtset_9IO-KZ72g4k8qJQx2SSAXmdCHLiaoDa6A-2o3d4vbOk95tB8yZZPLjrwARYd742U1-YVga6fN_-TE5RtUsdcDvcoAkdqMh0d/s320/IMG_8320.JPG" width="213" /></a></div>Last hand dip in the lake.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjar7nYi4cjWdC4Q1EjDMGES3nAvRNw7FbJKRiIFBeQRh7bf0iW5mHj_Rtnhs-YWkdaon0HE0gE0SApIARRiI0qAgvsgdSjixX-mOdwT92JzFtwx9qmr8_s9z4Fi0H7mT29VKIf6i4OHU507cmGaNL7dXlJTmoi1ADSWvh4hkOB20XnOuZUF8qvZkZF/s5184/IMG_8321.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjar7nYi4cjWdC4Q1EjDMGES3nAvRNw7FbJKRiIFBeQRh7bf0iW5mHj_Rtnhs-YWkdaon0HE0gE0SApIARRiI0qAgvsgdSjixX-mOdwT92JzFtwx9qmr8_s9z4Fi0H7mT29VKIf6i4OHU507cmGaNL7dXlJTmoi1ADSWvh4hkOB20XnOuZUF8qvZkZF/s320/IMG_8321.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Waiting for the bus<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYgRCJ8BaDAidC8Lk99-JMvwEXyqSqKVn60D48Asrfq1ZujGprg6cMtZ1heK7KkB2uIgrgJNR1zABfDMmAUgKkSCTcZ7sPzT-1bV3kwetJ3BcTz5qAR7v6YC7wCxb1VbfMtgFkpIxJpsOsnRCy182Cj6LoRgmspIyb-a8uT-2itBhpBGh6vMYIjGz/s5184/IMG_8324.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYgRCJ8BaDAidC8Lk99-JMvwEXyqSqKVn60D48Asrfq1ZujGprg6cMtZ1heK7KkB2uIgrgJNR1zABfDMmAUgKkSCTcZ7sPzT-1bV3kwetJ3BcTz5qAR7v6YC7wCxb1VbfMtgFkpIxJpsOsnRCy182Cj6LoRgmspIyb-a8uT-2itBhpBGh6vMYIjGz/s320/IMG_8324.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Still smiles while waiting<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNMd6sJgrNiFFssbKiJDtmG-9fOhG1scczX6Sazz7QcuQvZ_2sSNqJnWk_-LaORNP1Fx9HuoauE-vlUdD704F37mN_CIOvv6ifIHmb8GeoXF4tmvbC7IlC62DUURxI-VCpziYlaXp0ZINEI-QPAh8jJD7y1YDVpJK2_czEmjEfJOUNepK9B7DAf8T/s5184/IMG_8325.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBNMd6sJgrNiFFssbKiJDtmG-9fOhG1scczX6Sazz7QcuQvZ_2sSNqJnWk_-LaORNP1Fx9HuoauE-vlUdD704F37mN_CIOvv6ifIHmb8GeoXF4tmvbC7IlC62DUURxI-VCpziYlaXp0ZINEI-QPAh8jJD7y1YDVpJK2_czEmjEfJOUNepK9B7DAf8T/s320/IMG_8325.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Smiles dimmed a little after one bus came and left and we were still waiting.<br /><div><p>We registered for our campsite in Banff, and got our 2 tents set up in record time considering we didn't have any of our normal camping supplies with us. Next task was to find food. We wound up at a Mexican rooftop patio with a DJ precluding the possibility of dinner conversation. The drinking age in Alberta is 18 and Chris was very disappointed that Lucas hadn't ordered a drink for himself when we had been in Jasper. This time, he ordered a margarita. The waitress asked him if that was a virgin one. As many of us do when faced with not really knowing what the question meant, Lucas said "sure". Chris quickly interjected that he did NOT mean a virgin margarita and Lucas was carded for the first time! So proud.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpY8JS8eqkPAb28DwZ9vIgZgZApp_PEvj9Uq2BJUpMunhugHFHgVS4MwZ4vKL9e7EaIol5u_gk5jFMtLK65OUz8ADuvx1nsb-Jb9rB1Onmzj8RPAPViR0uRU-Q3YFjk4JW5Pua05cpw30YXOxfHSi3I5uYvgvKJmoo9Gh_WoBvT9f3e770Oo8DXja9/s4032/20220721_204759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpY8JS8eqkPAb28DwZ9vIgZgZApp_PEvj9Uq2BJUpMunhugHFHgVS4MwZ4vKL9e7EaIol5u_gk5jFMtLK65OUz8ADuvx1nsb-Jb9rB1Onmzj8RPAPViR0uRU-Q3YFjk4JW5Pua05cpw30YXOxfHSi3I5uYvgvKJmoo9Gh_WoBvT9f3e770Oo8DXja9/s320/20220721_204759.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><p>We had a quick fire before turning in to bed. Not a comfortable night for the two parental units as we were sleeping on a gravel pad and we did not have any extra mats or blankets.</p></div>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-86522942328560290092022-08-17T20:23:00.001+02:002022-08-17T20:24:21.935+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip Day 12<p> A dozen days in and we left Kelowna in good spirits. I had been hogging all of the driving, so today Chris got his turn behind the wheel. As a result, I got a couple shots of the car interior so you can see how well we could fit inside the Nissan Rogue after almost 2 weeks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREN8R1Sejf11BhY0pE1QMQmzXTFBKzz8rIJI8oodkNeE722-0PbixH1mk6l2p3n_VemJ2n80ICmyj_vsWxG5i4oZSQGgwtXKqfDFMjF-VxJGjsTc95gYbubUoS8_03ySXLBjRAUR2pbq6fq6WVzVF9OWnrm8oJyXSNp75J3n1Cy7itLKH-ihERTyh/s4032/20220720_094939.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREN8R1Sejf11BhY0pE1QMQmzXTFBKzz8rIJI8oodkNeE722-0PbixH1mk6l2p3n_VemJ2n80ICmyj_vsWxG5i4oZSQGgwtXKqfDFMjF-VxJGjsTc95gYbubUoS8_03ySXLBjRAUR2pbq6fq6WVzVF9OWnrm8oJyXSNp75J3n1Cy7itLKH-ihERTyh/s320/20220720_094939.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Leaving Kelowna<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3ZFSYivOwiEKvXxCxGbjpwpeqyucFpJSSniEhtHf4soRD40lwJYRPhPzeIEI5h0zi-naoCbJ7iDtsjNfPF3gv8a-UyvjtkhhcumCEJi7rfQdoaiKLoNyilWBX5U04GuRbYmX5H66E1W1ZnZuskBk8fAb_FXTdaU8HgAXLZmYF6843xv_0BI4BYIg/s3264/20220720_103001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="3264" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs3ZFSYivOwiEKvXxCxGbjpwpeqyucFpJSSniEhtHf4soRD40lwJYRPhPzeIEI5h0zi-naoCbJ7iDtsjNfPF3gv8a-UyvjtkhhcumCEJi7rfQdoaiKLoNyilWBX5U04GuRbYmX5H66E1W1ZnZuskBk8fAb_FXTdaU8HgAXLZmYF6843xv_0BI4BYIg/s320/20220720_103001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Lucas had sufficient room, but still managed to whack his head a couple times<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZfU3VBYidDqxxskDza0op1cUzaRyL_AzlEq1VnN2F8tMvwZGLAiMSljNhG51itj3eAnTdUEHBSkZMl-NlqsKfBNLMxrpQXo9L8fy373t3WZTX47ATs2EzgJEYMFBBBptRvovAlfF-NaVJU4I4NSNDm1NaKZE1645hOu4m10lZMyMJHSyY5T8ouYm/s3264/20220720_103005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="3264" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAZfU3VBYidDqxxskDza0op1cUzaRyL_AzlEq1VnN2F8tMvwZGLAiMSljNhG51itj3eAnTdUEHBSkZMl-NlqsKfBNLMxrpQXo9L8fy373t3WZTX47ATs2EzgJEYMFBBBptRvovAlfF-NaVJU4I4NSNDm1NaKZE1645hOu4m10lZMyMJHSyY5T8ouYm/s320/20220720_103005.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Lucky Michael had the coveted middle seat most of the time</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNihS2zwY2NzKBf1W4p98tHlwj3VGvLNfFVRuESENM9gAdB63Ej-a7XJcbAQkBPYYADYOSqqdYG1aFhqzO3Rp1XGEd8X7dP1Kx_WVQH1mXMaWwC_pTq-O4pqnGg2YIs-H_ei6dRSv2JeIJ-dnnWiTjzInUSfmw6rU1PXQ664kWCmXrC9QgP_o5Hu9o/s4032/20220720_122537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNihS2zwY2NzKBf1W4p98tHlwj3VGvLNfFVRuESENM9gAdB63Ej-a7XJcbAQkBPYYADYOSqqdYG1aFhqzO3Rp1XGEd8X7dP1Kx_WVQH1mXMaWwC_pTq-O4pqnGg2YIs-H_ei6dRSv2JeIJ-dnnWiTjzInUSfmw6rU1PXQ664kWCmXrC9QgP_o5Hu9o/s320/20220720_122537.jpg" width="320" /></a><div>A return to the snow capped peaks on the eastern side of the rockies<br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3uCR4Mq2Kpmv9ztjoLqIjxe2k31DvxyC4mKrwdhZ11UCdrm7J2U61pMjEN-XRZAriMWucwOxq3aAHBNYoI5gJz9AAwGkvuUpj5_S1RTYx0V81tOcFsAly3vYJqHDtQSoBeiw9eLNgKm7qk1jujjdYfij-U29lBWbnWAkvNDRTt7uW5MI1xWniqsq/s4032/20220720_122736.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3uCR4Mq2Kpmv9ztjoLqIjxe2k31DvxyC4mKrwdhZ11UCdrm7J2U61pMjEN-XRZAriMWucwOxq3aAHBNYoI5gJz9AAwGkvuUpj5_S1RTYx0V81tOcFsAly3vYJqHDtQSoBeiw9eLNgKm7qk1jujjdYfij-U29lBWbnWAkvNDRTt7uW5MI1xWniqsq/s320/20220720_122736.jpg" width="156" /></a></p><p>I loved seeing the transition from snow at the top of the mountain to raging waterfalls by the bottom of the mountain</p><p>We drove three hours into Glacier National Park. We pulled off at the Illecillewaet Valley trails to do the "Great Glacier Trail". I chose this one as it was supposed to have a great view of a glacier as well as some pretty spectacular waterfalls. David had been obsessed with waterfalls. We had a leftovers lunch out of the trunk of the car. We started the hike and soon came to a Parks Canada tent set up with info about various bear sightings in the area. We then walked by the ruins of the iconic luxury railway hotel "Glacier house". This was the original Banff Springs Hotel and Chateau Lake Louise. Alas, some tragic avalanches and the retreating glacier spelled oblivion for this hotel while the sister hotels continue on in greatness. Cool history stuff about the initial mountain guides enticed over from Switzerland.</p><p>We continued on, hearing and then finally seeing the glacier fed mountain "stream". There were many large rocks along the trail, likely brought down by those ferocious avalanches. We took a LOT of photos. I've done my best to edit the number down, but this will be a rather photo heavy post! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyDe7khlhPDjBYvwmdIxzac6pBdGvQLeiGoT6nEr80B1jBP5YyD2RQjyB9mrN_PCytiE0LAla63eMVQmaKD285sDpeLk_ZExj3oizLQS5yn848FBuzQlNfmOskDzz8cKBLNcptsS_Pxw6uqE_VV-ZBxwK1hIEiWs6lQ85hESrJ8R59znKhBAt8J4D/s4032/20220720_125709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyDe7khlhPDjBYvwmdIxzac6pBdGvQLeiGoT6nEr80B1jBP5YyD2RQjyB9mrN_PCytiE0LAla63eMVQmaKD285sDpeLk_ZExj3oizLQS5yn848FBuzQlNfmOskDzz8cKBLNcptsS_Pxw6uqE_VV-ZBxwK1hIEiWs6lQ85hESrJ8R59znKhBAt8J4D/s320/20220720_125709.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The view was already gorgeous from the parking lot. 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We drove the final hour to Golden where we stopped for the night. The hotel had a pool and hot tub that David, Michael, and I enjoyed. Unfortunately the hotel internet conked out and took the tv with it. Possibly for the best, so that we all got a good night's sleep.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-17503962643073770852022-08-16T17:17:00.000+02:002022-08-16T17:17:12.224+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip Day 11<p> Day 11 started with mixed emotions. As we travel eastward, it is more clear than just the dates on the calendar that our trip is coming to a close. We still have some more adventures, so we will not dwell on the future. Before leaving Vancouver, I really wanted to go to the <a href="https://www.capbridge.com/" target="_blank">Capilano suspension bridge</a>. We got there bright and early and even so, the crowds were larger than I had anticipated. We crossed the bridge and it was unexpectedly bouncy and swing-y! On the other side we did several interpretive trails, starting with a raptor one. We sat for a show with two raptors. The tourism talks are their side hustle. Their main job is protecting agriculture fields from "pest" birds. They have saved millions of dollars worth of food loss where they work compared to historical yields and comparisons to similar fields without the winged protection. Super interesting talk. </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFz5JPjVI7uuEbt0gAzPcEGcosYXTQUi52F4iNukQQ5i1NNtlhCG04elu4JhRVJPyFLgS98zPci1IY15YE6R76OUNeZGTIxeFtmD3nL8HFsti6PgNRowIvCr2ikvVAZXKoEjP55ahh45KJFfBZ9yw8Dvv-LX2pRiIkKrcUDgR-FZpqy3QOVi1G1jbx/s5184/IMG_8188.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFz5JPjVI7uuEbt0gAzPcEGcosYXTQUi52F4iNukQQ5i1NNtlhCG04elu4JhRVJPyFLgS98zPci1IY15YE6R76OUNeZGTIxeFtmD3nL8HFsti6PgNRowIvCr2ikvVAZXKoEjP55ahh45KJFfBZ9yw8Dvv-LX2pRiIkKrcUDgR-FZpqy3QOVi1G1jbx/s320/IMG_8188.JPG" width="213" /></a></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOPqnAgkQBsQKB9kd1iWNV6PE9xLDICNUAiELm6D-0mIWRFZfAZHCMfxJkZ2uMBG0jT4BMopDGR9yEFS6pz-369WYppfpCp6u50ZhijTcki5cqTWiqe9BM-MmEoNSb3OK2jNBcNJc1pvPv4QC9qUZvdvekH5rk_rqnlr4moQp87TEbk9yIkyuKng2Y/s5184/IMG_8190.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Think "Ewok village" and that is what it was like. It was neat, but again, more crowded than I expected. Luckily distancing was pretty much built in to the set up.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUu7qW2YqgKE3aRZRUcN9QTm4-ApuVjR8BBqrVxC2KJnXdGIBFA67qS7JCJTI3mRdUdqMBwIlGZ2ZVEPzov9T6gJfkCVjxryAvW5YxRMHcTJh-dbfzGR81VicZDbFB8U8UMcqJ83KO7ZZZl0_kbNtg8orSNHHisL0qi3gBmmL2e6VnVSj43UqjPLE0/s4032/20220719_104429.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUu7qW2YqgKE3aRZRUcN9QTm4-ApuVjR8BBqrVxC2KJnXdGIBFA67qS7JCJTI3mRdUdqMBwIlGZ2ZVEPzov9T6gJfkCVjxryAvW5YxRMHcTJh-dbfzGR81VicZDbFB8U8UMcqJ83KO7ZZZl0_kbNtg8orSNHHisL0qi3gBmmL2e6VnVSj43UqjPLE0/s320/20220719_104429.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Yub-nub<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg330OjjlwWxb4GUhzvoBiGCFh22pphuYzTdCOSQHVykAZgI3xHHPbXsolDmbOGtSOBLtkZTYKCRJtHuu-JFAOwnsXryEiBOLZSmFhdjHpM9EKXjAOOzH4W9t8wv0Jxvyt9z_NHNa-DZ9xpcTZ576-IuMQnJHHY-T2RQz3SG3BYGXytmSNRMpGCKtxP/s7280/20220719_105726.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="7280" data-original-width="2096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg330OjjlwWxb4GUhzvoBiGCFh22pphuYzTdCOSQHVykAZgI3xHHPbXsolDmbOGtSOBLtkZTYKCRJtHuu-JFAOwnsXryEiBOLZSmFhdjHpM9EKXjAOOzH4W9t8wv0Jxvyt9z_NHNa-DZ9xpcTZ576-IuMQnJHHY-T2RQz3SG3BYGXytmSNRMpGCKtxP/s320/20220719_105726.jpg" width="92" /></a></div>Grandma Capilano tree. Oldest and tallest in this park!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2kf86UEX9N_eX7QsTaEpxcxZiL4w-x0VMzQZtKLLoMLXQVma2bBvVshtydqMq5HVyJGExgHDWw8WBGauPYD4aQ6P_gk_Y_6YFISyDYs9lA_DNZRVEbcY0kq-amjQ_h77Yh9wR5jjjbc3PMX_Wr-NC3iHhDUKUj0tjLvsR30vSp6Sbx4_OMcDYnzX/s4032/20220719_105746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2kf86UEX9N_eX7QsTaEpxcxZiL4w-x0VMzQZtKLLoMLXQVma2bBvVshtydqMq5HVyJGExgHDWw8WBGauPYD4aQ6P_gk_Y_6YFISyDYs9lA_DNZRVEbcY0kq-amjQ_h77Yh9wR5jjjbc3PMX_Wr-NC3iHhDUKUj0tjLvsR30vSp6Sbx4_OMcDYnzX/s320/20220719_105746.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLB8akUKr1IsoetaYB5NMFlXU5A9vT61mVOvxUT3m28aUOgpUJt3XS5W9wblJC_nWYtKSgAoh8wHXXrr3IX_-0ejW9z9voEnXdAEdR7IDTtIGQxNSRHPyAj6MJNRJ2WIqkBa0130zAtGhmZ4Og-jThuFb_EGieTyS9URnc9VkmNLzOMOBG6IlH10B/s4032/20220719_111340.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKLB8akUKr1IsoetaYB5NMFlXU5A9vT61mVOvxUT3m28aUOgpUJt3XS5W9wblJC_nWYtKSgAoh8wHXXrr3IX_-0ejW9z9voEnXdAEdR7IDTtIGQxNSRHPyAj6MJNRJ2WIqkBa0130zAtGhmZ4Og-jThuFb_EGieTyS9URnc9VkmNLzOMOBG6IlH10B/s320/20220719_111340.jpg" width="156" /></a></div>Took this photo for Popeye!</div><div><br /></div><div>Back on the other side of the bridge was a cliff walk. Great views. We listened to an interpretive guide talk about the differences between grizzlies and black bears and then went and spent some money on some souvenirs at the gift shop. We had mostly been avoiding the gift shops, but perhaps that feeling of impending finality of the trip had an effect on us. After 2.5 hours of exploration, the crowds at the entrance were incredible. We really had made a good choice coming at the opening hour. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3XKi3U6GyGqBCadO8PKXGfQ5QuMLTXq4mKvq5-yYdRFbqsNG3ANWiPRydbjByuJno47g_SRw-KVzto0bMZ0eLn3kX4bk9gSNOan_LS5382jeMKjd5bUFIeFwYtMXbkwxQoijENQofQMNY0-iNQThgfKRQpLfKcqNnWl75YTgesFA2HjYuKIJOqag/s5184/IMG_8203.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3XKi3U6GyGqBCadO8PKXGfQ5QuMLTXq4mKvq5-yYdRFbqsNG3ANWiPRydbjByuJno47g_SRw-KVzto0bMZ0eLn3kX4bk9gSNOan_LS5382jeMKjd5bUFIeFwYtMXbkwxQoijENQofQMNY0-iNQThgfKRQpLfKcqNnWl75YTgesFA2HjYuKIJOqag/s320/IMG_8203.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Cliffwalk<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZMjCYM2dirbVfuPXQ3u0qmGnslEXXq3zZoF-buvRladEfuETTPOu3m4Bv0PJwy9DndasYqTd3t2K19CJzHNCmxMOQA4YJLH1IeeUjWLCFSMqBRQDJVvRrPTZUbOiXDKTZoRGARdWL_Zum4Kojv06Wt31_x4QSCPPDLWCQTxExBNAyHIn8fACu68Y/s5184/IMG_8204.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZMjCYM2dirbVfuPXQ3u0qmGnslEXXq3zZoF-buvRladEfuETTPOu3m4Bv0PJwy9DndasYqTd3t2K19CJzHNCmxMOQA4YJLH1IeeUjWLCFSMqBRQDJVvRrPTZUbOiXDKTZoRGARdWL_Zum4Kojv06Wt31_x4QSCPPDLWCQTxExBNAyHIn8fACu68Y/s320/IMG_8204.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Wildlife!<br /><p>We hopped in the car and headed to Langley. This town just East of Vancouver had a toy store which had been the only request of Lucas. His friend has a large Funko Pop collection and told him of a store, <a href="https://www.toytraders.ca/home.aspx" target="_blank">Toy Traders</a>, with the largest selection. Lucas has a phobia of large figurines, taxidermy, and statues. This store was FULL of them! By drawing on years of coping mechanisms and keeping his eyes downcast most of the time, Lucas was able to find his target Lucario Funko Pop and explore some of the store. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigU4ZzYH6qzCRQPIhjEohM7zXmD0Pg7ioGxGU5gnk4Xf4PdA9MepSc1mNhVzkPwGSrNATKsYZxzzgzPrQIMPmxNTjETUaeVgTxcMnOV7iLwOLfxfuBX6arrHFxF1PMHPAC5M9i_vmYjUVW7mQLBPxzwD2deScGx_tLeORnUNMS0c4D3qb-UfFhQ1A5/s4032/20220719_125948.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigU4ZzYH6qzCRQPIhjEohM7zXmD0Pg7ioGxGU5gnk4Xf4PdA9MepSc1mNhVzkPwGSrNATKsYZxzzgzPrQIMPmxNTjETUaeVgTxcMnOV7iLwOLfxfuBX6arrHFxF1PMHPAC5M9i_vmYjUVW7mQLBPxzwD2deScGx_tLeORnUNMS0c4D3qb-UfFhQ1A5/s320/20220719_125948.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUK6WdSxhQ6bC9iA7RlOHiJwpTf1d2pRTmda7ffdNVHlC5QlouK1sTJW-B8jbourrdFWvXeS6KSth90Us5CsMjZjVjVFEaWx-XGonRzJV73Q7YRihHuDLqDl_ltDiE_JeyVJW6Z2niKxZQmWe2vlxQh1pkCObdqStvbkBTI2FJhMKRksDukWMFKRl/s4032/20220719_130145.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAUK6WdSxhQ6bC9iA7RlOHiJwpTf1d2pRTmda7ffdNVHlC5QlouK1sTJW-B8jbourrdFWvXeS6KSth90Us5CsMjZjVjVFEaWx-XGonRzJV73Q7YRihHuDLqDl_ltDiE_JeyVJW6Z2niKxZQmWe2vlxQh1pkCObdqStvbkBTI2FJhMKRksDukWMFKRl/s320/20220719_130145.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>As we continued on our way, I lamented that we couldn't stop at the myriad of fresh fruit stands, but we had a mountain range to drive halfway across! We had some more evidence of last year's forest fires on the way. By evening we had found our hotel in Kelowna. After dinner, the kids went to the hotel pool while I booked our hotel for the next night and tried desperately to find tickets on the Lake Louise shuttle for Day 13. After switching from my phone to Michael's laptop, I was able to find a time slot at noon for the Lake Moraine shuttle. Success!</p></div></div>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-66186401078365305432022-08-16T02:43:00.003+02:002022-08-16T03:15:07.935+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip Day 10<p> Today was our urban hiking day! It is the day that earned us the most steps and kilometers travelled by foot. Michael had several places he wanted to see. We started with Stanley Park. I'm not sure what Michael was expecting, but it certainly did not match with my expectations. We parked for the day at the Southwest corner of the park and started to walk around the Seawall. Michael's sheer frustration became quickly clear as his intention had been to be in a more urban environment and not ANOTHER nature walk! Michael had planned a quick in and out to cross the park off his bucket list, not to circumnavigate the whole park. We compromised and chose a path that cut straight across the park as I really wanted to see the Totem poles.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonVLdkSxsDsLjS-3gRlnOAh6clAmw3NgX0hVrqkQK5j936jOGMfFEjrlR7FSNTnfwKoqsthcx4PzAn3p-hj8S4R0ysuKyy6SOWFu6ldcngGKJ0_SG_mAuWGacDucnsEsFiLEzb5jvlv_cLbeyZJ0g8DMLHdFxjFBe9s13qCCZm3bIEsa4H4XQXP_G/s4032/20220718_102400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonVLdkSxsDsLjS-3gRlnOAh6clAmw3NgX0hVrqkQK5j936jOGMfFEjrlR7FSNTnfwKoqsthcx4PzAn3p-hj8S4R0ysuKyy6SOWFu6ldcngGKJ0_SG_mAuWGacDucnsEsFiLEzb5jvlv_cLbeyZJ0g8DMLHdFxjFBe9s13qCCZm3bIEsa4H4XQXP_G/s320/20220718_102400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Beach time at Stanley park<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsHKYuHm0K2OjG3vJjUcw1HeHLXaNNlkV0XsulDCE9QSZ_fD4edDbYD9B04K2NPDjn-H-C4USiq7roq_pOyrs7HbRb_ZsylvOMWrfXOufKYXsmFQSv8yADD_K55f0aa-tj3WqCyyyKRJkF3JMQQ-pH5DQ9CaurybjgS6B0obgJxpoRIWjwXEJUcUG/s4032/20220718_105050.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFsHKYuHm0K2OjG3vJjUcw1HeHLXaNNlkV0XsulDCE9QSZ_fD4edDbYD9B04K2NPDjn-H-C4USiq7roq_pOyrs7HbRb_ZsylvOMWrfXOufKYXsmFQSv8yADD_K55f0aa-tj3WqCyyyKRJkF3JMQQ-pH5DQ9CaurybjgS6B0obgJxpoRIWjwXEJUcUG/s320/20220718_105050.jpg" width="156" /></a></div>Exploring a natural cave. David would make a great feral kid.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpeyhkT1RzyrKqozC75-cZJhUZB5SnnvVXYxi1Iudnr7WKcN8XkOwvF0V8hAlSmQtTEOeD708r_Dxq4Ec1cmDBHsmdks5w7E1THk5AO1nAjkfBC8a2eQKqpCzV5DczNukXKkrf7ncLqVzsFX9h2eF01mpVc1mRNdBIBM3mXBlh3BZqvGozP288BUv/s4032/20220718_110658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnpeyhkT1RzyrKqozC75-cZJhUZB5SnnvVXYxi1Iudnr7WKcN8XkOwvF0V8hAlSmQtTEOeD708r_Dxq4Ec1cmDBHsmdks5w7E1THk5AO1nAjkfBC8a2eQKqpCzV5DczNukXKkrf7ncLqVzsFX9h2eF01mpVc1mRNdBIBM3mXBlh3BZqvGozP288BUv/s320/20220718_110658.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Michael still losing his mind that we are still in a forest instead of the concrete jungle he prefers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ECkZDElhfpPFrKvPvfxLS9Jfjb36MV2yOPlfRbbaW0lGmP6pxpBuuAaSgkbEKyJi344EjvKqzSo8fCds5Xt_I-og11jET2a38GcVTXLJXdSUEoxrz0fu_fRzALYUQ3n5okISnwu5J1fv0ESMV-VdI2BR3rxBPP4YIVJwNBeEdBPAIz3X7_sIOp63/s4032/20220718_111544.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ECkZDElhfpPFrKvPvfxLS9Jfjb36MV2yOPlfRbbaW0lGmP6pxpBuuAaSgkbEKyJi344EjvKqzSo8fCds5Xt_I-og11jET2a38GcVTXLJXdSUEoxrz0fu_fRzALYUQ3n5okISnwu5J1fv0ESMV-VdI2BR3rxBPP4YIVJwNBeEdBPAIz3X7_sIOp63/s320/20220718_111544.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Lily pads<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0NLOUEX9DL1P-6f55pK608jI3D6YyqWD0QAXVAOOK5bbQN2vEiEfOQq-5Gv0pVwKHzxqq9PvYzu8cnih1DnqyichAX2beAkVmlkN2aACNHY3PJI_m_BFOrhlySvMoL2xRqKDRmY9ISHH2_dvkqhIEoK-mgzAaZ9_5JPwJzM0H6KBjWaYFXniS9ls/s4032/20220718_113557.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ0NLOUEX9DL1P-6f55pK608jI3D6YyqWD0QAXVAOOK5bbQN2vEiEfOQq-5Gv0pVwKHzxqq9PvYzu8cnih1DnqyichAX2beAkVmlkN2aACNHY3PJI_m_BFOrhlySvMoL2xRqKDRmY9ISHH2_dvkqhIEoK-mgzAaZ9_5JPwJzM0H6KBjWaYFXniS9ls/s320/20220718_113557.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Vancouver skyline the way I always remember it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUs3SkMuD7-R4GdI31FsamVDvnNgiV5fr39xi0ySdpnI8F7qXetIN7hqhyC1VL19ed92EzTL2MAK1VIiD_twDm5hraCtZSMJRhYWPuwMY9NfB8DXM0g3WTyPoaJ8jj51xMGfB2-9AQhf6N_s_DkWzEfrSmThSkTCb7pnI15dxjhOmPju2wT48Kk10/s4032/20220718_114737.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuUs3SkMuD7-R4GdI31FsamVDvnNgiV5fr39xi0ySdpnI8F7qXetIN7hqhyC1VL19ed92EzTL2MAK1VIiD_twDm5hraCtZSMJRhYWPuwMY9NfB8DXM0g3WTyPoaJ8jj51xMGfB2-9AQhf6N_s_DkWzEfrSmThSkTCb7pnI15dxjhOmPju2wT48Kk10/s320/20220718_114737.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGCPGsyHqZ1dwo5_U5ZydyrAsFdO2EaHJ-K2UvbQGj1SPIVLAtonOqzI4LsylDeetzOzq_yf9vpuoHiSA9BtmqJX79sLfNw-LStZt6lN4ms16E3yUV_co8EKF-0WywLVWgcdgKJ5Ber4uAvX7plC_tkFEMk7PcAExRGZE2nwuTk3XD1YXkkRhpf6P/s4032/20220718_114916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGCPGsyHqZ1dwo5_U5ZydyrAsFdO2EaHJ-K2UvbQGj1SPIVLAtonOqzI4LsylDeetzOzq_yf9vpuoHiSA9BtmqJX79sLfNw-LStZt6lN4ms16E3yUV_co8EKF-0WywLVWgcdgKJ5Ber4uAvX7plC_tkFEMk7PcAExRGZE2nwuTk3XD1YXkkRhpf6P/s320/20220718_114916.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>We then made our way into the city proper. As we walked along the harbourfront we came across filming of some sort. We continued in to the city as we all gaped at some of the more interesting architecture. A quick pitstop at A&W for lunch was our first fast food of the trip! Then we made it to <a href="https://www.flyovercanada.com/" target="_blank">Fly Over Canada</a>. A multi-media immersive ride that Michael had been planning for weeks. Situated right next to the Disney cruise ship, this ride offers the opportunity to experience Canada in eight minutes. Amusement park like chairs lift and tilt into a 20 m spherical screen for a full 360 immersive feel. Wind, mist, and scents complete the experience. Going in with lower expectations, it was actually pretty cool. Michael, who had rather high expectations, was not disappointed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FBhba8yFkSc1FnURVCHa79QkSul2QgHp1ln3Br27GtlpHGHq2h7pPeydVPmdXJdfg6WCwCbWV40nvAZeqqkwunryFuvVRUetDCdtxYZt9GSUKNG5UHXIdQ2DdzqwEaoPitX4vx1G9kePWr9ktQDgjUzgJc9RGXVogWi15ALqOf2ZV5RNm1wj61df/s4160/IMG_20220718_122452616_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FBhba8yFkSc1FnURVCHa79QkSul2QgHp1ln3Br27GtlpHGHq2h7pPeydVPmdXJdfg6WCwCbWV40nvAZeqqkwunryFuvVRUetDCdtxYZt9GSUKNG5UHXIdQ2DdzqwEaoPitX4vx1G9kePWr9ktQDgjUzgJc9RGXVogWi15ALqOf2ZV5RNm1wj61df/s320/IMG_20220718_122452616_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Cool new building. Unfinished on the other side.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2L54kzFP-20MLPLEt77H1bIW-p5nquhaom9Tfa-At_p3YjDzBLrJX-ztEfcc_hjdyaqa2PRkbxFjyLATe0_FOILt281GjzgFyFdkSu6XNT84Uyx7ifPNNVYfBbdxr5aa67xzdSPBanxVCUwBzzCwXgDU93bsQFarVHvNIxPH0UmhEaVGX-4jTTYYP/s1750/795e68a63dcf44599d30ff8d9f027771.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1750" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2L54kzFP-20MLPLEt77H1bIW-p5nquhaom9Tfa-At_p3YjDzBLrJX-ztEfcc_hjdyaqa2PRkbxFjyLATe0_FOILt281GjzgFyFdkSu6XNT84Uyx7ifPNNVYfBbdxr5aa67xzdSPBanxVCUwBzzCwXgDU93bsQFarVHvNIxPH0UmhEaVGX-4jTTYYP/s320/795e68a63dcf44599d30ff8d9f027771.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Bought the souvenir photo!<br /><p>We continued East towards gastown. We found the steam powered clock. We also found police running with significant fire power, police dogs, and yells to clear the area. We ducked into a nearby store for a few minutes. By the time we came out, all the commotion was over. Not entirely sure what we had wandered into the middle of, but as far as we know, everything turned out well in the end. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnsiNnC6_KG4tar3uoTkcz-mBGmMcneR1IbZnTNLWEhQFGZveYMUzXvjaXxbjtOxVBqp1Veg5wcqN7nF5wtBzqCu5VpshEmjsi64ejXt32UHGXT_d-_-C0cZw08iBCSTiu-i1SLkzoERc9wF_aBcql-_0EUFMsaRmsEargRLMbBUElsErd7xb3Jmw/s4160/IMG_20220718_145303394.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnsiNnC6_KG4tar3uoTkcz-mBGmMcneR1IbZnTNLWEhQFGZveYMUzXvjaXxbjtOxVBqp1Veg5wcqN7nF5wtBzqCu5VpshEmjsi64ejXt32UHGXT_d-_-C0cZw08iBCSTiu-i1SLkzoERc9wF_aBcql-_0EUFMsaRmsEargRLMbBUElsErd7xb3Jmw/s320/IMG_20220718_145303394.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>We continued walking south. We saw one of the homeless encampments and took a turn Westward. We passed by the old and the new public library. Chris and I had fond memories of visiting Chris's friend Ian in February of 1999 and we had taken a photo at that library. An old school photo, with film that we had to wait weeks to be developed! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JTfaka36gy7xF8HiCGGvlpQPtDAfb2yseZDQ_aq65E6uilVhaewqfU-U-5j-uMeugOi1gZ6nS2EzjzNNCbywyggphEHEhdFBc-YErUXzZdxzMRK-TSdmSvGJdz_IRj8YFhY5h8mCimvM2U8I8eir7I5y4gJiPdc1d69Z71Ok4V_11vs3DcS35rdD/s4160/IMG_20220718_152449204_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JTfaka36gy7xF8HiCGGvlpQPtDAfb2yseZDQ_aq65E6uilVhaewqfU-U-5j-uMeugOi1gZ6nS2EzjzNNCbywyggphEHEhdFBc-YErUXzZdxzMRK-TSdmSvGJdz_IRj8YFhY5h8mCimvM2U8I8eir7I5y4gJiPdc1d69Z71Ok4V_11vs3DcS35rdD/s320/IMG_20220718_152449204_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>The new library<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKoCb7onlJZqo-qHgWhOc_5-Nn_vO0rbSXDfqg3AOGj8Lug3fTSuNjRna3xnmxUhjlEjXwUSox0r67VMABpTQvTLeCl-PakYmk4ExralYEARaSHEAa3Y4KvQv4tTAvBBGRaQ0L8Se79U57EugPC-N4-Zxa3pa7U_jbMxqlguMA0PMdi-ANFtKJ1Ah/s4160/IMG_20220718_152622788_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3120" data-original-width="4160" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnKoCb7onlJZqo-qHgWhOc_5-Nn_vO0rbSXDfqg3AOGj8Lug3fTSuNjRna3xnmxUhjlEjXwUSox0r67VMABpTQvTLeCl-PakYmk4ExralYEARaSHEAa3Y4KvQv4tTAvBBGRaQ0L8Se79U57EugPC-N4-Zxa3pa7U_jbMxqlguMA0PMdi-ANFtKJ1Ah/s320/IMG_20220718_152622788_HDR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The old library<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuUfoqNVxkj7mf1IdttoPsWzXduGWd_Y5yyhZd2pZaxK4QD8ZIxS9WTEMyJP8rESDdrN0kjvOaecQf2njAkwZdSlkVgsNZMD1TDD96SXIT5mbuIFpkqHMQurlily9TC9zrY8_Vl4wKhkGshgAPu5lwFzx1Jt6ryW8Tn47lcmL7kIZZbFhBVn2S0xf/s2676/20220815_203736.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2676" data-original-width="1796" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYuUfoqNVxkj7mf1IdttoPsWzXduGWd_Y5yyhZd2pZaxK4QD8ZIxS9WTEMyJP8rESDdrN0kjvOaecQf2njAkwZdSlkVgsNZMD1TDD96SXIT5mbuIFpkqHMQurlily9TC9zrY8_Vl4wKhkGshgAPu5lwFzx1Jt6ryW8Tn47lcmL7kIZZbFhBVn2S0xf/s320/20220815_203736.jpg" width="215" /></a></div>The old picture of the old library.<br /><div><p>We turned west here, window shopping as we passed the shopping district. We saw the residential school memorial set up at <a href="https://www.stpetersfireside.org/" target="_blank">St. Peter's Fireside Church</a>, as well as some Black Lives Matter installations.</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0iSjM4eI8CZ9yqGumIOCzvDJxCoDRFn54SXU7XokY1oWYmwPhlTQQu5ZfLHtBuLW50QNV55CY_pjHu_P7VadxnWocDtU4303YJdVOT3SjNOIdi-T9gL_7q4Ug7Mx7zADDt9NmLseBHBa6l7apLTkVHLTPVTLlmkFZmdzvYpTDjLiLibqPcUI3VaN/s4160/IMG_20220718_154156980_HDR.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4160" data-original-width="3120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq0iSjM4eI8CZ9yqGumIOCzvDJxCoDRFn54SXU7XokY1oWYmwPhlTQQu5ZfLHtBuLW50QNV55CY_pjHu_P7VadxnWocDtU4303YJdVOT3SjNOIdi-T9gL_7q4Ug7Mx7zADDt9NmLseBHBa6l7apLTkVHLTPVTLlmkFZmdzvYpTDjLiLibqPcUI3VaN/s320/IMG_20220718_154156980_HDR.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p>After more than 6 hours of walking over 15 km across Vancouver, we had looped back to Stanley Park. Later that evening we met up with ex-roommate Ian and his son for dinner in North Vancouver. We walked down to the waterfront and strolled down memory lane. Chris was super happy. His favourite thing in the whole world is getting together with old friends!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXZhlRmlBkUyTfs9JI1oS9cNuB2MU_BYnHYBM9Qh4BvQ-bllpuG3Y--oxm3CezdAj1zmm160bODdyfTuXacxWN6RebkdJDtDoaj7Frnt9bPF2_1uWO04Qe3JQiyTnd-tMIeRQCxiJ06jZA1y_BUZUcsgH1SKHFCv3tHdcW5vYRolgCHCzXgF7PBMh/s4032/20220718_213351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSXZhlRmlBkUyTfs9JI1oS9cNuB2MU_BYnHYBM9Qh4BvQ-bllpuG3Y--oxm3CezdAj1zmm160bODdyfTuXacxWN6RebkdJDtDoaj7Frnt9bPF2_1uWO04Qe3JQiyTnd-tMIeRQCxiJ06jZA1y_BUZUcsgH1SKHFCv3tHdcW5vYRolgCHCzXgF7PBMh/s320/20220718_213351.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Michael was super happy. Even though he didn't cross everything off his list, he got to visit Vancouver!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA75mlZBy0eSo_lOTqjxN7OG0DOSog7oYpjxfFHh07aHNOKdr4Fg0pySM2yXhlYMKM6g-7CQ7vwrh77XxqeIZSFn-flalFpTvfDtynfqryVSSMbfOhBmRSo2TWrTYLva0jnAHmqqKzvX6Pcxv18tmCBlMjtpF0QVg66oFbpFmOQq6xpbA9hHXBwXPH/s2592/IMG_20220718_213551006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA75mlZBy0eSo_lOTqjxN7OG0DOSog7oYpjxfFHh07aHNOKdr4Fg0pySM2yXhlYMKM6g-7CQ7vwrh77XxqeIZSFn-flalFpTvfDtynfqryVSSMbfOhBmRSo2TWrTYLva0jnAHmqqKzvX6Pcxv18tmCBlMjtpF0QVg66oFbpFmOQq6xpbA9hHXBwXPH/s320/IMG_20220718_213551006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-65340027172011040862022-08-15T04:14:00.000+02:002022-08-15T04:14:59.600+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip Day 9<p> Today started off with a whale watching trip. Port Renfrew is the first community along the west coast of the island that isn't right across from the Washington state peninsula. This means that one has a combination of the protected currents of the Salish Sea as well as the North Pacific currents. There is also the benefit of only ONE whale watching company, which means any hotspot is not going to be crowded with boats. The company owners use the whale watching revenue to help fund their data collection as they work to catalogue and monitor the whale population in the area. We lucked out that the other group booked on our tour was unable to join, so we had a private 3 hour tour! First step was to get suited up in specialized flotation jumpsuits and get on board. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqQzWhGX7WCL_d7TKZDcwW19QrIDnytNR4NYmSG3psiBxOZr4SVXqXAM-Uj-8Gi1aozRELbRMCNiJKELyTDc9yV38ajmhrOXJJZPoAWqx8hyvMh9HICZ-RRPLIjq963E3bs1oKFRGWFN08wtSazvvgMsnaAdtFfwPv7SbLD4IOCETfbEOFQLxH52A/s4032/20220717_085203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdqQzWhGX7WCL_d7TKZDcwW19QrIDnytNR4NYmSG3psiBxOZr4SVXqXAM-Uj-8Gi1aozRELbRMCNiJKELyTDc9yV38ajmhrOXJJZPoAWqx8hyvMh9HICZ-RRPLIjq963E3bs1oKFRGWFN08wtSazvvgMsnaAdtFfwPv7SbLD4IOCETfbEOFQLxH52A/s320/20220717_085203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>As we left the inlet and got oriented, our captain told us that we would normally have 4 ft swells where we currently were floating. That day, it was less than a foot of swell. The ocean was practically flat. This meant we made record time in finding and arriving at "Everest". Everest was described as a non-fixed location based on ocean currents and temperatures where there is a large area with rich growth of plankton. This area is enriched with animal life. We saw dozens of humpback whales. Mother and child, adolescents, ones the captain recognized for sure, others that were being too shy to identify themselves. The pattern of black and white on the underside of the fluke (tail fin) is unique to each whale, like a fingerprint. As part of his work, our captain snapped some shots to identify some of our companions, but they were not being overly cooperative in showing off their flukes with their dives.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNacfa9CtID8fIHJ65eN8SHwtpJFdTMA1BkSX0WfSAWKVEZ1ZRBfGNA_B0Xqcp688gIQmjhexhpdsDcEcHqNRq0nHJ-0LPg8Gv1oZmQ5iEjiE48KLM95TvVpk46okCKHqrGcrs5l36I9HFSYLQlYozjChbjOhaLdLsggcHnDJk2Q0dDxZaLnTAIkW/s4032/20220717_110716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNacfa9CtID8fIHJ65eN8SHwtpJFdTMA1BkSX0WfSAWKVEZ1ZRBfGNA_B0Xqcp688gIQmjhexhpdsDcEcHqNRq0nHJ-0LPg8Gv1oZmQ5iEjiE48KLM95TvVpk46okCKHqrGcrs5l36I9HFSYLQlYozjChbjOhaLdLsggcHnDJk2Q0dDxZaLnTAIkW/s320/20220717_110716.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On the way to Everest</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FK3EfVYUznVZraofKk83V6hbkRl5BrBrDfdrtVvTKz9pJViGpUgLim9ZEmDSTQvQuIdv-e9UUvd2jfEWFbzRSAOthQqQbWfVSRTT_OKN7shxa28KnjCrg8sydpbqyTSlgNOra3MYjZySrZDWBvbQfYdplk7OToEJNpn7oT81HOWVJum7IatKspVZ/s4032/20220717_110643.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7FK3EfVYUznVZraofKk83V6hbkRl5BrBrDfdrtVvTKz9pJViGpUgLim9ZEmDSTQvQuIdv-e9UUvd2jfEWFbzRSAOthQqQbWfVSRTT_OKN7shxa28KnjCrg8sydpbqyTSlgNOra3MYjZySrZDWBvbQfYdplk7OToEJNpn7oT81HOWVJum7IatKspVZ/s320/20220717_110643.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The ocean rocked some of us to sleep</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7PMK7k_vHkWMmcPHaVF7sAsyo0DLOfkEmJ7IhBzYkiyjsj3YSk5nKI22ngbYeYwPOVSX-t-XLMqx-l-SKyFqrHRx0nX4k0_ia-Q9jDWoco_mVyDwH5DM-6nTMCrzeFFtR5_GS1Z9takv0Mr0mbb4V1Fz23AissGcKGWsMJRETztBTwY1GNB5w6VO/s4032/20220717_103903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7PMK7k_vHkWMmcPHaVF7sAsyo0DLOfkEmJ7IhBzYkiyjsj3YSk5nKI22ngbYeYwPOVSX-t-XLMqx-l-SKyFqrHRx0nX4k0_ia-Q9jDWoco_mVyDwH5DM-6nTMCrzeFFtR5_GS1Z9takv0Mr0mbb4V1Fz23AissGcKGWsMJRETztBTwY1GNB5w6VO/s320/20220717_103903.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Found one!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLcdC8HH7Fx5gn2N0_uJmh87PbXSyvIX1jlwGHfARIWPZPPYJ5XEBh0-0tvHu4oG2UNnJSydIncaTjlHDd8ihwjGLFsO7n9cHr25qjWG5NtdrIa4hTwFb45_7ZqsNlGXPqH--yJ5pzLjbOOLQs4NHkXkjATXBHXNcTbeNZQ0e5Xa4t74aPWoDKYUs/s5184/IMG_8170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqLcdC8HH7Fx5gn2N0_uJmh87PbXSyvIX1jlwGHfARIWPZPPYJ5XEBh0-0tvHu4oG2UNnJSydIncaTjlHDd8ihwjGLFsO7n9cHr25qjWG5NtdrIa4hTwFb45_7ZqsNlGXPqH--yJ5pzLjbOOLQs4NHkXkjATXBHXNcTbeNZQ0e5Xa4t74aPWoDKYUs/s320/IMG_8170.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb7dcGK9PtLNFbRLcEdH_pyvotQ0Q7_qnNYMwOgVdj5jump8ALPpSm1j7bGEq60QCbz8jx_r6MEEoLr-0nx4KWUF5oCYMW9_4GjW19reDArhsEuXSQPoszMVuj1oR3pQwsiYxiIoPRI0H-7oP4uNIvV2XoDMX3-xct1slZlCdmCY39pqhCY0CfNrja/s4032/20220717_103928.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">After a good hour of being in the middle of a dozen or so humpbacks, we took advantage of the relatively calm water to see if we could spot some orcas or other animals along the shore of the West Coast Trail. Spoiler alert: we saw much Pacific Rim National Park scenery, but no more wildlife.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIeF2zjWyyMYvLFgInKQm2iqf50Cs_4lEMILzDxCWT52PcGkksjZkPujgFKCB0Rbga07pvqTPEzRgScK2hhSZf1M6F0xnFy9j2GMRb-h4XH5gG6O-48JSyL8RScxACZ91CRZJiG5Xq7DuixXanAYOHyVXrFiS2sl0KZreXs9UX00QhzMxe-gHi94eA/s4703/IMG_8186%20(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3135" data-original-width="4703" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIeF2zjWyyMYvLFgInKQm2iqf50Cs_4lEMILzDxCWT52PcGkksjZkPujgFKCB0Rbga07pvqTPEzRgScK2hhSZf1M6F0xnFy9j2GMRb-h4XH5gG6O-48JSyL8RScxACZ91CRZJiG5Xq7DuixXanAYOHyVXrFiS2sl0KZreXs9UX00QhzMxe-gHi94eA/s320/IMG_8186%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">After a 3 hour tour (♫ a 3 hour tour ♫) we bid Port Renfrew adieu. Before leaving the island, we wanted to do a little sight-seeing in Victoria. We drove down the coastal road as the murder mystery story unfolded. My plan had been to drive down to the legislative building and Beacon Hill park area to explore. Unfortunately, once we crossed from Esquimalt to Victoria we encountered massive crowds and street closures. Unbeknownst to us at the time, the "<a href="https://www.tourismvictoria.com/deuce-days" target="_blank">Northwest Deuce Days</a>" main show was shutting down exactly the same area we had planned to explore. More than 1000 pre-1952 cars were on display and the traffic was blocked. As we still needed to get to Vancouver that afternoon, we decided that driving through Victoria was sufficient and we changed course for the Swartz Bay ferry terminal. We were less lucky this time and were told it would be a 3-4 hour wait. In the end we were the second to last vehicle allowed on to the ferry after just under a 2 hour wait. During that time we finished our audiobook and had a book club discussion about the characters and plot while we waited!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_5BqwjSRosXLdZdTTs438MEJxRfspWGB19Y_jR-tCcCtdfKAkBJQZMyhDRRG8AuqUXLLlDmoF1iT9ojqcGhjwlCUIywSA4VQ79xJiF0T3jg9ktm_Mzp9ZMT3DJqtlsIsTZp9O0Eq7dA9FkKK9QxvaSQzV6qPeg9Mww3_72PVMmItxDg7oqF1RNOF/s4032/20220717_172246.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu_5BqwjSRosXLdZdTTs438MEJxRfspWGB19Y_jR-tCcCtdfKAkBJQZMyhDRRG8AuqUXLLlDmoF1iT9ojqcGhjwlCUIywSA4VQ79xJiF0T3jg9ktm_Mzp9ZMT3DJqtlsIsTZp9O0Eq7dA9FkKK9QxvaSQzV6qPeg9Mww3_72PVMmItxDg7oqF1RNOF/s320/20220717_172246.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Back to the mainland for the journey back East!</div><div style="text-align: left;">Michael had been looking forward to Vancouver for the whole trip! The first stop was on the way in to Vancouver. We went to the "night market" just as it opened. Unfortunately, the line to get in to the carnival was super long! The event looked similar to the CNE. Michael was vetoed and we got back in the car to arrive at our North Vancouver AirBnB.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-44352314881205825172022-08-13T23:23:00.000+02:002022-08-13T23:23:02.234+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip Day 8We left ahead of low tide to get to Botanical Beach and Botany Bay in order to get the best viewing of the tidal pools. We followed part of the Juan de Fuca trail to get to first the Beach and then the Bay. The tidal pools were amazing, full of anemones, crabs, and other things I don't know the names of! There were barnacles EVERYWHERE. It made it difficult to walk as we tried very hard to not step on anything living and it felt like the whole beach was living!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPA_kNNxPsDN2NMRrQ--l07qqqlaY3EcJnt1J5ikSieMHO0Tg4pfwLiZ9E2QuXvG4qKVPOjaGbeo9JqWdYI6fnXfUiwtdfMoTHaO_LyW1BPq6Pd6xe_iFdpA5J5nCtF3j_1hw6dCWnUReE3YVhCkYXIbpzhzpI9st1_-WLNCzwxF5jLsdeDxhA76Es/s4032/20220716_090425.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPA_kNNxPsDN2NMRrQ--l07qqqlaY3EcJnt1J5ikSieMHO0Tg4pfwLiZ9E2QuXvG4qKVPOjaGbeo9JqWdYI6fnXfUiwtdfMoTHaO_LyW1BPq6Pd6xe_iFdpA5J5nCtF3j_1hw6dCWnUReE3YVhCkYXIbpzhzpI9st1_-WLNCzwxF5jLsdeDxhA76Es/s320/20220716_090425.jpg" width="320" /></a><div>Botanical Beach trail to get to the beach<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ6VjJkTvdQIzOapLIctMYYyYJIHfkPPMcBFBhKL3fm5CIaH2LkkiWTrLj4_IvBV3fXeYgVULhSaVpBHZEnm29bByE1kZcfaJNPYUjn8SorvelQMlbcdZhavUBEnT0E4Wl9Pe-7zukOAx69o4tfRuJOtjNAQj3P39Gk5YXW7Edl6bEyTPBkGeHsFIe/s320/20220716_092121.jpg" width="320" /></div></div>We found it, low tide, lots of pools full of life.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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We went back to the hotel to access the wifi (no cell service) to make sure of our directions for our afternoon adventure North of Port Renfrew.<div><br /></div><div>Our next stop was into the logging country to see Big Lonely Doug. This thousand year old Douglas Fir is 66m tall and almost 4m wide. The rest of the area was clear cut in 2011, but this tree was marked to not be cut down. The juxtaposition of the second largest Douglas Fir in the country with the rest of the clear cut lot has sparked a lot of discussion, activism, art, and tourism. It is not easy to get to, essentially one must take a logging access road that is not maintained. As we were in a rental car, I was less nervous about some of the effects of driving over rough terrain, but some of the surface looked like we could actually get stranded in! We decided to park the car and hike in the last 2km to the tree. About 1km in we felt very happy of our decision. A stretch of "road" was so bad it almost look like it had been hit by artillery fire. Small artillery, but still. A number of vehicles were pulled off to the side at this bit.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_RPVyhxpPqjdeoQSdure1tbab-3ff8BE9SEp5luEsmmzzPb1WCXfQagblJ5uCC5__cRo_UvgiInc8hOM34e8sFux_WMpo_HNcpTKB2YyB-HUBCvErzZIjgMqQWi53oCl-J0v_92sInpahzB9zKuSNVw2uS8kDgs0RstPwGztScjP8kbz_kwLp_Wfe/s4032/20220716_135746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_RPVyhxpPqjdeoQSdure1tbab-3ff8BE9SEp5luEsmmzzPb1WCXfQagblJ5uCC5__cRo_UvgiInc8hOM34e8sFux_WMpo_HNcpTKB2YyB-HUBCvErzZIjgMqQWi53oCl-J0v_92sInpahzB9zKuSNVw2uS8kDgs0RstPwGztScjP8kbz_kwLp_Wfe/s320/20220716_135746.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Long single lane bridge.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXUVHMh3GdZD7uI2G538DSjwcGUhsmcnZYvoKxFPkK6bENaY8nCiF5ZgYKkgmGBFFy9Xvh0SfOQsh-lIst3AzkwCE84el9yKSbdlT1FALR4LPF4nCSsSoR4bVWeU1wFfuTSSrofcDFvk65vKigmApbZ8VrvEX7lKI5ZWyUAcKCwDVKl2uWfYPB6xv/s4032/20220716_135754.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXUVHMh3GdZD7uI2G538DSjwcGUhsmcnZYvoKxFPkK6bENaY8nCiF5ZgYKkgmGBFFy9Xvh0SfOQsh-lIst3AzkwCE84el9yKSbdlT1FALR4LPF4nCSsSoR4bVWeU1wFfuTSSrofcDFvk65vKigmApbZ8VrvEX7lKI5ZWyUAcKCwDVKl2uWfYPB6xv/s320/20220716_135754.jpg" width="156" /></a></div>The drop down from the long, single lane bridge with guardrails at a tripping hazard height...<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQux6VYmexiu708aWJEOBXqDspfn1lbO7NtUkDJpQrdw07lL5listfx6zC4e2zKlZrVE3M_3t-3EMPYHoHlhoBpL5j_DUippp_BIcmzlKjDyMYTyciBl7zX2x8MGpWyKj2GeIzU84XzgpUHXnBhu5A2G-YSwvlnlYbe7egcwykndmsYnixKBtYK92g/s4032/20220716_144114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQux6VYmexiu708aWJEOBXqDspfn1lbO7NtUkDJpQrdw07lL5listfx6zC4e2zKlZrVE3M_3t-3EMPYHoHlhoBpL5j_DUippp_BIcmzlKjDyMYTyciBl7zX2x8MGpWyKj2GeIzU84XzgpUHXnBhu5A2G-YSwvlnlYbe7egcwykndmsYnixKBtYK92g/s320/20220716_144114.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Big lonely Doug from the road. Again perspective is everything. This is a 66m tall tree, equivalent to a 25 story building.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53Oc86SHlM5tU5ysYfEMF2BZzRBkwsuIyUD_WPxbu_7hKLU5ilXUylz2p-pMPfaopAaBxcimdsRtwtOeo-6PxsniaaXvHnDV6ZMrhgMH5dc5BD0aR9I_A7lh1YfC1cefa7H5bOj2iw4MXyGS6Fu8VBPN5z8lSMUY0whbjc2fwKVmk4jlRaARzUicM/s4032/20220716_142230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj53Oc86SHlM5tU5ysYfEMF2BZzRBkwsuIyUD_WPxbu_7hKLU5ilXUylz2p-pMPfaopAaBxcimdsRtwtOeo-6PxsniaaXvHnDV6ZMrhgMH5dc5BD0aR9I_A7lh1YfC1cefa7H5bOj2iw4MXyGS6Fu8VBPN5z8lSMUY0whbjc2fwKVmk4jlRaARzUicM/s320/20220716_142230.jpg" width="156" /></a></div>At the base of the tree. Laying hands on the tree was pretty emotional. It is estimated that this tree is around 1000 years old. 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Just before the single lane bridge we heard a car careening down the road at high speed. It seemed out of control. The adrenaline rushed as we all yelled "look out" and prayed that the kids weren't in the middle of the bridge. Luckily we heard no crash. The kids had stopped before the bridge and had moved to the side when they heard the car coming and our yells. The car had stopped briefly on the bridge before continuing on its way. In the middle of nowhere, it is still the dumb humans who are the most dangerous threat to safety!</div><div><br /></div><div>Once we made it back to our abandoned car, we returned towards Port Renfrew with a pit stop at "Avator Grove" On the south side is a boardwalk through old growth forest, on the north side is a trail to "Canada's gnarliest tree". <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8db-vZSoP8qQqc7ty1Z36Lh2g-PDxQdLFdm7EQ3R2-V0kLAF0zNJyXZ6-lHaKVkmv11Z-MiZ6yYFUxvZgh0Bo7H6VdUACS_ps9MPieUJOuX6HzEgNit4Qi-UpX4utYe2fi1DSbDqRfXiKL6-pG8flUBpWKJ6_Fu05EbW4_mtPNzIxDd9Oxr2kGhf/s4032/20220716_154955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ8db-vZSoP8qQqc7ty1Z36Lh2g-PDxQdLFdm7EQ3R2-V0kLAF0zNJyXZ6-lHaKVkmv11Z-MiZ6yYFUxvZgh0Bo7H6VdUACS_ps9MPieUJOuX6HzEgNit4Qi-UpX4utYe2fi1DSbDqRfXiKL6-pG8flUBpWKJ6_Fu05EbW4_mtPNzIxDd9Oxr2kGhf/s320/20220716_154955.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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As soon as we entered Vancouver, we had the first drops of rain of our trip! We were unsure as to how long it would be to wait for a ferry as there were no reservations available when I checked online before our trip. We lucked out an managed to get on the ferry that was sailing in 10 minutes after our arrival!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qU0jBMaTJVeg4dVC9Z9kkRmG2KJY1CQcvaGZO47vplkZsl49TQkpX5BWtenoqg2NkM8vlRrCj7zuOmmAwrBdD6XxuT8cIq5rG1hpD3plz3_nnfn4uXi1tuwnMM33e9rXu-vQfOn5hvoo-p7verzfd4NrF7vgL83bvpdTnmkurCoTcY_0BPWI8_Gw/s4032/20220715_114551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5qU0jBMaTJVeg4dVC9Z9kkRmG2KJY1CQcvaGZO47vplkZsl49TQkpX5BWtenoqg2NkM8vlRrCj7zuOmmAwrBdD6XxuT8cIq5rG1hpD3plz3_nnfn4uXi1tuwnMM33e9rXu-vQfOn5hvoo-p7verzfd4NrF7vgL83bvpdTnmkurCoTcY_0BPWI8_Gw/s320/20220715_114551.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>We drove across the island in some pretty twisty roads and single lane bridges. Our main entertainment during this travel day, aside from the nerves going around blind corners and across the single lane bridges with oncoming traffic seeming to come far too quickly, was the audiobook. Everyone is still pretty undecided as to "whodunnit". We stopped at Fairy Lake Campground to check out a cute little "island" with a bonsai-like tree on it. Unfortunately, there was no good way to see it from the campground, the best view was actually from the road. I include a google image, but our real life experience was somewhat lacking. On the other hand, the old growth trees all around us more than made up for it.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqVFl9dYAx1yHsigHo4v1332aAI8E-ojBnsbgRV0wJ0XDCSVpOyRCsDSIPNUwIstaSnIF6R0WsPH4co5MRlR2W5gACxCHVEW9LMAHlK8SIesWRWXRvNNnNiXhw_QYH_V2XMoqZpNxi-83idhELVQx8xmjsR9UeRk2JoCv_lg99IZIoG0POuNAXnnW/s1000/bonsai-tree-fairy-lake-port-renfrew.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqVFl9dYAx1yHsigHo4v1332aAI8E-ojBnsbgRV0wJ0XDCSVpOyRCsDSIPNUwIstaSnIF6R0WsPH4co5MRlR2W5gACxCHVEW9LMAHlK8SIesWRWXRvNNnNiXhw_QYH_V2XMoqZpNxi-83idhELVQx8xmjsR9UeRk2JoCv_lg99IZIoG0POuNAXnnW/s320/bonsai-tree-fairy-lake-port-renfrew.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bonsai tree if you have a kayak or paddleboard</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0kVB2Wv8nG1QaIYRG0HWmB4GSqBzcywYZKs7KufkTlLzctg20W_KJ1tQtJH801zQji59mPLuhP_lRxHznBZHIBKctEaVVgKNtiJZPGWZLaEgj_VbDTrXFycb9xAOepnVGgfBZdgBL9HRVKiUl6uJKtXnmB8FrnYrc2LOZc_pH9-E31-0BGxwSE9L/s4032/20220715_153851.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB0kVB2Wv8nG1QaIYRG0HWmB4GSqBzcywYZKs7KufkTlLzctg20W_KJ1tQtJH801zQji59mPLuhP_lRxHznBZHIBKctEaVVgKNtiJZPGWZLaEgj_VbDTrXFycb9xAOepnVGgfBZdgBL9HRVKiUl6uJKtXnmB8FrnYrc2LOZc_pH9-E31-0BGxwSE9L/s320/20220715_153851.jpg" width="156" /></a></div>Old growth tree<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMYP72G9O0-wMVJ6ApibvY0NsuYSZXrHnc9VdacsepPfnoC-5DFlvj8Zi6d4KumJdD7H14PbEpgBX5iXpmaLN1xHZSD9RRAdB0nTGVQM79lZUce9UQu_TOnSa3Eng7uTaHcK0Iku4GxNlLNpiX57EMJUEy0-aigrXmxIG3Vlti7w1kZ0XF3EuC3JL/s4032/20220715_153858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDMYP72G9O0-wMVJ6ApibvY0NsuYSZXrHnc9VdacsepPfnoC-5DFlvj8Zi6d4KumJdD7H14PbEpgBX5iXpmaLN1xHZSD9RRAdB0nTGVQM79lZUce9UQu_TOnSa3Eng7uTaHcK0Iku4GxNlLNpiX57EMJUEy0-aigrXmxIG3Vlti7w1kZ0XF3EuC3JL/s320/20220715_153858.jpg" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>My little tree-hugger<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;">We continued on through to where there was no longer any cell service, Port Renfrew. We checked in to our second 2 queen, 5 Taylor bodies room and found the only open restaurant in town. After dinner we walked along the harbor and saw some sea lions. The orange refitted Coast guard boat is the one we will take to go whale watching on Day 9, but you will have to wait for that story.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCS4rkJHojwJR8ZdB6Gpc-pHKrebkmwf56e0Kvtq967Y0ttQeo2BXyxoo2n_m2NhHW7EeKPAUvUvoIj7jQLNmlRiEYgK_dTWv6JjuHOJglnf60SSV4udlR5gbWvSruweCdshanBEWqUkhAdqEMrv4cYgbFuunJYWl9NApmnqYx1sgIvLqROW0pHc0r/s1381/20220715_183958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1381" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCS4rkJHojwJR8ZdB6Gpc-pHKrebkmwf56e0Kvtq967Y0ttQeo2BXyxoo2n_m2NhHW7EeKPAUvUvoIj7jQLNmlRiEYgK_dTWv6JjuHOJglnf60SSV4udlR5gbWvSruweCdshanBEWqUkhAdqEMrv4cYgbFuunJYWl9NApmnqYx1sgIvLqROW0pHc0r/s320/20220715_183958.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-22216730034072259452022-08-11T16:01:00.001+02:002022-08-11T16:02:58.636+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip day 6<div>The itinerary for day 6 included one of my most anticipated attractions: the <a href="https://www.whistler.com/activities/peak-to-peak-gondola/" target="_blank">Peak to Peak</a> Gondola. From Whistlers village, one ascends either the Whistler mountain or the Blackcomb mountain gondola. Between the two mountains is the 4.4km peak to peak gondola. We began with the Whistler Mountain gondola, mostly because ALL the summit hikes were still closed EXCEPT for the Pica's Traverse and Matthews Traverse up to the Whistler's summit. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOHA8lzWJGDZaFiEbb6uDwD_N5jHM1g7OgRKPBa5CW179k_1EY8LlyGiyq6duH5rCScy62_64RsPm2sKyWCCBHIkFV9SoV2CBLCghXnPar8Luod_U0kb5NtYxGcKcuxdUTyqDrq-nVpR0zafE8yMiwHGKEbrW_aRBjb5n_UXDIkBSRnXys8aU07dk/s3264/20220714_103908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1592" data-original-width="3264" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcOHA8lzWJGDZaFiEbb6uDwD_N5jHM1g7OgRKPBa5CW179k_1EY8LlyGiyq6duH5rCScy62_64RsPm2sKyWCCBHIkFV9SoV2CBLCghXnPar8Luod_U0kb5NtYxGcKcuxdUTyqDrq-nVpR0zafE8yMiwHGKEbrW_aRBjb5n_UXDIkBSRnXys8aU07dk/s320/20220714_103908.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>On the way up.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOFXzqIQTGoQfkmiAhihrnRj83a_yyc8-yGLDtF5jrM227x8u2_TBTxEYeHWJwqnPjEsBOglHAgHdr6y_h081aOAY7RrYonwXPrg6RXyv8WI-o4hN8A9bs8ElIbeGYXpULx8CK4kqP-1xiZ80ers_mkRT8ECaFc1H-Ft2Iq1CFCCnYOGlc_rpBVdl/s4032/20220714_104148.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOFXzqIQTGoQfkmiAhihrnRj83a_yyc8-yGLDtF5jrM227x8u2_TBTxEYeHWJwqnPjEsBOglHAgHdr6y_h081aOAY7RrYonwXPrg6RXyv8WI-o4hN8A9bs8ElIbeGYXpULx8CK4kqP-1xiZ80ers_mkRT8ECaFc1H-Ft2Iq1CFCCnYOGlc_rpBVdl/s320/20220714_104148.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Medalists in all our hearts. </div><div><br /></div><div>The hike was along an access road, so the difficulty in navigating the terrain was minimal. The steepness of the trail, on the other hand, increased the difficulty level! The trail was maintained through the winter and meant there were snow walls still evident that became larger and larger as we approached the summit.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXONekHPpsmfP1oAC10s2nB6FayRebsLJ4uC6hkmiRXBaFYxE9Pf35s2XiM6SUDepK4W6FJEjE3BfPIBYcIrOAvGwvjV_ZEZkjssco4aiBlLiOMkVzkXGhmhC9PzrERt0e7b2NDKBpD0CD5gvRft0r2HpTqe-uQfpaz0D_a8XhtISqzXmrWonVfRt/s4032/20220714_105457.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyXONekHPpsmfP1oAC10s2nB6FayRebsLJ4uC6hkmiRXBaFYxE9Pf35s2XiM6SUDepK4W6FJEjE3BfPIBYcIrOAvGwvjV_ZEZkjssco4aiBlLiOMkVzkXGhmhC9PzrERt0e7b2NDKBpD0CD5gvRft0r2HpTqe-uQfpaz0D_a8XhtISqzXmrWonVfRt/s320/20220714_105457.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>My elf children walking atop the snow.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Honestly, I would stop and take a bunch of pictures thinking that was "the" best spot, only to have to stop another couple hundred metres up the trail for an even more majestic scene. One of the nearby peaks is called The Black Tusk, or the original Squamish name is Landing Place of the Thunderbird. However, to the Taylors (and multiple other people under the age of 30) it was Patrick. Patrick the starfish from Spongebob Squarepants. Patrick who was always looking at you no matter where along the trail atop Whistler mountain you were.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6G9ybsKDU_ZPwHZrbMgIGJMAj1JvwJX-kCCLrpFx6EmZVDFMcoa8Dc_zP5nk9E3X9CqRiVtaGCCV0_KkXRUQTBByPaGA7PnYfygI0IQ2DETGNVk0zB1gQfimDfd0v6KyasVMwN3pD42wUNoCgAn_dz8SkrIfFA2-rsb47xe-K9LLqYM8WJrW1FXFk/s4032/20220714_114537.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6G9ybsKDU_ZPwHZrbMgIGJMAj1JvwJX-kCCLrpFx6EmZVDFMcoa8Dc_zP5nk9E3X9CqRiVtaGCCV0_KkXRUQTBByPaGA7PnYfygI0IQ2DETGNVk0zB1gQfimDfd0v6KyasVMwN3pD42wUNoCgAn_dz8SkrIfFA2-rsb47xe-K9LLqYM8WJrW1FXFk/s320/20220714_114537.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our first glimpse of Patrick aka Black Tusk aka Landing Place of the Thunderbird</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJ7pqHj8ZssOCABK-Emu7uMIhrhBTMBHLqrtGkuigk5kwzndBgbpZY5jOWOUP0bXkNJSSKvy2A01AfeuvTwOqWhKro0glUYz2cMKLOYjZxs7mvMAD_Zg7cGYNj1AAqyt8DC4jC4PsP9x3Qf46DLIjs2uPDAUlkUo6Aa9MQOFZtTEcUToUrBDvUSpn/s5184/IMG_8074.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We checked out the Blackcomb peak, but unfortunately NONE of the trails were open. We saw a marmot again. We considered splurging on the dining room, but the menu options were not overly appealing and the prices were absolutely unappealing. We did come across many influencers taking their selfies, so when in Rome...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcDNpPNIEui_PZZ6Noa0xA4J7uo3by6jd8BNpmX27Hz-F767QXPjYoBBsdtXhP5OmDlD8mvOAABMmIWx7qEjs_Qk22WxfxHlIT7K_VI971hwQn0WY7ylhufGh5lEp07ZYpbvi5BogBmOCEurWbnxX09k4S89lg-TXV3nX4c8ATa_pBe0ADqKvTYk5/s4032/20220714_135001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNcDNpPNIEui_PZZ6Noa0xA4J7uo3by6jd8BNpmX27Hz-F767QXPjYoBBsdtXhP5OmDlD8mvOAABMmIWx7qEjs_Qk22WxfxHlIT7K_VI971hwQn0WY7ylhufGh5lEp07ZYpbvi5BogBmOCEurWbnxX09k4S89lg-TXV3nX4c8ATa_pBe0ADqKvTYk5/s320/20220714_135001.jpg" width="156" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Our second (and last) marmot of the trip</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLf-NDyKEc41ySoEXkIURb2e0bqf9c-m6oDbwLRo9rjuym9MWoXcqYc9uJFuwnh7xj-9vzHqidcF3PmAMOqMXufv9qLadiC4FlWZreFfJi2OExS7kcO2M6jMLibxeWu-BlBdlzOwTWWkImQ8KF4Xpj2XJ1YXea95cfcWcjXYcasiKQzOJUOi8kdGK/s4032/20220714_134821.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgLf-NDyKEc41ySoEXkIURb2e0bqf9c-m6oDbwLRo9rjuym9MWoXcqYc9uJFuwnh7xj-9vzHqidcF3PmAMOqMXufv9qLadiC4FlWZreFfJi2OExS7kcO2M6jMLibxeWu-BlBdlzOwTWWkImQ8KF4Xpj2XJ1YXea95cfcWcjXYcasiKQzOJUOi8kdGK/s320/20220714_134821.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Glamour shot David. Bonus: you can see the smoke rising from the only fire we encountered in our trip. The mountain ranger said he thought/hoped it was a controlled burn near Pemberton</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOlii2sJe3AZmhTFM2B-lDZibUp9gwCiRHG6xaW6PGY8z22zyrUD3eF6e7yig6MiVcuamyYTQXzJa-wrwVfBLk3uOID4FcnPRYNj1heGudDdNL9le3_aoETORE9hx57JnVcd7rWSMuPXcguUNkPzF8PpancGLPM7RgKFda8txC374JGjDJH1HAsZS/s4032/20220714_134824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVOlii2sJe3AZmhTFM2B-lDZibUp9gwCiRHG6xaW6PGY8z22zyrUD3eF6e7yig6MiVcuamyYTQXzJa-wrwVfBLk3uOID4FcnPRYNj1heGudDdNL9le3_aoETORE9hx57JnVcd7rWSMuPXcguUNkPzF8PpancGLPM7RgKFda8txC374JGjDJH1HAsZS/s320/20220714_134824.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Glamour shot Michael</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85g8oa-aNumUHrKdnUlcRpKcGj8nPL34baLkpc3XBCO-XX1msdt7nNCRRF8dyayluTFoHhjp_vFGuglw2Nz3z7DuVfV3REOMVTejdRJpW5XW2x1JD1PzfLPuFtXajE24-RUsELJU4nwvcUIX3vuxwPqcOSrbgwZHiE1OgPEtpZmyZVUdEwS67LCIN/s4032/20220714_134828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh85g8oa-aNumUHrKdnUlcRpKcGj8nPL34baLkpc3XBCO-XX1msdt7nNCRRF8dyayluTFoHhjp_vFGuglw2Nz3z7DuVfV3REOMVTejdRJpW5XW2x1JD1PzfLPuFtXajE24-RUsELJU4nwvcUIX3vuxwPqcOSrbgwZHiE1OgPEtpZmyZVUdEwS67LCIN/s320/20220714_134828.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Glamour shot Lucas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGuWiPHlmq_aRuxXs1wwuTsceXi-A3RamqwBL6Ce0szW5qFvSZOVJ_wQ9KpTcNTux0naPybo2vshyrfA7o-Z890zjUqi-K9fv24S8VzU3FjrEDmwaarSkvaSehgcmJzmDGtAJ4P25Gk2MR51A1OOybeqHXmOxC9SZtka1KmRhkdmQFbcu5rG3UvGO/s4032/20220714_134836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTGuWiPHlmq_aRuxXs1wwuTsceXi-A3RamqwBL6Ce0szW5qFvSZOVJ_wQ9KpTcNTux0naPybo2vshyrfA7o-Z890zjUqi-K9fv24S8VzU3FjrEDmwaarSkvaSehgcmJzmDGtAJ4P25Gk2MR51A1OOybeqHXmOxC9SZtka1KmRhkdmQFbcu5rG3UvGO/s320/20220714_134836.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Glamour shot Chris</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPnXG3rbKid1vQnpbVJw1D04uQhSLAReiYHJYhxaFIbkRLk8aOk4TcvkAxj3vgiZPkR-W0-Md8UJ-NoFEvWYrz9A90rDeIbPrGq5LdLW4CeeuR1hZlzO-ZYyun4YjrPX_6X_mJPe4ZiTmokPo2y5phM0Wp91QO5xZs1KudC4hNZSH0An5WwwPT29Pw/s5184/IMG_8119.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPnXG3rbKid1vQnpbVJw1D04uQhSLAReiYHJYhxaFIbkRLk8aOk4TcvkAxj3vgiZPkR-W0-Md8UJ-NoFEvWYrz9A90rDeIbPrGq5LdLW4CeeuR1hZlzO-ZYyun4YjrPX_6X_mJPe4ZiTmokPo2y5phM0Wp91QO5xZs1KudC4hNZSH0An5WwwPT29Pw/s320/IMG_8119.JPG" width="213" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Glamour shot Marcy!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Since there were no more hikes to do, we did back to back peak to peak rides! On our ride back down to Whistler village we saw another black bear grazing at the side of a ski run meadow. So cool!</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>After all that hiking, we stopped for Dairy Queen on the way back to our apartment. This apartment building had a laundry room, we spent some time getting clean clothes and chilling in the hot tub. There was some music at the Olympic Park that Chris and I enjoyed while the kids zoned out in front of the tv. </div><div><br /></div>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-15146549026040177542022-08-10T15:48:00.000+02:002022-08-10T15:48:16.119+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip day 5Before leaving Kamloops on day 5, it was important to all of us to visit the memorial at the residential school. While there I spoke with a woman from Saskatchewan who was involved in a number of murdered and missing indigenous women and truth and reconciliation inquiries. She spoke of some of her experiences and stories relayed to her. It was a hard place to be. I am thankful that I was able to spend some time in that discomfort and I was thankful that I was able to give that experience to my kids. It was a more sombre beginning of the day than our previous starts. <div><br /></div><div>Several times during our drive from Jasper to Kamloops we had lost our Spotify signal. I was about 3 chapters in to an audiobook from before the trip, so I gave everyone in the car a quick synopsis and we listened to a twisty murder mystery novel as we continued on our way to Whistler, BC. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHFwlDGqKMOAIkuvYFBc7TNhCm_antR5DF5r1WijSTPmabBJPj_f52SFPv6Wxv3ouw69ecf7aKfhvmhurfiK1yi7IWkrkPBAVjEwcUcHOuU9SOvjxYDKdWaHw1X2ZGXVMNGcQmY7cLeju7KtyLmxcc0FKwFkOUIeXiLJQcrYwWiYVgKiU9YFvHjV_I" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1696" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHFwlDGqKMOAIkuvYFBc7TNhCm_antR5DF5r1WijSTPmabBJPj_f52SFPv6Wxv3ouw69ecf7aKfhvmhurfiK1yi7IWkrkPBAVjEwcUcHOuU9SOvjxYDKdWaHw1X2ZGXVMNGcQmY7cLeju7KtyLmxcc0FKwFkOUIeXiLJQcrYwWiYVgKiU9YFvHjV_I" width="159" /></a></div><br />During our adventures in Jasper, the sky tram operator described to us and we observed the devastation of the pine beetle. We were able to see that repeatedly throughout the trip. As we made our way through the BC interior we saw evidence of a different devastation. It was not the deadwood of the pine beetle, but blackened trunks of last years forest fires. It was incredible to see how close to the road the fire had been.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4zSmlBbjOX2-fryovqyOQzuYghzUMRiE0Bx-Dyb9usPYkv1Rx8yMocRRxUXxVKkgz66FjZpadPUD6k_AqB8m1sbrJfKK2CcSKakwwn_cbD_RKY13JwSJpx3QOIvL6mMB2ppLUK-8yUwjY090RBeVTXnbzWmB-FjAiw7DhHfIwa0iX2Xt5AWYp13zD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4zSmlBbjOX2-fryovqyOQzuYghzUMRiE0Bx-Dyb9usPYkv1Rx8yMocRRxUXxVKkgz66FjZpadPUD6k_AqB8m1sbrJfKK2CcSKakwwn_cbD_RKY13JwSJpx3QOIvL6mMB2ppLUK-8yUwjY090RBeVTXnbzWmB-FjAiw7DhHfIwa0iX2Xt5AWYp13zD" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>About mid-way we stopped at a well placed <a href="https://fountainflattradingpost.com/" target="_blank">Fountain Flats Trading Post</a> to check for some gravol. They had some! It was a good opportunity to stretch our legs. It was also good timing for the Gravol. The next stretch of road was a lot of fun driving, a lot of switchbacks and roaring mountain rivers.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsa2iDJG5WA7Uv5MTnYvI8rCNxRBqzzgSEbCSc0FM0VO3LtAJBNWUdiAWU8V5X23rwcGlMDL0h0PPcYSYh_-0ArhFRc_2l3BAkkfwpNuCNXaWypqonSeKZH9bTjtjz9LRT5enMzpFKv6DDthBg5Ft15VzrMH8k2ytKaS8MVjeI89qI0LFDgFGHg2Xm" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="503" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgsa2iDJG5WA7Uv5MTnYvI8rCNxRBqzzgSEbCSc0FM0VO3LtAJBNWUdiAWU8V5X23rwcGlMDL0h0PPcYSYh_-0ArhFRc_2l3BAkkfwpNuCNXaWypqonSeKZH9bTjtjz9LRT5enMzpFKv6DDthBg5Ft15VzrMH8k2ytKaS8MVjeI89qI0LFDgFGHg2Xm" width="320" /></a></div>In Whistler, we checked into our apartment at the Marketplace Lodge next to the Olympic Plaza. We wandered the Olympic village. Michael has since described it as having a theme park feel. We went to a local hot spot for dinner. Chris and I felt nostalgic as we watched the table of 20-somethings who were wrapped up in their own world. We embarrassed the children by doing some interpretive chair dancing to the loud bar music. I had been vetoed on the afternoon hike I had wanted to do, so I settled for an after dinner 7km walk including around Lost Lake. On the way to the lake, just outside a parking lot at one of the traffic lights we spotted a bear. We slowly backed up. The bear spotted us. The bear slowly continued on its foraging way, completely ignoring us. Phew! The rest of the lake walk we only saw 2-legged animals of the human variety.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpqMM0Dy1UN2IxDGEYWmkqlDiZHALMGWDCoSLFX1QgHDN1P2lqa4eh7OWdiROmrAc2E-QOQKZekze_Ueo2_btL2NSipJJpiYss9nq8xbDwnGcu8HQ_px6d36OeR6rWbXVI7lZWfLshCxpIhqaotzIlmnRrF6jp3cvHrYLhnz3fQHsgEKW02yTnDr3G" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="1381" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpqMM0Dy1UN2IxDGEYWmkqlDiZHALMGWDCoSLFX1QgHDN1P2lqa4eh7OWdiROmrAc2E-QOQKZekze_Ueo2_btL2NSipJJpiYss9nq8xbDwnGcu8HQ_px6d36OeR6rWbXVI7lZWfLshCxpIhqaotzIlmnRrF6jp3cvHrYLhnz3fQHsgEKW02yTnDr3G" width="320" /></a></div>Looking for some picnic baskets?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhE769U3Z0nE2CiI_qiR-4VAiRc3Vdoxcs-wknVSa6_X8b_jfWFDiDuCc4yms4g8orc9nQujUQKwXw7KUWjhOucWOhwgHwRPnBfldMsRXm_HnUreRClcexq4A1FYpRTwSLv2ANFLNpWHn4f7aGhaZOhHsIb18hFS9cBuEABmVgBccjg7xI_XaJCNYK7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhE769U3Z0nE2CiI_qiR-4VAiRc3Vdoxcs-wknVSa6_X8b_jfWFDiDuCc4yms4g8orc9nQujUQKwXw7KUWjhOucWOhwgHwRPnBfldMsRXm_HnUreRClcexq4A1FYpRTwSLv2ANFLNpWHn4f7aGhaZOhHsIb18hFS9cBuEABmVgBccjg7xI_XaJCNYK7" width="117" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhE769U3Z0nE2CiI_qiR-4VAiRc3Vdoxcs-wknVSa6_X8b_jfWFDiDuCc4yms4g8orc9nQujUQKwXw7KUWjhOucWOhwgHwRPnBfldMsRXm_HnUreRClcexq4A1FYpRTwSLv2ANFLNpWHn4f7aGhaZOhHsIb18hFS9cBuEABmVgBccjg7xI_XaJCNYK7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div></div>Lost lake<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3BOuyQX01yYWAY8YvFEjqEb79gocSyxbkGWOQmdejXj5MT77PfXK1XW7o9AlRy9vkOqdPopgOGb6TZM_NRznaOUPkXmKayjZR4ht4Ig5puBz5U1xrCtlU9gFWYI8UXEZOsmrAQDQgB7qrhI8CzFDpR_PD-z6UpQmOZZUHuaazV5jbZdFBmn0x_XdQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3BOuyQX01yYWAY8YvFEjqEb79gocSyxbkGWOQmdejXj5MT77PfXK1XW7o9AlRy9vkOqdPopgOGb6TZM_NRznaOUPkXmKayjZR4ht4Ig5puBz5U1xrCtlU9gFWYI8UXEZOsmrAQDQgB7qrhI8CzFDpR_PD-z6UpQmOZZUHuaazV5jbZdFBmn0x_XdQ" width="117" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQbfFe_NLv6efm-1KU_o3jz38k0zjPvhQfyD-PXv5k4beIb8nFzFWZs0QZEghpi0C8MGGu_mI1olqIMN4bL-5IklF1uW8R9fxRmhHA5r5ALFUqRFOV8NWVirHuG60yXeJelqM8rigM1Ilh7tygFWCdEher2Y1NcX_nfcqp783zFdcG-Fb6wvl8897n" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQbfFe_NLv6efm-1KU_o3jz38k0zjPvhQfyD-PXv5k4beIb8nFzFWZs0QZEghpi0C8MGGu_mI1olqIMN4bL-5IklF1uW8R9fxRmhHA5r5ALFUqRFOV8NWVirHuG60yXeJelqM8rigM1Ilh7tygFWCdEher2Y1NcX_nfcqp783zFdcG-Fb6wvl8897n" width="117" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHoQwA9oEyXNpXwmOuJBgE36Nt4iVl24Vo5m2FMMXpzoh0Anm4ziQAH7WDThnZjoaKRaB2GWPHuJIYOCg4bzSokr1w-l8iK3vkJPSXQG0WMvKDCDGW47Qk6QoydnJpPKWTSzI403zctKS-CXGCEi5vQUZu0kmCcZvqDJrN-P8qKWTLri-5C1Gk-es2" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1960" data-original-width="4032" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHoQwA9oEyXNpXwmOuJBgE36Nt4iVl24Vo5m2FMMXpzoh0Anm4ziQAH7WDThnZjoaKRaB2GWPHuJIYOCg4bzSokr1w-l8iK3vkJPSXQG0WMvKDCDGW47Qk6QoydnJpPKWTSzI403zctKS-CXGCEi5vQUZu0kmCcZvqDJrN-P8qKWTLri-5C1Gk-es2" width="320" /></a></div></div>We were tempted by the beach area. But not enough to walk back to the apartment, change, and walk back. 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text-align: left;">Good morning! Bon appetit!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz90nVQiSDpwEA-k8qtOeRWbAt-og_YkYFn379dLQoftITehCoCNOcSsQHvRZzbB8hYZ9MEqoJ8QGckcBn0N2WXTeT6bv_4Bk_aABoDSc2mQs71cKs8g7p3k6BAYrPPt_wc84qG1ftsgGnujvtT0ZpAMtpg36ZaAB0fUQosA6w6A0rIoviPcFsB1da" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="1364" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhz90nVQiSDpwEA-k8qtOeRWbAt-og_YkYFn379dLQoftITehCoCNOcSsQHvRZzbB8hYZ9MEqoJ8QGckcBn0N2WXTeT6bv_4Bk_aABoDSc2mQs71cKs8g7p3k6BAYrPPt_wc84qG1ftsgGnujvtT0ZpAMtpg36ZaAB0fUQosA6w6A0rIoviPcFsB1da" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span></div>We were able to get out of the campsite by 8am so that we could do a hike before driving to Kamloops. We started the Maligne Canyon for a 5km hike. The sheer power of the water rushing down the gorge was breathtaking. This was one of the favourite hikes of the trip.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhC-UkzLRxUJL6bPvksZN2iIQVdvUlCX5aglL9O1TUdHgZw6a1AbI8BZ8q6D4xfH8UIU8i2N_h2nEgeL9a1mIH0QjkfMQJm449NST_6BQ2TOXTpGCxFgvjlGx6Oalpeqy2OQmlFkPnWE3x6MMDDj6LmIDM0F3TtjnPjZB23wjI8jH1wFL1QvzBbzGU_" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhC-UkzLRxUJL6bPvksZN2iIQVdvUlCX5aglL9O1TUdHgZw6a1AbI8BZ8q6D4xfH8UIU8i2N_h2nEgeL9a1mIH0QjkfMQJm449NST_6BQ2TOXTpGCxFgvjlGx6Oalpeqy2OQmlFkPnWE3x6MMDDj6LmIDM0F3TtjnPjZB23wjI8jH1wFL1QvzBbzGU_" width="160" /><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWnsG7j-NA5NYX7i6JkEJjT-kI6zpFqJ92iGyESsYXpUrnDqTG4QglNYHLSnkHfYN3wAX9IaYkVN5BhnS3j7EFuGAjGq1MI5PH5TF1NTXjRcz3HB4aGEz76PasYCeXvD9-_6XOiMeHPR9f5xupnfJXeYOj-2t3IVwacLOvvaspeS9O8Aa9krOJ312N" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjWnsG7j-NA5NYX7i6JkEJjT-kI6zpFqJ92iGyESsYXpUrnDqTG4QglNYHLSnkHfYN3wAX9IaYkVN5BhnS3j7EFuGAjGq1MI5PH5TF1NTXjRcz3HB4aGEz76PasYCeXvD9-_6XOiMeHPR9f5xupnfJXeYOj-2t3IVwacLOvvaspeS9O8Aa9krOJ312N" width="117" /></a></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKAGRh3V7SiO0b8G7Y1e_6o2Vo_6hP6j5IZDZR5j4F5R45txB54c4ZDDtsdBRLZ3y8iVxNYPJMQnmbFa4Xs6jGcauUEOMp3gCHlFvXjIL3ziYk4hEhvrI3pc4EmzpGIezcvUjHSjo7pucwkhEkVW9vh8KZrobBtfL8ZQ-fvlUjQToXIRqDz2xTN7Dn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhKAGRh3V7SiO0b8G7Y1e_6o2Vo_6hP6j5IZDZR5j4F5R45txB54c4ZDDtsdBRLZ3y8iVxNYPJMQnmbFa4Xs6jGcauUEOMp3gCHlFvXjIL3ziYk4hEhvrI3pc4EmzpGIezcvUjHSjo7pucwkhEkVW9vh8KZrobBtfL8ZQ-fvlUjQToXIRqDz2xTN7Dn" width="117" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-7UnG-uZQT8BwI81smOgfWrEQT-E5vjGDt1Pd067BUkT6nklUdshMpocCPQiOcx-HZ6p04Kb0rVRrkrQQl6LTNvnAq1jUEmEKHWYvTOsGrAMynzdPpUrrta5EqK0KwkVFl-ZURrjkjA41zj5rPZxCGMgQRCP15dvzDqgi6nBidrxYwaj_JzfWXXg0" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-7UnG-uZQT8BwI81smOgfWrEQT-E5vjGDt1Pd067BUkT6nklUdshMpocCPQiOcx-HZ6p04Kb0rVRrkrQQl6LTNvnAq1jUEmEKHWYvTOsGrAMynzdPpUrrta5EqK0KwkVFl-ZURrjkjA41zj5rPZxCGMgQRCP15dvzDqgi6nBidrxYwaj_JzfWXXg0" width="320" /></a></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg15NJQ_JLuok8R1x5Op5p21lcGQFuS2B4LhT8zxqDfdLp7nDSbM6u9PtMQgCFKt07xA8udf1WYfQm7aq4a4n-mqaW9sxA6piqS3i1Sd7h2P4ku60C9ZN34GPiGdiAAy19VCf9R1O6gkb6ynjhnLEegb36-JkFIgrnYkfanTDmsiCiXHkg73EiAnSVg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg15NJQ_JLuok8R1x5Op5p21lcGQFuS2B4LhT8zxqDfdLp7nDSbM6u9PtMQgCFKt07xA8udf1WYfQm7aq4a4n-mqaW9sxA6piqS3i1Sd7h2P4ku60C9ZN34GPiGdiAAy19VCf9R1O6gkb6ynjhnLEegb36-JkFIgrnYkfanTDmsiCiXHkg73EiAnSVg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We passed by the five Bridges and turned off the main loop to trek to the 6th Bridge. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhshq_k4Ya-rIq4N09JtopVcdjUGdr13NH0Jx5RZWNiAYd6y2o2pTvTiHBXcE9shg3xp37yiW6uRLgExbek33_fLOS6aDkd1C5QmtX5ob_DyQrdrR1EAetztnWT5ke2CmMeKFP46JUYIJmVV-MSPjUqY3IQ01RD66_DHhya6hJD4UThkuhnfUHZZJga" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhshq_k4Ya-rIq4N09JtopVcdjUGdr13NH0Jx5RZWNiAYd6y2o2pTvTiHBXcE9shg3xp37yiW6uRLgExbek33_fLOS6aDkd1C5QmtX5ob_DyQrdrR1EAetztnWT5ke2CmMeKFP46JUYIJmVV-MSPjUqY3IQ01RD66_DHhya6hJD4UThkuhnfUHZZJga" width="320" /></a></div><br />Unfortunately, that trail was washed out and in trying to traverse part of it Lucas hit his head on an out-cropping of rock. It was decided to turn back and we took the high trail loop back to the parking lot. We didn't see a single soul on that upper trail despite the lower trail being completely full of tourists. </div><div><br /></div><div>We had our breath stolen again at the Campbell Crossing into BC when we saw Mount Robson. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSnOK3OCrRI_LpTwr9UYmG7lxmr_RiZsyekkerSNgVW6qKGCrdMJ0sQmaiA9Nozo3zbKZLlwbdBBr1qqlOYUeavxN451qoievEhNJl4M9fKJdidKh0voF7pzFKdp4YYjRpJdTREV9D4L7FbKOgzEWwISXSqvdDMPlTIwml_XZQuLLLfbLxSOkU2Heh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSnOK3OCrRI_LpTwr9UYmG7lxmr_RiZsyekkerSNgVW6qKGCrdMJ0sQmaiA9Nozo3zbKZLlwbdBBr1qqlOYUeavxN451qoievEhNJl4M9fKJdidKh0voF7pzFKdp4YYjRpJdTREV9D4L7FbKOgzEWwISXSqvdDMPlTIwml_XZQuLLLfbLxSOkU2Heh" width="320" /><br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Passing by Mount Robson</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><br /></u></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqfXskarVyAYD8md9IdyMUvI3Cupy9Bbb3RZANocz0DBG0RyFaCdSaxBequUeRa0IBKHbVy9UyzaVQA8-t22c4mz8BeUQTdqFT68tJXyQltkXgSDsk7a2lhxYZASwC4D7zM5PD9MTFHw_h144lTTOOuN8qLFc2KXc_mDcGOYlenHOGXhFMPLMFqyFL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="1364" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqfXskarVyAYD8md9IdyMUvI3Cupy9Bbb3RZANocz0DBG0RyFaCdSaxBequUeRa0IBKHbVy9UyzaVQA8-t22c4mz8BeUQTdqFT68tJXyQltkXgSDsk7a2lhxYZASwC4D7zM5PD9MTFHw_h144lTTOOuN8qLFc2KXc_mDcGOYlenHOGXhFMPLMFqyFL" width="320" /></a></div></div>Taken in our rearview mirror, which was the only way I got to see this beauty as the driver. Tip for future visitors, plan to make a pit stop here to be able to fully enjoy this sight!</div><div><br />The road to Kamloops took us through some gorgeous canyons and up and down some fairly twisty roads. In Kamloops we checked into a Motel. I checked in with my local contact, who, as bad luck would have it, was currently out on Vancouver island. We were able to get some recommendations and we left for dinner at the <a href="https://redbeardcafe.wixsite.com/redbeard?fbclid=IwAR3brJFknI_IdXSRnRpCUIJDysnaLTSRA2f-qKnZ6KtMb_GZwehS4qKsSS4" target="_blank">Red Beard Cafe</a> where Michael and David had some fancy house lemonade. Afterwards we joined a music in the park festival at the riverside park.<br /> This was the first of three stops with two queen beds and five Taylor bodies. David opted to sleep on the floor in a nest of sleeping bags rather than share a bed with Lucas and Michael. Looking around the room and at the beds, that might have been the safest option.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRMCWJVa9dZfin1C6Vg5IFhTSmRqsLkKzl4JVqcBlCROYy59Semk6e31k7zaA-HvCtE7IMd5rjU5apOuejTw_DCdktRNOYNzINVvbP8vAx_yNe2HEgOvUc7gA5D_A-NF7vdhmEvhrniNSlm3mwPgdZG3Jhcr6I98ovadILq8tb0qNRYubsmSbXmOBv" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRMCWJVa9dZfin1C6Vg5IFhTSmRqsLkKzl4JVqcBlCROYy59Semk6e31k7zaA-HvCtE7IMd5rjU5apOuejTw_DCdktRNOYNzINVvbP8vAx_yNe2HEgOvUc7gA5D_A-NF7vdhmEvhrniNSlm3mwPgdZG3Jhcr6I98ovadILq8tb0qNRYubsmSbXmOBv" width="117" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEid2t0Q-VoKeuY2mJTsC8ZJUR9CruJy2_X-P_EQLuYXCt2QJPge9VzKSgXGUF8d-qW_iPWiuEei9cNXSc9vuorNp6i07lpEx54yPpwsreGPs9XDix4cqh4Mn-QkAZEh4bLF4RtRY9eo-EHY-9oHoTQI88o4bM_FP34yQsV-s7Qfjx5dEXM9Di62Vll1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEid2t0Q-VoKeuY2mJTsC8ZJUR9CruJy2_X-P_EQLuYXCt2QJPge9VzKSgXGUF8d-qW_iPWiuEei9cNXSc9vuorNp6i07lpEx54yPpwsreGPs9XDix4cqh4Mn-QkAZEh4bLF4RtRY9eo-EHY-9oHoTQI88o4bM_FP34yQsV-s7Qfjx5dEXM9Di62Vll1" width="117" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivvuxsu0qPdPirxISRWtF0WJo67-j_Fyn17s1WHwVUq1i6kumaodTqK4B1dRgrDzCFMNhtdknrYVoHuLr9hpIX1PvCNmxae4Zxy3uHfnkxKwGx2MdyDAfdSbHZWsdKjnLf-Noi62SfLq70MYGYIO9tPRe40bwEJBTyLsklNJ9Inuf9VO7QNIRTf7IA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEivvuxsu0qPdPirxISRWtF0WJo67-j_Fyn17s1WHwVUq1i6kumaodTqK4B1dRgrDzCFMNhtdknrYVoHuLr9hpIX1PvCNmxae4Zxy3uHfnkxKwGx2MdyDAfdSbHZWsdKjnLf-Noi62SfLq70MYGYIO9tPRe40bwEJBTyLsklNJ9Inuf9VO7QNIRTf7IA" width="117" /></a></div></div>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-15182570023063938372022-08-08T15:20:00.005+02:002022-08-08T15:20:49.949+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip day 3<div><br />I had reserved the first flight up Whistlers mountain <a href="https://www.jasperskytram.com/" target="_blank">Jasper sky tram</a> at 8am. Ambitious with 3 jet-lagged teens, but we did it! It was overcast and very windy. </div><div><br /></div><div>The upper sky tram station<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje1ZevzKs-zzcpRrUyDfseLJBr205edKczoh5wX963_jHz1cpRSIZyQzgrBAkjgxirAS2gJklXx-EPbqS4lc1j3BOiUQwXiraev2SIitE80JoGLRScb2nEZDErDj43Jc_1kOMLjvKdJ0MzAAZpe8UPfq9ENn05OF0HF2hsH8QfmwkMJ92P2cnGp2zs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje1ZevzKs-zzcpRrUyDfseLJBr205edKczoh5wX963_jHz1cpRSIZyQzgrBAkjgxirAS2gJklXx-EPbqS4lc1j3BOiUQwXiraev2SIitE80JoGLRScb2nEZDErDj43Jc_1kOMLjvKdJ0MzAAZpe8UPfq9ENn05OF0HF2hsH8QfmwkMJ92P2cnGp2zs" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNc5Kuq8tSeNJ485jGEidybKlUwoA8P6FRvFJ9NfDiNL26_hAPRnaxF-Uq4w_X_GA2ggeGVJnntWQVgLzPIdDf84cBBKrbEd5GWAZoHkJWynHTZZTRjnxajLYPlCitH46he8CM_ReuVM/s1600/1657910357099323-4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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</a></div><div>We started the ~2km climb to the summit of the mountain. The change in elevation had all of us, even the teenagers, huffing and puffing. The wind was super strong and really bothered Lucas's ears necessitating a few rest breaks along the way. No one complained about the extra rest stops. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqB5ZTbh60eJT7CcmLX7-enogWbgig4dik8KHfVciLVrRbAuCGBqtzbDppi2c6cT-S29E9wycqmfTY2x3snf3rzBFX7QopBTxmM0pKyLUpIqwhN1dDYUVIldg0SHos6-Z9oMbL28GuZI/s1600/1657910326149833-9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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</a>To get to the summit, we had to traverse about 20-30 metres of residual snow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div><br /></div><div>The wind that was super strong on the hike up to the summit felt hurricane strength at the top! It felt like we would be blown right off the top. I was nervous to bring my phone out for photos and felt certain my hat would fly down the mountain. Lucas sought refuge on the lee-side of the cairn marking the mountain summit. </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHR9Z3uHQA95zYslQYKgzTk7_pzg8Si8aanu0yUUpITF61rGPafnF37bFSYFTsvi_kjl8nFlxIPTdqmuaCrD-XwwGXgpEl2WTgwSpNi_bujqGgxKWOcmC7gQvLTUe_WPPr-kCRJxmUAGM/s1600/1657910340983154-7.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">
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I was happy we managed to go up first thing in the morning. True to the reviews online, it was much more crowded as the day progressed. We went back to the campsite for lunch and a little rest. While I didn't have the entire Icefields Parkway in our itinerary, we did get one hike down the road in that afternoon. It was a crazy, twisty road up to Mount Edith Cavell. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8zz_iy0f7hlEGyVYB4sVI6uA5LfzG1x0g-v8U799o5jI6DuSPh6HIcHey0Bwgr49o9MzPJi6diFSmGo8dDYKeWQkJWQ-xIUX9g9m08JnomrtfLc3K0niiP72vd0sDgGF1c-3fM50alNi_ZudCpDnBhTeb15nsydZbJX7DpwrcTp-dEbj3ECyAEbqR" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="3456" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8zz_iy0f7hlEGyVYB4sVI6uA5LfzG1x0g-v8U799o5jI6DuSPh6HIcHey0Bwgr49o9MzPJi6diFSmGo8dDYKeWQkJWQ-xIUX9g9m08JnomrtfLc3K0niiP72vd0sDgGF1c-3fM50alNi_ZudCpDnBhTeb15nsydZbJX7DpwrcTp-dEbj3ECyAEbqR" width="160" /></a></div><br />It hadn't occurred to me when planning this trip that mid-July would still be too "early" in the season to do all the hikes I was hoping for. There is a hike up along the edge of the basin that leads to an alpine meadow. The meadow portion was closed as the ecological area was still vulnerable after the snow melt. As we sat on rocks looking in to the basin, it took several minutes for the scale of the basin to come in to focus. Once I pointed out that the ant like beings at the side of the glacial lake were actually full grown humans, our perch seemed much more precarious. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJHJcqVx6vB_6IitgTGnm95JlY06bpVMMdJk1IlVXd0ySp1XTABfiEnZGa8P9yKP4wdgdcwlccHRgMr9yTLsiLOfiraWSHPJFVvMY8WyDN9L5R4EaqanFe0HrH3JbEadiHy_RlYIsXxgIuvedc77Th33HviUXFeJgW2INF-IzZmep57mWfKprx0BKb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJHJcqVx6vB_6IitgTGnm95JlY06bpVMMdJk1IlVXd0ySp1XTABfiEnZGa8P9yKP4wdgdcwlccHRgMr9yTLsiLOfiraWSHPJFVvMY8WyDN9L5R4EaqanFe0HrH3JbEadiHy_RlYIsXxgIuvedc77Th33HviUXFeJgW2INF-IzZmep57mWfKprx0BKb" width="320" /></a></div>Big glacier, occasional avalanches were seen.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIhkjC-s9AqJ6x6qc9xL-1LCI-dTPVjLkKBEs9F4KdH-FgkcyACDD0K3hwxvi7g9FfXnM7Zrbu_7IAc9Q5mJGi0aC-nQnbW7tTzrEhMiKCqvT9j-js5VZ89rNzsMJfVD_PFpMfupY7T-2P8p0Gv4GoiS_JeCEQ3K437vQySdEuBG-fzm5UmsxA8hcO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiIhkjC-s9AqJ6x6qc9xL-1LCI-dTPVjLkKBEs9F4KdH-FgkcyACDD0K3hwxvi7g9FfXnM7Zrbu_7IAc9Q5mJGi0aC-nQnbW7tTzrEhMiKCqvT9j-js5VZ89rNzsMJfVD_PFpMfupY7T-2P8p0Gv4GoiS_JeCEQ3K437vQySdEuBG-fzm5UmsxA8hcO" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;">Glacier lake, filled with ice floes. To the side, you can see the people in the basin. Perspective was really difficult in the mountains!</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJ_zVjgfTVQNq2HG2_8ToxZiFDJMo196-NEYPrQfoeu-5PH1E5hpmxJZIg45-d1HtnKDI8dT25i92L_3kKuA6CfGUGg5cwm3xUEoU3XFx8O8MR7h8s7Y0-Iieu_qCU0ZmRvUKyjC6zc7zaACP1hM4fG46uV-qbdhx1rRdeEiq8twwKFF6Yi5FiAyxV" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiJ_zVjgfTVQNq2HG2_8ToxZiFDJMo196-NEYPrQfoeu-5PH1E5hpmxJZIg45-d1HtnKDI8dT25i92L_3kKuA6CfGUGg5cwm3xUEoU3XFx8O8MR7h8s7Y0-Iieu_qCU0ZmRvUKyjC6zc7zaACP1hM4fG46uV-qbdhx1rRdeEiq8twwKFF6Yi5FiAyxV" width="117" /></span></a></div></div></div><br />We then hiked down to the edge of the ice floe filled lake, checking out the large chunks of snow and watching for the occasional avalanche. We spotted an almost cartoon-like circular snow ball hanging like a sword of Damocles at the top of the glacier. When it falls, it will bring a lot of snow and ice with it and tourists will need to be fairly fleet footed to get out of the way. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_MkMn0-q_NqJu5ZZdaQzfxuijKB91HhMHwKcJqqoofxObq9IdKXMghzp-IND0IexjWRhHqSO10LmKHyFVv5o-PredBfe-7YyvBtooY6o1iNnn9outjsAp7MACn2OUEu8gNq5emrp5AVMlvn9UqOTP1Lpc-r0x9z6NtgiViz-m5bn8mvY6P51c1OcD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_MkMn0-q_NqJu5ZZdaQzfxuijKB91HhMHwKcJqqoofxObq9IdKXMghzp-IND0IexjWRhHqSO10LmKHyFVv5o-PredBfe-7YyvBtooY6o1iNnn9outjsAp7MACn2OUEu8gNq5emrp5AVMlvn9UqOTP1Lpc-r0x9z6NtgiViz-m5bn8mvY6P51c1OcD" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I was checking out the interesting microbial growth at the side of the lake, wondering if I should take a sample for our friend Tim. He assures me his days of slime collection are over, but can you ever really leave that passion behind?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoyEALlyHFBkMoWx-K3T9rpjHnnFLb4URviMUykg_ORrzbLtAz-kDhzZrpAz7Yf9IbsdcclWJuHP417z6eEN_l7oyd0e5tPPjyLICtWPs6Ar8oQxxaz-DQloMAHdMBGq7t47IBcEEq2azMqBOQCrGIOEesxuFbqIYbe4G1pA2DNVeTpbzvF3kTmT-o" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgoyEALlyHFBkMoWx-K3T9rpjHnnFLb4URviMUykg_ORrzbLtAz-kDhzZrpAz7Yf9IbsdcclWJuHP417z6eEN_l7oyd0e5tPPjyLICtWPs6Ar8oQxxaz-DQloMAHdMBGq7t47IBcEEq2azMqBOQCrGIOEesxuFbqIYbe4G1pA2DNVeTpbzvF3kTmT-o" width="117" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In addition to climbing on every boulder we passed, David also enjoyed climbing on snow.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkBir2I0Y310YdnNwl4qDA_cZ6o_lY-GSCrnkkhqUXcywwvRyeWnUWkG8UkQayHNnueK4MbayoZ4jKYqnwsC8VbuAP4gfXCsxXTyc7u0tbJyJrPUOF04SovpIxv-vqvjGJF4qF0h7TcAdELXGNPUjtkfyPsQqMCEdnuTY8b6R42znSLXhuPGf8rzrg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkBir2I0Y310YdnNwl4qDA_cZ6o_lY-GSCrnkkhqUXcywwvRyeWnUWkG8UkQayHNnueK4MbayoZ4jKYqnwsC8VbuAP4gfXCsxXTyc7u0tbJyJrPUOF04SovpIxv-vqvjGJF4qF0h7TcAdELXGNPUjtkfyPsQqMCEdnuTY8b6R42znSLXhuPGf8rzrg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Just a little snowball</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNwscB7OOgyHEEY-EO4kINjI5guomDpmQ6ivtFVYJZfyE-bBLCRhSFTfTjL3Q_s5HsM38wmKkuSRKeBEVcKg4mqzALox_zn1rQBpTtpqdNOb-MmVbnXbC3cXpgnGj1QEt8fUPCFHoPpFiWevOqCIk5ycPEvepmnfrP0bPTDLT1b3_G6ioBmLllYPwT" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNwscB7OOgyHEEY-EO4kINjI5guomDpmQ6ivtFVYJZfyE-bBLCRhSFTfTjL3Q_s5HsM38wmKkuSRKeBEVcKg4mqzALox_zn1rQBpTtpqdNOb-MmVbnXbC3cXpgnGj1QEt8fUPCFHoPpFiWevOqCIk5ycPEvepmnfrP0bPTDLT1b3_G6ioBmLllYPwT" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">You can see the waterfalls coming off the melting snow and glacier behind the sibling love<br />.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDodFNmYmen3-qopUoLg_8kxklsbvRDbVvlEUvo7sfuFPQYG-Wesqv23VjlE7tdk7qj2el6Ut02GFKhNSC5NPIyMIr8Nsvv2gDtJB9wtyLHOpkRqEV1IgqX74xv7qaU4UjqAZi2yoZABfERdvFu0rM9uOUVtrkjKI-7QmwV51APERlbsqfUy3QQlL0" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgDodFNmYmen3-qopUoLg_8kxklsbvRDbVvlEUvo7sfuFPQYG-Wesqv23VjlE7tdk7qj2el6Ut02GFKhNSC5NPIyMIr8Nsvv2gDtJB9wtyLHOpkRqEV1IgqX74xv7qaU4UjqAZi2yoZABfERdvFu0rM9uOUVtrkjKI-7QmwV51APERlbsqfUy3QQlL0" width="117" /> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEIMZL_DM-8v0jclhlZQiO7VBmYlPoyNqrHD-hhCspinUB3vZGq6ecMzKPvibOi8qNVrhKS0gg_JtCNRfZWKqskIGsApKl1QGdh6bsuBIt52xUwZxMbemWSQiQc-h-Hbe20UH4i3sDGIWwxr45DaBM0XsD_wiI0xVxV6TNFzgUTfRe2ZXqb0XQE9kz" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="415" data-original-width="332" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEIMZL_DM-8v0jclhlZQiO7VBmYlPoyNqrHD-hhCspinUB3vZGq6ecMzKPvibOi8qNVrhKS0gg_JtCNRfZWKqskIGsApKl1QGdh6bsuBIt52xUwZxMbemWSQiQc-h-Hbe20UH4i3sDGIWwxr45DaBM0XsD_wiI0xVxV6TNFzgUTfRe2ZXqb0XQE9kz" width="192" /></a></div></div></div></div><div>If you zoom in at the top of the glacier you can see the round snowball ready to plummet down the mountain. We took turns checking it out with the binoculars. </div><br /></div><div>After a perfect first day of hikes, we wandered through downtown Jasper looking for a place to have dinner. We opted for a nice pizza place before checking out a local ice cream store. We enjoyed our cones while sitting in a park across from the train tracks, watching the trains go by.</div><div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXeEO99zkretsnpZns6OPCAwDhkfoceRJ1cRutfJpA3BimhHlhEZ_vOSjSeQBb2-hHTVPIdl5MirpgvNzZ3WW7yAwFHMRUMB3wU6S5PRueft2vicvZm-rWeWjt4zdqTq_TsEP053gQ_n32chT4KdZqFOPaiz0RCjsebfgUsMskSJqgAW0upUqTfa1_" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXeEO99zkretsnpZns6OPCAwDhkfoceRJ1cRutfJpA3BimhHlhEZ_vOSjSeQBb2-hHTVPIdl5MirpgvNzZ3WW7yAwFHMRUMB3wU6S5PRueft2vicvZm-rWeWjt4zdqTq_TsEP053gQ_n32chT4KdZqFOPaiz0RCjsebfgUsMskSJqgAW0upUqTfa1_" width="117" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had a nice campfire and turned in for our last night in the o'Tentik.</div>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-34409535052712526312022-08-07T17:52:00.003+02:002022-08-07T17:53:49.495+02:00Rocky Mountain Road Trip Day 2<p><br /> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Day 2 started still in the airplane. I had originally booked us to arrive early Saturday morning and we would go to Jasper for Saturday night. Unfortunately our airline had other ideas and instead had us arriving at 11:40pm. Too late to pick up our rental car and much too late to arrive in Jasper. We arrived almost an hour later than forecasted, and our luggage was another 90 minutes after that. By the time we checked in to our hotel, it was 2am local time, or 4am according to our bodies. After about 4 hours sleep, we went to pick up our rental car back at the airport. We then went to a Costco to wait until it opened to buy supplies. It is very likely I shouldn't have bought the Costco sized groceries.</p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiw-8O72G17vsGSW3FY6DDDFwv1lBXmcVqajyRpkIIkMuRmx52sWlW8_0gng6fASw2duX3BCqs12y2WPP1QHQ4W3GV77cfrQElEYZtv6JaMYps1v4L3FxJpmUJfHhWWuwVZyTp4oHYNTM/s1600/1657910370255177-0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiw-8O72G17vsGSW3FY6DDDFwv1lBXmcVqajyRpkIIkMuRmx52sWlW8_0gng6fASw2duX3BCqs12y2WPP1QHQ4W3GV77cfrQElEYZtv6JaMYps1v4L3FxJpmUJfHhWWuwVZyTp4oHYNTM/s1600/1657910370255177-0.png" width="400" /></a></div>We were then a little more selective at Walmart and hit the road just before noon where we also picked up a second tent and 5th sleeping bag. Driving west was pretty smooth sailing. We stopped in Edson for a very late and very large lunch at Castle restaurant. A game of "mountains are actually fake news" started as Chris tried to convince the kids that the foothills were the mountains. Everyone was pretty awe struck when we finally entered Jasper park. Many selfies, instas, time lapses, etc. We arrived at our "oTentik" and soaked in the views. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNxD3IGs6PBG3uuceKw45uvxrFDwg_oPs0Fn8WvO3nOwDCiuQt5QNLsVCwustLsqkZXymuhNO6D77v-buN-1H8c4uagPZzy9fjb5IL0gAP8231b6gMFXPdPiUBw7yDtL_u9DF5hE7E5M/s1600/1657910366854955-1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNxD3IGs6PBG3uuceKw45uvxrFDwg_oPs0Fn8WvO3nOwDCiuQt5QNLsVCwustLsqkZXymuhNO6D77v-buN-1H8c4uagPZzy9fjb5IL0gAP8231b6gMFXPdPiUBw7yDtL_u9DF5hE7E5M/s1600/1657910366854955-1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our car for the next 2 weeks. Nissan Rogue. Three teenagers in the back seat. What could go wrong?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTqri5WWg_8PssJh2vh1WlEjfIg8F2HoDFXpSqveKuXgMT-Gp6G0Z4BNVuhkuLaZd-_mMwld2MNYq32tyWingU1-ycagIdwR4z67hRfv5HXyif5vaxPA8cuTwJ1o8Fa1YDc7V3y_jClo/s1600/1657910363505135-2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTqri5WWg_8PssJh2vh1WlEjfIg8F2HoDFXpSqveKuXgMT-Gp6G0Z4BNVuhkuLaZd-_mMwld2MNYq32tyWingU1-ycagIdwR4z67hRfv5HXyif5vaxPA8cuTwJ1o8Fa1YDc7V3y_jClo/s1600/1657910363505135-2.png" width="400" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2OXMW5o33M0urt_PjPSG5U9mxUp6vD5lvD_Xh55MWgLSuuhXZ3tXb-GfCMIT3O4zSgpZ39EiFlAtce8--2MwZB5MCJpcUy-unfkaUcUK3Gd0Xc8sRrNaDdxSikouPgRXc_qA1mThZIad8ZV4LJg9-0Wia3d1pE4ooDmtcOeIAjnu8G-jghzpu_JJ/s5184/IMG_7897.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL2OXMW5o33M0urt_PjPSG5U9mxUp6vD5lvD_Xh55MWgLSuuhXZ3tXb-GfCMIT3O4zSgpZ39EiFlAtce8--2MwZB5MCJpcUy-unfkaUcUK3Gd0Xc8sRrNaDdxSikouPgRXc_qA1mThZIad8ZV4LJg9-0Wia3d1pE4ooDmtcOeIAjnu8G-jghzpu_JJ/s320/IMG_7897.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><br /><br /></div></div><br /></div><div>A black bear was known to be in the area that afternoon. We drove in to town to get our bearings and some bear spray, just in case. After the travel, and lack of sleep, we were all pretty destroyed (except Lucas who was used to staying up to the wee hours). We went to bed super early after a small snack.</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-26093879952997803672022-07-10T15:02:00.002+02:002022-08-06T20:03:40.796+02:00Rocky mountain road trip day 1I had planned on taking a trip to the Rockies with the family for years now. Then covid. So now, in 2022, scant weeks before my first born departs for university, I've thrown caution to the wind and we are travelling to the west coast. I am trying to remember my lessons from our Swiss trip from 15 years ago. Try to only plan one activity per day, but there is just SO much to see and do. You will bear witness to my successes and failures over the next 2 weeks! I had provided a packing list earlier in the week and asked my progeny to pack in advance to minimize the last minute stress of packing. It helped, but was certainly not stress-free. I snipped the scapes off my garlic and took them to Kyoko after giving the garden a good soak. Here is the "before" photo.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>My friend Yanfei volunteered to come tend to my plants, but I am letting mother nature have her way. Plus, I wanted to turn off the water to the house before we left...</div><div><br /></div><div>We made it out of the house at 3:30 pm for our 9:35pm flight 😳</div><div>We splurged for the Pearson Express train, and it was packed! Standing room for the Taylor's</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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</div>Our flight arrived an hour late, and our bags were another hour to get off the plane. Day 2 is when the real fun begins!</div>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-25273588239064326532021-10-25T18:57:00.002+02:002021-10-25T18:57:50.936+02:0020th Anniversary Getaway to the Bruce Peninsula<p> After 20 years of marriage we decided to do more than our usual celebration of delivery food dinner. Our initial plan of going to Quebec City was discarded on account of Covid, so we opted for a nice, outdoorsy trip of hiking on the Bruce Peninsula. This was our first trip out of town where we left the kids at home alone. Lucas was responsible for getting himself to and from work on his own. David was responsible for buying a birthday present for his friend (with Michael) and then walking over to the party (with his friend Peter). In the meantime, Chris and I took the day off work to make the 4 hour drive up to Tobermory without any traffic. We stopped on the way at <a href="https://kettlesbackhomecookin.com/" target="_blank">Kettle's Back Home Cookin'</a> outside of Owen Sound for lunch. That roadside stop was honestly our best meal of the trip!</p><p>We arrived right on schedule at our AirBnB for the weekend and it was literally breathtaking. Right on Warner Bay just south of Tobermory. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77fbSSmCsRZmIW9trSWcJaaJg8ZuVsTg6cknD9ssTenvVnll4-yo-zsyV_e0l3ylyRuumHDnHLlxeDyPq45GwYdszjAV6cNLaIThKBCz34UCI84btv3lnKgA8GQTv5amX-w_1Qz6VoQw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg77fbSSmCsRZmIW9trSWcJaaJg8ZuVsTg6cknD9ssTenvVnll4-yo-zsyV_e0l3ylyRuumHDnHLlxeDyPq45GwYdszjAV6cNLaIThKBCz34UCI84btv3lnKgA8GQTv5amX-w_1Qz6VoQw/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>We soon discovered our host was a fellow Lambethian (Chris's home town) as he showed us the property. He and his father live in the upper levels while Chris and I had exclusive use of the ground floor. There were kayaks at the ready although Chris and I were too chicken to get in the water at 8oC. Next time for sure!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzCCwqsNgUjbmqXl9xig5cKCguvzF1M72FVfD36qCAlHzfN_OGKLR2QYkNN4NmWTgjv51he4DU3RLCNW3joDjMAM0nn2TPYv2XYK_n76kQOZesG4h8oAUFSJxdjbqSFB3OYurW70aOlw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzCCwqsNgUjbmqXl9xig5cKCguvzF1M72FVfD36qCAlHzfN_OGKLR2QYkNN4NmWTgjv51he4DU3RLCNW3joDjMAM0nn2TPYv2XYK_n76kQOZesG4h8oAUFSJxdjbqSFB3OYurW70aOlw/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPa3g8ok4IDdyU82txhdv1J5emlFT0vIq6ubigdXb5em3p536UolperBsmPq86IDnUnfbIjE8YjwB247I50NPmSJ4kCorhU4h8PSy9RPPAdKb64TXUoLkA4FFHEH09rbxtDukhyphenhyphenWhwG1I/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPa3g8ok4IDdyU82txhdv1J5emlFT0vIq6ubigdXb5em3p536UolperBsmPq86IDnUnfbIjE8YjwB247I50NPmSJ4kCorhU4h8PSy9RPPAdKb64TXUoLkA4FFHEH09rbxtDukhyphenhyphenWhwG1I/" width="320" /></a></div>After sitting and enjoying the views and trying to decide which of the 6 Adirondack chairs gave the best vantage (spoiler alert: they ALL did) we made our way in to Tobermory for some grocery supplies and dinner. After making sure we had bread, cheese, and apples for our hike the next day, we wandered around Tobermory. I honestly thought it would be bigger! Many shops were closed for the season and many boats had already been pulled out of the water for the season.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9AdEGjtQDSRP55NQ2jVR55yQ-nPtaIBXd3Gg10Qoyol0AJwS6OsuwLA24_T6c9wM6t4nRS48BKujFcTwfFiu6LstI1w95ZN_Yl-IJYAQKhdqgGQnXFMAeMhUH_Q1nHJmLaZGu4sl1ew/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9AdEGjtQDSRP55NQ2jVR55yQ-nPtaIBXd3Gg10Qoyol0AJwS6OsuwLA24_T6c9wM6t4nRS48BKujFcTwfFiu6LstI1w95ZN_Yl-IJYAQKhdqgGQnXFMAeMhUH_Q1nHJmLaZGu4sl1ew/" width="320" /></a></div><br /> We took some selfies at the closed boat tour dock and then Chris channeled his inner Roy Kent when I tried to take more selfies at the town sign. Guess what expression he is yelling in the photo.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrFWE8yECF96Vsc874CjUrCrbQd3AMoJW8utD6npzNkK5yYC4XWJLedOBp466Nf-tqRCBsHNQD49VIL24XiWADDqMX0dcyvvW9ze27uDoito5kSWEepWlW2dCDqxvPkYu4DERQD8oJFU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2539" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrFWE8yECF96Vsc874CjUrCrbQd3AMoJW8utD6npzNkK5yYC4XWJLedOBp466Nf-tqRCBsHNQD49VIL24XiWADDqMX0dcyvvW9ze27uDoito5kSWEepWlW2dCDqxvPkYu4DERQD8oJFU/" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00I6wh-X0wATSxbZmu1AtLjyvUGy_RT4O_88FxZHh9N67l9FbnFdEndnl0CTmi7kxEX7YTvYEFPgOEbTcekh-NCpyHS1bwXUNQd8xss5Aga5AXt6NhE5PMZiav7AGTthdGH-yUKiDGbY/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2539" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg00I6wh-X0wATSxbZmu1AtLjyvUGy_RT4O_88FxZHh9N67l9FbnFdEndnl0CTmi7kxEX7YTvYEFPgOEbTcekh-NCpyHS1bwXUNQd8xss5Aga5AXt6NhE5PMZiav7AGTthdGH-yUKiDGbY/" width="320" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqg7l1AbpVDltRKOPGJrkn-4jymawP4sOPi_sanu8IiQruodnNxZEroMgFK5gIR5D9_9zqcWAfRGdyn-ocY3duw3RGMNWDCan5sURI_HV8M-jLkmv2ySNW1HobaJDE0cCGvNrZiiz-E6E/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2539" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqg7l1AbpVDltRKOPGJrkn-4jymawP4sOPi_sanu8IiQruodnNxZEroMgFK5gIR5D9_9zqcWAfRGdyn-ocY3duw3RGMNWDCan5sURI_HV8M-jLkmv2ySNW1HobaJDE0cCGvNrZiiz-E6E/" width="320" /></a></div></div><br />I guess there are only two restaurants still operating in late October, so we went to the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Tobermory+Brewing+Company+%26+Grill/@45.2547864,-81.6652611,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4d2d0baa0ef564ff:0xa071eb4a618510d4!8m2!3d45.2547826!4d-81.6630724" target="_blank">Tobermory Brewing Company and Grill</a>. It was pretty busy and we were still pretty full from lunch so we opted for some beer and appetizers. Both were delicious. The group next to us had ordered a rack of ribs and a half chicken dinner which smelled sublime, so we decided to return the next night when our appetites would be back at full strength.<div><br /></div><div>We went back to the airBnB after messaging our host that we would be arriving in 15 minutes. As prearranged, he started a nice roaring fire and had the firepit circled with tiki torches as we pulled in the driveway. After settling in with some blankets and some wine, our host came out with some Sambuca for a toast. We chatted for a bit to discover more of our connections. Del had gone to the same elementary school that Chris had, albeit 10 years earlier. As they talked about common friends and acquaintances it turned out that he used to frequent a park down the road from where my parents lived in Rodney. The park was across the road from the pioneer church where Chris and I had gotten married. He was floored that anyone else had spent time in New Glasgow in southwestern Ontario. Such a small world! <br /><p></p><p>I had booked our reservation at the Grotto for noon the next day to allow for a leisurely breakfast and the weather was forecast to be nicer in the afternoon. We reintroduced ourselves to cribbage to pass some of the time, a game we had played for hours when we had first moved to Geneva and hadn't yet figured out bit torrents. Our host dropped by with some local, fresh butter tarts to help fuel our days activity.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFugHVEBL6G6ricptXri4YYauaxVzjcjSuUKamYMkXvknLNqD9TJSbADGT7lbptHbDkj0IMscDSfJVT_qW8UEQtpxxfnxNUdPRjHw0AdSEeZN2Xj-uWNN91KIReNbKWRdMEPGBzdCfKg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFugHVEBL6G6ricptXri4YYauaxVzjcjSuUKamYMkXvknLNqD9TJSbADGT7lbptHbDkj0IMscDSfJVT_qW8UEQtpxxfnxNUdPRjHw0AdSEeZN2Xj-uWNN91KIReNbKWRdMEPGBzdCfKg/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Marr Lake on the way to the Grotto</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qZniArZsX1gL5wGYT2WsWV7PDxMJ1kvcl4Dquusrjq-4zzBEhsG0SRWpYQ_27woT3b9NrKsZRxVg_9GcVfyoQxOlAyPGrs9TjTkAhFDAN-DdLYQBZJoBrgIZUOCymONy7qFFWfp6eGk/" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I can't imagine how busy it must be in the middle of summer. We were able to get to several lovely vantage points and watch the different approaches of the other visitors. There were a few of the cautious, a couple of extreme fear, and more than a few who seemed to think they were mountain goats. I could see why there was a rescue buoy nearby. We had a lunch reminiscent of our Geneva days: torn baguette pieces paired with cheese. Within moments we were joined by the only seagull on the beach. The bird spent the next 15 minutes watching our every move, to the entertainment of the couple behind us. I wanted a longer hike, so we bypassed the return loop and continued on the Bruce trail for another kilometer or two before turning back to the car.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhom_UUmtF4UOrDM27VLz9mkHM8wVW0N2R0_dORGAeGUAw_ZQdXx8iXiCGhZB1sGzBsYHpGJ194_-ZnqjWMLiyiDUgnzFHQfoXw1gUEwqgVWTG8253ECbyBjFcoL9N4NkpIJ9TtKphfD-A/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhom_UUmtF4UOrDM27VLz9mkHM8wVW0N2R0_dORGAeGUAw_ZQdXx8iXiCGhZB1sGzBsYHpGJ194_-ZnqjWMLiyiDUgnzFHQfoXw1gUEwqgVWTG8253ECbyBjFcoL9N4NkpIJ9TtKphfD-A/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">More "boulder"s. My ankles survived!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4gynZiq0I_en_RbaCk2hbrQjwxTRASiWRoOWNny4Izj_aCag9oetHoebKyAubxGdZI-gU41gZPLDlf5dMN3RJa3uJ1ygiTZ_rP2euG-tIBLu2ZEjmOrOHefuVZFiMR_r0yHTGDpGypo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2539" data-original-width="1238" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4gynZiq0I_en_RbaCk2hbrQjwxTRASiWRoOWNny4Izj_aCag9oetHoebKyAubxGdZI-gU41gZPLDlf5dMN3RJa3uJ1ygiTZ_rP2euG-tIBLu2ZEjmOrOHefuVZFiMR_r0yHTGDpGypo/" width="117" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found the next white fletch, we were on track!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaqjyZit7d00nQPFbr-Pqk8ypkV8sspq-PkoDZmyPp1epMx0aNXzZdfEB53VsRgQUAT-VoiPPAmSFR2pPoVqQ7CylWxBTmGU3bygyO0GuhNR1hShMDUFKm-E8DzjI-LY4ULwzuH_wzfs/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRaqjyZit7d00nQPFbr-Pqk8ypkV8sspq-PkoDZmyPp1epMx0aNXzZdfEB53VsRgQUAT-VoiPPAmSFR2pPoVqQ7CylWxBTmGU3bygyO0GuhNR1hShMDUFKm-E8DzjI-LY4ULwzuH_wzfs/" width="320" /><br /><br /></a></div></div>Flowerpot and Bears Rump islands<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2DY23SOIqQLUJImh2gmin7rZdOB8UCaKSq5X7XU9zcymhyphenhypheniXnwzugvBg3_674br5NhGDklwZgTr6OTHuIhb_A7qdUly3AafZ5-iPjZ1GhI-8dUm9s9bU9Pax54psiTmHV3pP9sUsxA4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy2DY23SOIqQLUJImh2gmin7rZdOB8UCaKSq5X7XU9zcymhyphenhypheniXnwzugvBg3_674br5NhGDklwZgTr6OTHuIhb_A7qdUly3AafZ5-iPjZ1GhI-8dUm9s9bU9Pax54psiTmHV3pP9sUsxA4/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhul6X7jI9ffg-_vvceDfQJb1Pl75-8OR54eZeaV8CyBnBtkVluLxjyCn1xhrAI0ADhRw_CxKEn0us0Na5hypQe_vKYPA6CnxlcgvBVj5aQY36Hphk-vBqkBR3YKV0GkCf5Kw-bnwAicCQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhul6X7jI9ffg-_vvceDfQJb1Pl75-8OR54eZeaV8CyBnBtkVluLxjyCn1xhrAI0ADhRw_CxKEn0us0Na5hypQe_vKYPA6CnxlcgvBVj5aQY36Hphk-vBqkBR3YKV0GkCf5Kw-bnwAicCQ/" width="159" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Tuckered out, we returned to our base and rested while enjoying the sun and the bay. Our host came out with a carrot cake in honour of our anniversary that we stored away to share with the kids when we got back to Toronto. We were still working on finishing the butter tarts! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We went back to town for dinner. Unfortunately, the kitchen did not open until later on Saturday than it did on Friday so we took a stroll along the waterfront and found the Northern terminus of the Bruce trail. I snapped a selfie in honour of my brother, Dave, who did an end to end, through hike a few years past. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZndXplVbLnGdz_oPw62X58yVpTuT1J124osBD4_9ZkRn7QjWrBvoAXEMxz6dHYf6dL_ZnfJYaG-SxobZx30eiEmdIxVQQ4hWLUqb6OqYcASgrTGqal6JBJ5RoD5OjWqTffSiSBVfNwRo/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZndXplVbLnGdz_oPw62X58yVpTuT1J124osBD4_9ZkRn7QjWrBvoAXEMxz6dHYf6dL_ZnfJYaG-SxobZx30eiEmdIxVQQ4hWLUqb6OqYcASgrTGqal6JBJ5RoD5OjWqTffSiSBVfNwRo/" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYiSymLY3fjfAkxGaVcn4zROwJGC3UJURxgTGhTQy9MTiceKhZ-LMnRa_8CIcdtell37j06MrGsJdzwGQdeaIMiPKS_DbeQCENT0qp2RXW7H2wsGW-kpdpz2SFszpduXeW7a0H73p-W0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2539" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPYiSymLY3fjfAkxGaVcn4zROwJGC3UJURxgTGhTQy9MTiceKhZ-LMnRa_8CIcdtell37j06MrGsJdzwGQdeaIMiPKS_DbeQCENT0qp2RXW7H2wsGW-kpdpz2SFszpduXeW7a0H73p-W0/" width="320" /></a></div><br />We returned to the brewery to find a bit of a line. After waiting about a half an hour past the posted re-opening we were seated (the group behind us had a much longer wait for the next table as groups in the know had been waiting inside having drinks during the kitchen closing and were able to have first dibs on the tables as they reopened). Unfortunately our meals did not measure up to the deliciousness that we had smelled the night before and I guess the initial dinner rush kept the wait staff a little on the inattentive side. Can't win 'em all! That night we skipped the fire (it was too cold!) and we stayed inside. We were celebrating our 20th anniversary that was on Oct. 20th, so it was our champagne anniversary. We splurged on a pricey (to us) bottle and celebrated as the rich and famous might have.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The next morning we packed everything up and bid our host farewell. He took some pictures for his guest album before we left. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNsiieXCDIOEfIPffO8CoAsTh-RcujLCTQysL0PZX_Id4eFIUWJ9zyt6Yu37PqPmFcW8eapJDwdee0KvaFNZ-6CD-o3v-cQQdPbMyoUDcfMsIB2LPx_SNnobYwUuATCN4YmLk1Y2NvXI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1920" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsNsiieXCDIOEfIPffO8CoAsTh-RcujLCTQysL0PZX_Id4eFIUWJ9zyt6Yu37PqPmFcW8eapJDwdee0KvaFNZ-6CD-o3v-cQQdPbMyoUDcfMsIB2LPx_SNnobYwUuATCN4YmLk1Y2NvXI/" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The rain had started by the time we pulled out and was intermittent the whole drive to Lion's Head Provincial Park. We decided to hike in the rain and were very happy that we did. The path was very wet but there were lots of rocks to make the hiking less slippery.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXxpje2MdGSa-KzQfr2VK1qAVhTr9maZ4J7rOCI8x5LepxuPDqdi-Twd0tugccV_zcXq-aVT_zlPnbKn9slnzti4aC5cInsThTuBauGxqh1yrv8EVi_wo2F2R555ikbd2hyphenhyphenhxKVblHlk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXxpje2MdGSa-KzQfr2VK1qAVhTr9maZ4J7rOCI8x5LepxuPDqdi-Twd0tugccV_zcXq-aVT_zlPnbKn9slnzti4aC5cInsThTuBauGxqh1yrv8EVi_wo2F2R555ikbd2hyphenhyphenhxKVblHlk/" width="117" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Watch out for the muddy bits</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yBH-ynfPrFeN3wQoRaSGWLxvPA1Z1P_r_7VI62kBDkaBAUMDWi4-40PVoOr7v7IvtkRu_1fnRk1mfsp9GsAqH5s3Jtmb5TjvJi8JyBrkCMjxk2I3EzHM5mXlJiqxZ2CXTlcdzarHxos/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yBH-ynfPrFeN3wQoRaSGWLxvPA1Z1P_r_7VI62kBDkaBAUMDWi4-40PVoOr7v7IvtkRu_1fnRk1mfsp9GsAqH5s3Jtmb5TjvJi8JyBrkCMjxk2I3EzHM5mXlJiqxZ2CXTlcdzarHxos/" width="117" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Soft rock pock marked by water</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLYtTrdQruwO_K-9BvWP9CTOWWheZWrACXtYfIhZtKPvzJcOhwCwUG5ATuENGOjS0X-l0Tjj7Q9nFXSB38b8ApqJ38sRlPtquqz_Zjs52JRfDI3DlR5CXdFWe-3touQ6C5uRtZD2t0Sk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipLYtTrdQruwO_K-9BvWP9CTOWWheZWrACXtYfIhZtKPvzJcOhwCwUG5ATuENGOjS0X-l0Tjj7Q9nFXSB38b8ApqJ38sRlPtquqz_Zjs52JRfDI3DlR5CXdFWe-3touQ6C5uRtZD2t0Sk/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lots of moss covered everything</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmcCEVyJXfcF4jnemwv9-Cg4vpRN0Uc61-NaRzXtNcktZ_YAupgP8NOBr-wBJCID5nDipj62rBm0HUrVrLzYjiFCandPEyPOP9D6sdQfA1yJvj-qWIjFnJNDndFdIB_9n837kiIp1RZE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVmcCEVyJXfcF4jnemwv9-Cg4vpRN0Uc61-NaRzXtNcktZ_YAupgP8NOBr-wBJCID5nDipj62rBm0HUrVrLzYjiFCandPEyPOP9D6sdQfA1yJvj-qWIjFnJNDndFdIB_9n837kiIp1RZE/" width="117" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvA8xtplzk_2DapVYhWNtKTTRplW-wfqwm4JAClh9LaQBrfhKkzGh7TKN9lLg6kvGWl4pgUTqAYjgVK003Ay5C8yUz6bQvHdEwNkJlvenRUc7A1Z3PFqZz-l0tBlccHHU5SQ2pfQIfhNw/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvA8xtplzk_2DapVYhWNtKTTRplW-wfqwm4JAClh9LaQBrfhKkzGh7TKN9lLg6kvGWl4pgUTqAYjgVK003Ay5C8yUz6bQvHdEwNkJlvenRUc7A1Z3PFqZz-l0tBlccHHU5SQ2pfQIfhNw/" width="117" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Glacial pothole! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rlvamaci0bwvCRBvSBQ9ZZDVa5vLBuR3Qw0G1dmLUIPKIxVHTm3nfMQ0bD_vtWaGgiTOJ7VjUF8cH3X7OLJftqS0j_IuMCX2fP9E6ZqzbtE59cmzFL1fO_10vzSZ3dXHkeDcfgwIcps/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rlvamaci0bwvCRBvSBQ9ZZDVa5vLBuR3Qw0G1dmLUIPKIxVHTm3nfMQ0bD_vtWaGgiTOJ7VjUF8cH3X7OLJftqS0j_IuMCX2fP9E6ZqzbtE59cmzFL1fO_10vzSZ3dXHkeDcfgwIcps/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">First view at the top of the cliff. This hike was much more fun and challenging than the Grotto. Even with the intermittent<br /> rain AND hail!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5Jik7EujLH7-wY0oe9bOZHHsElOnaeBCrckc4JOmRAR_9r2tGTcnNu9_ylb5RQfYw9s1h3PQ5MyXd0AnKaRxYRGtFxFZmWZH1CTX8-4-5q_ouHajhvLKVtaVN7u9ab1oPdg3NBQ6ETM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5Jik7EujLH7-wY0oe9bOZHHsElOnaeBCrckc4JOmRAR_9r2tGTcnNu9_ylb5RQfYw9s1h3PQ5MyXd0AnKaRxYRGtFxFZmWZH1CTX8-4-5q_ouHajhvLKVtaVN7u9ab1oPdg3NBQ6ETM/" width="117" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBzsGwWbnzUE8hQzvKbRYlf4cN0FmmqHDRQDvPnBF3itrUpzGIdBzg3dG-Qc2b1RKMDX6jLhvXsF4JIThU_9EQgii9CEuv6PfERcEwDN3bWVZKaST2Ba5jLX1wBInnLSWREbS8Kmgj1Q/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBzsGwWbnzUE8hQzvKbRYlf4cN0FmmqHDRQDvPnBF3itrUpzGIdBzg3dG-Qc2b1RKMDX6jLhvXsF4JIThU_9EQgii9CEuv6PfERcEwDN3bWVZKaST2Ba5jLX1wBInnLSWREbS8Kmgj1Q/" width="117" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsAsK3vT0XGjGdD1MZ6wQFjwvGKEVLmaaLMIizk-cSwufXdwbBf1KXl2Fz_Lv_I3Mg_Y0TzUMBID8eNVubj0ghsmUvd6PHGMQqDNtAkE77sjAzdfjuOxC45MF1Lot3SoCbBWDliEQ6mE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsAsK3vT0XGjGdD1MZ6wQFjwvGKEVLmaaLMIizk-cSwufXdwbBf1KXl2Fz_Lv_I3Mg_Y0TzUMBID8eNVubj0ghsmUvd6PHGMQqDNtAkE77sjAzdfjuOxC45MF1Lot3SoCbBWDliEQ6mE/" width="117" /></a></div><br />Shortly after this picture we realized that we had overshot the lookout and had to retrace our steps. I think because the weather was bad, there weren't enough other people on the trail for the cue as to where the look-out was. We were the only people on the lookout and we had only seen two other groups on the trail getting there.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzgHeyxaSpXd6Y0lc1Z-rw6t7WaAkJHxGvV0woPw4tlciKvf7bjMNO7gz0Y2B8viwLMHysLx7zPqkRiC-4DHIf3o-K0XGnoWBHOMsr5G67N0BRM3IbJf2D5Yjuo5XK6MQX-s1TR7T3vA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2539" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrzgHeyxaSpXd6Y0lc1Z-rw6t7WaAkJHxGvV0woPw4tlciKvf7bjMNO7gz0Y2B8viwLMHysLx7zPqkRiC-4DHIf3o-K0XGnoWBHOMsr5G67N0BRM3IbJf2D5Yjuo5XK6MQX-s1TR7T3vA/" width="320" /></a></div></div></div></div></div>Selfie on the lookout. Yes, we were very wet. We saw the flash of someone taking our photo from one of the earlier look outs and we waved like fools at him.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh25CGbL0tyfMpw__Frpg0l1kFo0jAoUIqjXTs3lVt45tXisa3R7IIW4slzk0QmkfdjWd5A5GKIy4jk0N2pTHVaGfPmhMh5EjDuMnIVdsjcnwpnH4PvMbdN2Y6aXMAem0DMUvK_LCNyd4/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1863" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh25CGbL0tyfMpw__Frpg0l1kFo0jAoUIqjXTs3lVt45tXisa3R7IIW4slzk0QmkfdjWd5A5GKIy4jk0N2pTHVaGfPmhMh5EjDuMnIVdsjcnwpnH4PvMbdN2Y6aXMAem0DMUvK_LCNyd4/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">This is what we would have looked like to our photographer friend, except October instead of July and grey clouds and water instead of shining turquoise!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbMgygyKg-pqoYqDntPlFzID7As2f4ouM0GxWJ41fUy2xECv0Gg3fbs5bcKihEbaM1HIwwCcJxCzYYm-GRi5QhyuHgc49wO_bk4gW-Z0JAYytQYuhLrnWQAZfFSD153iGXr4pyLNJjrA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="3599" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbMgygyKg-pqoYqDntPlFzID7As2f4ouM0GxWJ41fUy2xECv0Gg3fbs5bcKihEbaM1HIwwCcJxCzYYm-GRi5QhyuHgc49wO_bk4gW-Z0JAYytQYuhLrnWQAZfFSD153iGXr4pyLNJjrA/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The panorama function on my phone can not convey the outcroppedness of our perch. You will need good imaginations, or to do the hike yourselves one day! We were getting too much vertigo to stay much longer. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">As I had predicted, as soon as we were almost exactly halfway through the hike, the rain started to pour. The hail became more constant and started to accumulate. I had chosen a different path back to the car which was less difficult but more muddy. It also, turns out, not to be a real trail. Or rather the first km was a real side trail but to return to the parking lot we had to diverge onto a less marked access path. I did a lot of cross checking that we were still going the right way according to my app. My fingers started to go numb and my phone was getting pretty damp.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9lobFrGMMqyvCB00ArT6YTxDI6cEcu_uzr-xOKB1sTsgIgNklLQSoDPGuQIbEuSpVrrNLd3dgUTj03Gno6GZGVygI_bYtgba0DuHq631Uo5hmI7fXAEl5drAUTHC7IoJsKwQIsBxqrQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ9lobFrGMMqyvCB00ArT6YTxDI6cEcu_uzr-xOKB1sTsgIgNklLQSoDPGuQIbEuSpVrrNLd3dgUTj03Gno6GZGVygI_bYtgba0DuHq631Uo5hmI7fXAEl5drAUTHC7IoJsKwQIsBxqrQ/" width="117" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Once we rejoined the main trail, there were more groups hiking along too. It got almost crowded for the last couple kilometers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEHOOCGsT4LCiy3kY1phdKJCCjxS_tYA02i81axSUSJee7oLHS-fhQEHBI6R4Bc1UBqekHW7lTF-mtw9cqjKzvSfYeWpeWIRY9FALmhe8Zn1a2sV9JP-pyqpNAL3oF-Mk6E1WXFB6LwI/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1615" data-original-width="1080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpEHOOCGsT4LCiy3kY1phdKJCCjxS_tYA02i81axSUSJee7oLHS-fhQEHBI6R4Bc1UBqekHW7lTF-mtw9cqjKzvSfYeWpeWIRY9FALmhe8Zn1a2sV9JP-pyqpNAL3oF-Mk6E1WXFB6LwI/" width="160" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The drive back to Toronto was relatively uneventful and we were pleased to see the kids when we got home. The house was still standing and all children were accounted for! A very successful weekend!<br /></div><br /></div></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p></div>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-3928854852377359832021-09-20T01:08:00.001+02:002021-09-20T01:10:49.216+02:00Elora Gorge Family Hike<p> After years of thinking about walking along the <a href="https://www.grandriver.ca/en/outdoor-recreation/Elora-Gorge.aspx" target="_blank">Elora gorge</a>, we finally did it. Lucas had to work that afternoon, so he was left behind as the rest of us drove to Elora. The original "medium difficulty" loop I had planned from the All Trails app was thwarted by private developments. The access points and portions of the trail were fenced off. We changed tact, and traded free road parking for official paid entry into the conservation area and did the "easy difficulty" loop. We were a little alarmed at the first few hundred metres of trail which were heavily trafficked. After almost a kilometer, the crowds vanished and we were walking without other hikers nearby. The sounds of the people who had opted for the rafting adventure accompanied us along the river and made us jealous on a fairly warm September day. We saw many mushrooms and spider webs. At the end of the hike we drove over to <a href="https://www.sugarskulls.ca/" target="_blank">Sugar Skulls</a> for some ice cream and then continued to Fergus to visit with my parents. It was a long, but productive day!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOgzbboN401s6cJJsCdROpNZ1za7D5sF-KAzMp410PT2yYQjEZwKGl3_Y03YOif1mjCLK9qoSiVyEmB5y6Q2kK0XPJhiRbeqgVxHR_GptCZRybwXBcOojNghk0Ljn2wWpNFTiLvM7rkM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOgzbboN401s6cJJsCdROpNZ1za7D5sF-KAzMp410PT2yYQjEZwKGl3_Y03YOif1mjCLK9qoSiVyEmB5y6Q2kK0XPJhiRbeqgVxHR_GptCZRybwXBcOojNghk0Ljn2wWpNFTiLvM7rkM/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Started off the hike with a pit stop. So civilized! (This photo is mostly dedicated to my sister Wendy)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdeKse1tLVM1gDHQqzTjbMXiH_XR7-CXOi19vSnkxe34Ww8nUc5f5S8aHwhenR0MxsA-bgbY_nFHbanN8AFh6o-YFahHpCIQjCPjp4OJlT3aI2pgRdOcfTiiEeu0eu48c3hXZgLs8LbuM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdeKse1tLVM1gDHQqzTjbMXiH_XR7-CXOi19vSnkxe34Ww8nUc5f5S8aHwhenR0MxsA-bgbY_nFHbanN8AFh6o-YFahHpCIQjCPjp4OJlT3aI2pgRdOcfTiiEeu0eu48c3hXZgLs8LbuM/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Still smiles at the start of the hike.</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8V1yXzfF41JqE-ORE7tCtfVqhTip2b9HIeWsZZZcYD06i9M56MZJrMRgmbJXWPDfYH7RamWp_F0uiHo4S1HmawNEAH-ZqFeByt-oHhoJhI_inudxaK17oV4AlirINyZgpLIveKLAvtK0/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8V1yXzfF41JqE-ORE7tCtfVqhTip2b9HIeWsZZZcYD06i9M56MZJrMRgmbJXWPDfYH7RamWp_F0uiHo4S1HmawNEAH-ZqFeByt-oHhoJhI_inudxaK17oV4AlirINyZgpLIveKLAvtK0/" width="160" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">First look-out</div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0Fnw52Gic-TNbytHxnBjwCGTF4MMsQf4BNXPI_MaoUO-IGSSjrAyNSAlP3N55TNRP3u02lpVWvQILuEXW_hPSteHYSrfitZ3IJzg0_ccTn8cLMzrnJWQKMLgukqPG6WkvG0D9BjjXu8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0Fnw52Gic-TNbytHxnBjwCGTF4MMsQf4BNXPI_MaoUO-IGSSjrAyNSAlP3N55TNRP3u02lpVWvQILuEXW_hPSteHYSrfitZ3IJzg0_ccTn8cLMzrnJWQKMLgukqPG6WkvG0D9BjjXu8/" width="160" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sun-dappled birch</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPUv0uHmtJYJ6fQzUBNoF9RsOPvuBWv3kEYh-fgtkxsjiSgmeXvywfzFTaXyxl-aDHA7oHojqPKEltEGm_0eM-PZeuPYMgF96JdH9ryRpNL2c6ptKjQ2xeNEbEZrTnFG7oaLvDdQkM0I/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyPUv0uHmtJYJ6fQzUBNoF9RsOPvuBWv3kEYh-fgtkxsjiSgmeXvywfzFTaXyxl-aDHA7oHojqPKEltEGm_0eM-PZeuPYMgF96JdH9ryRpNL2c6ptKjQ2xeNEbEZrTnFG7oaLvDdQkM0I/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLRhFoVYQNX0mfcP5pfiCz4UgSkID59bc4-gmJLJJo_Gor7UXMFIc8XV8gBL3s4weOQvtYLTh_kbkaPfKO7BtROnTInJoePQXooeAfujK3TmHREXYH8aNOf14JSLJ8NRfLBMgNrgAXLV8/" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;">1km in and still some smiles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyOH0weNn5XNot6S0cbuK5JwqmGQ9S9ig1_altM-sGGkRwQUPnLx4ZbHZ4HViSm41FaQW65nb_9B-STpMFJw1sHcH1Ow_-9HRdEzbW-9U9khzO3mTf0nxlo0uF2vth30swRQRKOpVKvY/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcyOH0weNn5XNot6S0cbuK5JwqmGQ9S9ig1_altM-sGGkRwQUPnLx4ZbHZ4HViSm41FaQW65nb_9B-STpMFJw1sHcH1Ow_-9HRdEzbW-9U9khzO3mTf0nxlo0uF2vth30swRQRKOpVKvY/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Several patches of luscious grass in the forest. David thought they felt like pine needles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgH9HA5Y-ZLfJ5tOBWSgMWBdxiplFls4GNjH989fFmGHVqet-g-3UZp-uEs7XjkJuItU1cqh6ZNswIq8iC7PUwtWH21Z4VNYi1B8DNUlUC6Yi36Fxt7PwFIJ40VxrfAkhsr1DkjzsJBU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrgH9HA5Y-ZLfJ5tOBWSgMWBdxiplFls4GNjH989fFmGHVqet-g-3UZp-uEs7XjkJuItU1cqh6ZNswIq8iC7PUwtWH21Z4VNYi1B8DNUlUC6Yi36Fxt7PwFIJ40VxrfAkhsr1DkjzsJBU/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">One of the intrepid tubers. It was such a lovely warm day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl58SPO8AtK2qjkHK4lOEBxtpdVI4srknxqh5tsIEnc__eObTuJ6k1VaSKzpVwxM-uKL7gWb9NfFZGRLLVRKL9Rc6HsbniTf-4nEhVwNHoPv_rBGDCsaBaaTnCJ7mptDNZvT9Xvqz3UPA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl58SPO8AtK2qjkHK4lOEBxtpdVI4srknxqh5tsIEnc__eObTuJ6k1VaSKzpVwxM-uKL7gWb9NfFZGRLLVRKL9Rc6HsbniTf-4nEhVwNHoPv_rBGDCsaBaaTnCJ7mptDNZvT9Xvqz3UPA/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">2km in and still smiling!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzL-cExJ9c8lQAW5Lw4AD4hGxRkD9SmmfzKP6yfSFB148Zt2ydqYpuVG3T1Q0o3RvgJo8yqXEiX0Sa8HecAJxJjVnpONsAxfr2Dc5lmFeJue0IK2nGxcsgqx78BCTWe9rTJD0m-L3tzk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRzL-cExJ9c8lQAW5Lw4AD4hGxRkD9SmmfzKP6yfSFB148Zt2ydqYpuVG3T1Q0o3RvgJo8yqXEiX0Sa8HecAJxJjVnpONsAxfr2Dc5lmFeJue0IK2nGxcsgqx78BCTWe9rTJD0m-L3tzk/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_GiQGKsigXXbClb4y8sfRXy9U9K5ymR6V40suDDOpGZH_3oasszN7JalM0ZookmygPPcRvLukWWbpydpczl2J3asV1TfvXnNqL1rJcR7kchiZX-2T1sXiW8W0cioAGgBhj0MJtIEJvA/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_GiQGKsigXXbClb4y8sfRXy9U9K5ymR6V40suDDOpGZH_3oasszN7JalM0ZookmygPPcRvLukWWbpydpczl2J3asV1TfvXnNqL1rJcR7kchiZX-2T1sXiW8W0cioAGgBhj0MJtIEJvA/" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Such a flattering close-up, David. Remind me to thank-you for that later!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkj9ohDx1WY5R4RoOuwXCE9x72gXE2Izkqvg1ozhXqEc2-CMKQzpELmUXTl1jVO0snDgPvN2DGWH_ZEEzLx4k6obSgvK_sGBYeTFfts95JmJH3vq6gx5wEyNEwsqU6qDqy_zojOBrHw8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkj9ohDx1WY5R4RoOuwXCE9x72gXE2Izkqvg1ozhXqEc2-CMKQzpELmUXTl1jVO0snDgPvN2DGWH_ZEEzLx4k6obSgvK_sGBYeTFfts95JmJH3vq6gx5wEyNEwsqU6qDqy_zojOBrHw8/" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Michael describing how the hike fits in with Taylor Swift's Folklore "esthetic"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiD8t9nLhsR00gJ89H85QDRq-bPA91-YrHFZFRbtAz1k7BzL30uv7famibfuHvLPD5_3ICq_inNuFgKRuv9vqlTXkK41wNwr7RyCsLh338pMxmJvzxRCpf3aE5ipeP_ebb5_6UkvgMwfs/" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44VI-eWWvl6yb1otiGGbFMGgiNcvOpoBrj2LvH4jSQSp52VoEWXs4en4r9DrrPNELyAKRPKMbCLLLxFDivU332r3-MSllHkuj2n5BYm-0Tz4jtnn_piqC57ldxtF0yxDUC5jqadw0LWg/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44VI-eWWvl6yb1otiGGbFMGgiNcvOpoBrj2LvH4jSQSp52VoEWXs4en4r9DrrPNELyAKRPKMbCLLLxFDivU332r3-MSllHkuj2n5BYm-0Tz4jtnn_piqC57ldxtF0yxDUC5jqadw0LWg/" width="160" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">David had fun at some crannies.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPY61a_YCDfNpOX2KcM9uOhzFEc1j_BYsQG6SGJH6gHZAPdsXcr3HC8wgYxNqXi0VhvYezTPOUwDtyHMaKbXrc4LMUkxPI4j0amFzbECwNqBMEEN_ZpoURLj0NkfbkmaFvQmyo4Lt7kk/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrPY61a_YCDfNpOX2KcM9uOhzFEc1j_BYsQG6SGJH6gHZAPdsXcr3HC8wgYxNqXi0VhvYezTPOUwDtyHMaKbXrc4LMUkxPI4j0amFzbECwNqBMEEN_ZpoURLj0NkfbkmaFvQmyo4Lt7kk/" width="160" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">5.6km later, still smiles atop a mess of tree roots below the "hole in the rock" tourist spot.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><p></p>MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04991474613535716670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266887643125120000.post-34081424174167398572021-09-07T18:35:00.003+02:002021-09-07T18:35:40.400+02:00Sandbanks Camping 2021<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6-RUiEd6Fccr8ZcciIID1P6BRnh0YOvg8rrCeM1N2MCNsLXDMkut2mZ3mJHfW242Aqg5a4XvmUa2K3QJtiLGLzWedjiQg1WkZLphl6-j8-LmKuavIZ3rpiUYRp06XovsYwJnobipB3M/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY6-RUiEd6Fccr8ZcciIID1P6BRnh0YOvg8rrCeM1N2MCNsLXDMkut2mZ3mJHfW242Aqg5a4XvmUa2K3QJtiLGLzWedjiQg1WkZLphl6-j8-LmKuavIZ3rpiUYRp06XovsYwJnobipB3M/" width="117" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Welcome to Sandbanks Provincial Park camping extravaganza 2021!</div><div style="text-align: left;">This story really begins 5 months ago when we had 3 families trying to book 2 campsites at 7am before the sites all filled up. Two days and we were unsuccessful. The third day Chris and I, working on separate computers, were able to snag 2 sites! Phew! When Chris went to book his time off, however, the first week had already been booked by his colleague. So the rest of the Toronto Taylors travelled to Sandbanks while Chris enjoyed being in a house all by himself for the first time since March 2020. He then travelled by train to Belleville on Friday evening to join us for the last 4 days.</div><div style="text-align: left;">We were welcomed to the park on Sunday August 22 with a heat warning that would remain in effect for the next 5 or 6 days. We did a moonlight walk on the beach under a full moon. 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Michael had the job of strumming while Maryke was in charge of the chords AND the harmonica for piano man. We did not have a piano... We did have back-up guitar players. Lucas's Whiskey in the Jar was a favourite and Thierry added some Arkells to the mix.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEsEvgIzHS9r1mAiZMKVZz2gicN6CCl3xZJmeCETu7TeuPd0wxxoKSIGfmDoTKTC5lUjM_eJXBPQKQEqj2me52J8UC0lg1GTav9-hssAzxz24oYIXPs8uLMPOeFnejDqxj-hqD3QPbMA/s2543/20210823_211534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNEsEvgIzHS9r1mAiZMKVZz2gicN6CCl3xZJmeCETu7TeuPd0wxxoKSIGfmDoTKTC5lUjM_eJXBPQKQEqj2me52J8UC0lg1GTav9-hssAzxz24oYIXPs8uLMPOeFnejDqxj-hqD3QPbMA/s320/20210823_211534.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKyLGQoamFjio5l761Idw4R8BtIVfU5yr2FYp9NJuIa29dqn3UGaFafC_QMZvThS-d4bZ_v51oUhViCjCtef6M6IRLPqIU0fxrOVJjUWD84b63ESyDNqYNkJlpbJeWbT1Imw3wRQwCdY/s2543/20210824_213919.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2543" data-original-width="1236" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzKyLGQoamFjio5l761Idw4R8BtIVfU5yr2FYp9NJuIa29dqn3UGaFafC_QMZvThS-d4bZ_v51oUhViCjCtef6M6IRLPqIU0fxrOVJjUWD84b63ESyDNqYNkJlpbJeWbT1Imw3wRQwCdY/s320/20210824_213919.jpg" width="156" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOW5Q9YhHTkFNnmOCbobxQ8pb-XZalz8luly631eZB0zwz7ZRlepH6enmxgpwRrPHF0SgO5mrdJl2Xp6ieqIvvnA8dpsP1y6_XaxMnmFMVMf7ajFM2Emnm6oc_f3vqzTc11UaPVhGneas/s2048/20210828_212443.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1254" data-original-width="2048" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOW5Q9YhHTkFNnmOCbobxQ8pb-XZalz8luly631eZB0zwz7ZRlepH6enmxgpwRrPHF0SgO5mrdJl2Xp6ieqIvvnA8dpsP1y6_XaxMnmFMVMf7ajFM2Emnm6oc_f3vqzTc11UaPVhGneas/s320/20210828_212443.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhI_8aAwzwcFi1nhKd-5ka86HTGuygLrkhfDIUAQqjGbJMzp3vxv9IpBLyP5gFCImca8NTHtOzU4nrYMwcbUdkCQUfTrt2s4QhJt_PXDLNAZDAcyoBsRUEMjYnEY9DGiL5_AOP3Z-4P0U/s2543/20210829_211858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhI_8aAwzwcFi1nhKd-5ka86HTGuygLrkhfDIUAQqjGbJMzp3vxv9IpBLyP5gFCImca8NTHtOzU4nrYMwcbUdkCQUfTrt2s4QhJt_PXDLNAZDAcyoBsRUEMjYnEY9DGiL5_AOP3Z-4P0U/s320/20210829_211858.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Time at the campsites were spent eating, singing, chatting, playing games (Secret Hitler was a favourite again), teenagers charging phones, and reading or napping in the ever popular hammock. Our beloved hammock did not survive this last trip and is now retired from service. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2nLrNaYILW4EW0mi5ItGR7KjlMHU0PqVO5X_pcLoLdGOJmOTgWnmZ2dz9HWceoD_NxVjvMX-AKcvxo9GdSkKfaxFKIdqMxqs5ZipdRX9p28KnoVxABlDz7RpJxzoKbI0TiSCqRRvzVE/s2543/20210825_150810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2nLrNaYILW4EW0mi5ItGR7KjlMHU0PqVO5X_pcLoLdGOJmOTgWnmZ2dz9HWceoD_NxVjvMX-AKcvxo9GdSkKfaxFKIdqMxqs5ZipdRX9p28KnoVxABlDz7RpJxzoKbI0TiSCqRRvzVE/s2543/20210825_150810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2nLrNaYILW4EW0mi5ItGR7KjlMHU0PqVO5X_pcLoLdGOJmOTgWnmZ2dz9HWceoD_NxVjvMX-AKcvxo9GdSkKfaxFKIdqMxqs5ZipdRX9p28KnoVxABlDz7RpJxzoKbI0TiSCqRRvzVE/s2543/20210825_150810.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwybS-EYmF_sUQvxtxMKInxwbcP1YGUlp8V_0eY38SaUG2t0DWnTtlXwSYytbNghrl3Ss6TwOKedqY-8pfYl2KtURssSR02AKNiqpQcGjUaRdt5iW9Jb7ConGUofl5AEm0X8JUEdUa2E/s2543/20210830_113235.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdwybS-EYmF_sUQvxtxMKInxwbcP1YGUlp8V_0eY38SaUG2t0DWnTtlXwSYytbNghrl3Ss6TwOKedqY-8pfYl2KtURssSR02AKNiqpQcGjUaRdt5iW9Jb7ConGUofl5AEm0X8JUEdUa2E/s320/20210830_113235.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2nLrNaYILW4EW0mi5ItGR7KjlMHU0PqVO5X_pcLoLdGOJmOTgWnmZ2dz9HWceoD_NxVjvMX-AKcvxo9GdSkKfaxFKIdqMxqs5ZipdRX9p28KnoVxABlDz7RpJxzoKbI0TiSCqRRvzVE/s320/20210825_150810.jpg" width="320" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_DNfoNI0N95HTzpJzCdBoa-vvOO_GerXrmgJ74DOrvt4vYwMDtBZ49Np06X8eB_Pl8XXaOZQUJIxbatXN_H9-2uL7P0imsmevmJrBDA9Eir72OoCed-VdaD-Y7N2k99nZW7m8XPy8s8/s2543/20210830_162316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_DNfoNI0N95HTzpJzCdBoa-vvOO_GerXrmgJ74DOrvt4vYwMDtBZ49Np06X8eB_Pl8XXaOZQUJIxbatXN_H9-2uL7P0imsmevmJrBDA9Eir72OoCed-VdaD-Y7N2k99nZW7m8XPy8s8/s320/20210830_162316.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A second annual wine tour was a huge success. We started with sparkling wines at <a href="https://www.hinterlandwine.com/">Hinterland Winery</a> and purchased a bottle there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3QM_q1TO2zWK_voRRnA2gjulDIi-Nu-FD0rmcHhKAintII6Zvq391CBpKbYLzLoPB-N7WjbGkrIa9vmitFzMpePk3OhyphenhyphenawjPvNe2fw3l1VWMtWKOGM0tSFvAtd-TB-W3mgaKKcmjhDY/s2539/20210829_125153.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="2539" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga3QM_q1TO2zWK_voRRnA2gjulDIi-Nu-FD0rmcHhKAintII6Zvq391CBpKbYLzLoPB-N7WjbGkrIa9vmitFzMpePk3OhyphenhyphenawjPvNe2fw3l1VWMtWKOGM0tSFvAtd-TB-W3mgaKKcmjhDY/s320/20210829_125153.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next stop was the charming <a href="http://www.grangeofprinceedward.com/">Grange of Prince Edward Vineyards and Estate Winery</a> where Chris and I both sampled the tasting box and all 4 of us had some gourmet sausages. Yum!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiZXVRRfCWqx4rF8EBwbEBfZhzfN8eo_HplRJ3UWn8LAJNNcoYyAOaPTzlNqSIMAp4NczYEmzae4rSVc14LLZ9pKi_aNbBD_rhkHHq6xucBoSQ2JR-0eKtM2PlI9X89UHt23Z10QXjt4/s2543/20210829_133133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRiZXVRRfCWqx4rF8EBwbEBfZhzfN8eo_HplRJ3UWn8LAJNNcoYyAOaPTzlNqSIMAp4NczYEmzae4rSVc14LLZ9pKi_aNbBD_rhkHHq6xucBoSQ2JR-0eKtM2PlI9X89UHt23Z10QXjt4/s320/20210829_133133.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEB7n0yH5biO8aaDqyeT1WShCJHE1pPkuhXb6ul2QA7b836stTYlWeNHl6o3z49w95tAKbB2LW6UEObX8yKFA4m9vYsV9vpiRw6OFkT_8OfWvnleS838rIlxHDoVJXzwpsZ3Zoe5U5pA/s2543/20210829_140129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="2543" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEB7n0yH5biO8aaDqyeT1WShCJHE1pPkuhXb6ul2QA7b836stTYlWeNHl6o3z49w95tAKbB2LW6UEObX8yKFA4m9vYsV9vpiRw6OFkT_8OfWvnleS838rIlxHDoVJXzwpsZ3Zoe5U5pA/s320/20210829_140129.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Our last winery of the day was <a href="http://clossonchase.com/">Closson Chase Vineyards</a> which had a very professional feel to it. 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We are very lucky to have many wonderful friends. One of our newest friends deemed us worthy of a SECOND! invite to their family's gorgeous Georgian Bay retreat. Unfortunately, Chris was already committed to a work retreat, so the four remaining Taylors joined our friends for a weekend of water, nature, and friendly competition ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">David enjoyed an early morning read out at the beach.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkl4BdYPoPZ2OMUop5SjnEhAC9i0rw3DNVh8GU-ELMjpYhOihazCs0sl0eTw2_sDSzXyBZq_53XVJXvO-nnPGTLG5NV3DYR6IFbIj_LzxxzUuMfXjHib2pL-gEV2PXGTr0IaCoQLy5wE/s1600/1601325788805748-0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkl4BdYPoPZ2OMUop5SjnEhAC9i0rw3DNVh8GU-ELMjpYhOihazCs0sl0eTw2_sDSzXyBZq_53XVJXvO-nnPGTLG5NV3DYR6IFbIj_LzxxzUuMfXjHib2pL-gEV2PXGTr0IaCoQLy5wE/s1600/1601325788805748-0.png" width="400" />
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It has been a while since Lucas has had anything more than a trim.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRoK7Gy7gazbvSAuGSajyw_rs3Zhil5c5v0Y3h83kp8Rff6pC_3OpFpSMNzhBxwfy26zxlSSFik7Xf389s8huzbRNNkoAtKg9bO2AWqv7P1HvZwrobxDVI85kyPiuChW8ygoyACuZqXM/s1600/1600353268949778-0.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJRoK7Gy7gazbvSAuGSajyw_rs3Zhil5c5v0Y3h83kp8Rff6pC_3OpFpSMNzhBxwfy26zxlSSFik7Xf389s8huzbRNNkoAtKg9bO2AWqv7P1HvZwrobxDVI85kyPiuChW8ygoyACuZqXM/s1600/1600353268949778-0.png" width="400" />
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