Tag: Family trip

Aloha…..

Aloha…..

So.. yet again I find myself lagging in keeping the site up to date. I’m not sure how proper bloggers do it… but I find life just gets in the way and all my good intentions just vanish. Anyhow…. this summer marked a milestone birthday 

And the camping season begins…. bring it on

And the camping season begins…. bring it on

The camping season begins for 2018! Our annual trip to Mew Lake in Algonquin Park! It’s May, just barely, the temperatures have just been hovering around 28 DegC the last little while so why not…. Well… because it’s May…. and the weather is unpredictable. A 

Jasper, Lac Le Jeune, Icefields

Jasper, Lac Le Jeune, Icefields

Goodbye West Coast Onwards and upwards into the mountains again, from Vancouver Island we head east again on the 2nd half of our journey and back home. We board our early morning ferry and head back to the mainland. We sadly part ways with our 

Rocky Mountains..,.here we come

Rocky Mountains..,.here we come

Our journey continued from Calgary into the foothills rather quickly and in the mountains… Gobsmacked by the sheer beauty of it all, we made our way to Banff National Park. Hiccup Amidst admiring all of the beauty we suddenly heard a pop and uh ohhh… 

On westward….. Calgary

On westward….. Calgary

Another early morning rise, to make it to Calgary to drop off our trailer so we could take it to the car dealership …AGAIN…. Since the A/C quit…. Even though… we just spent an ungodly amount in Winnipeg to have everything fixed… We make do with 

Our brush with Royalty – Royal Tyrell Museum

Our brush with Royalty – Royal Tyrell Museum

….AND MORE DINOSAURS….. Awoke early in the morning and packed up ready to head on our next adventure…. Drumheller and the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller. Royal patronage was bestowed upon the museum in 1990. (I suppose this is technically our 2nd brush with royalty. 

DINOSAURS!!!! – Dinosaur Provincial Park and two more provinces

DINOSAURS!!!! – Dinosaur Provincial Park and two more provinces

But Moose Jaw First The departure from Winnipeg was supposed to lead to the flat plains of the prairies… We reached the border of Saskatchewan and were quickly surprised by the rolling hills.  The hills were mostly pasture and some crops. Upon arriving in Moose 

…onto a new Province… Manitoba

…onto a new Province… Manitoba

Flat plains of …. Manitoba!? Leaving Thunder Bay, the scenery through the last part of Ontario was suddenly very different from the hills and lakes surrounding Lake Superior. The land all around us started to flatten out. We even passed into another time zone. Who