2 Aug 2014
We left Moose Jaw this am, heading to Edgely North Dakota to stay at my friends Collette and Jason's place for the night, they were not there this night as they had gone to Fargo to say goodby to their son Brookston who has joined the guards, he is on his way to boot camp, then in January he will be attending college. Watered the plants and had a good nights sleep.
3 Aug 2014
Left Edgely this am and headed for Canistota South Dakota, arrived around 4:30, good thing we had reservations for the week as everything had no vacancies, this week is Sturgis bike week there were litterly hundreds of bikes on the road, Went to a popular steak house for supper at Battle Creek had a delicious steak. back to the motel and visited with some of the bikers, Oh to be young again.
4 Aug 2014
Today would of been my dads birthday he would be 97 yrs old. I know he and mum would have loved to see all the bikes. This am we had our first treatment, came back and rested most of the rest of the day, went to the hotel for all you can eat pizza, not too bad. We sat with some Amish people very interesting to hear of their culture, many of them come here for treatments, from all over the place
5 Aug 2014
Went for an XRay then for a treatment, the Dr can see some arthritis in my lower back but he has helped me quite a bit, will have 3 more treatments this week.
This afternoon we went to Sioux falls and did some shopping bought some new bedding, Went to the Casino and had supper then back to the Motel.
Havn't taken any pictures lately all around here is corn fields for many miles.
These are Texas Bluebonnets
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Friday, August 1, 2014
Moose Jaw
This is a real catch up blog
21 July 2014
Today we took a ride around Abbottsford, then went for ice cream to a dairy farm where they make their own ice cream it was really good.
Came back and had a great visit.
22 July 2014
Today we left Corrine & Larry's after a great visit see you again soon, we stopped into Chilliwack to see my friend Veroncia & Geoff, had tea and supper with them then we left around 7pm and went to Kentucky Alleyne Provincial Park this is near Merritt BC, my friends Theresa, Derrick, & Cassia are the managers here, this is a very nice park it has no amenities but very pretty.
23 July 2014
We had a tour of the park from Cassia she showed us the frogs that were coming up from the lake to go to the woods, they do this each year and they built parkways for them to come up and to go under the road so they don't get run over, there are thousands of them, they live in the woods for a few years them come back to the lake to mate, this is similar to the salmon.
Cassia had lunch with us nice to have a little one visit. After lunch it looked like a storm coming in so we decided to leave as we would be caught on a gravel road, good thing we did it stormed there for 2 more days.
We went to Kelowna, then called my friend who is at Shushawap falls RV park near Enderby, we need to let her know we would be there a day earlier, Had fish & chips for supper at Lord Chumleys in Kelowna, then headed to Enderby, called the park to let them know we were almost there so they could open the gate, we were asked if we were in a storm, no we weren't it must have been ahead of us, they had no power and there were many branches and gazebos down it was a mess, the power didn't come on until 2am. So we visited my friend Judy by flashlight.
24 July 2014
It is still raining so no going around the park for a walk this is a very nice park and so well kept. This evening we went to the Golf club at Mable lake lovely club and good food.
25July 2014
We left here this am to head to Lake Louise, stopping at Field to hopefully see a train go thru the tunnels, no such luck, but the trees have grown up so much it is hard to see.
We went to Lake Louise, for me it was a disappointment the glacier has receded so much and it was not as beautiful as when it was right down to the lake.
We tried to go up the icefields parkway to go to the new walk out they have there. When we asked the fellow at the ticket booth how far up it was he asked if we were thinking of going now we of course said yes he told us it closed at 5pm, we were disappointed oh well, onward to Banff, as usual a very busy place lots of tourists from all over the world. Had supper then headed toward Calgary we stayed at a casino just before Calgary. Free can't beat that.
26 July 2014
We are headed to Moose Jaw but first we have to go to Ikea had breakfast for both of us and with coffee a full breakfast cost $4:29 what a deal, bought a few things then headed to Moose Jaw. We arrived home by 7pm a long day but nice to be back.
From here to now we have been catching up getting things cleaned out.
Sat we head to South Dakota to see a Dr about our backs he has been recommended very highly, Phil has been there before and it has really helped him.
Will put some more pictures from where I left off Hope you have enjoyed this trip.
another view from the gondala
Top of the mountain
Trying out the bobsled
21 July 2014
Today we took a ride around Abbottsford, then went for ice cream to a dairy farm where they make their own ice cream it was really good.
Came back and had a great visit.
22 July 2014
Today we left Corrine & Larry's after a great visit see you again soon, we stopped into Chilliwack to see my friend Veroncia & Geoff, had tea and supper with them then we left around 7pm and went to Kentucky Alleyne Provincial Park this is near Merritt BC, my friends Theresa, Derrick, & Cassia are the managers here, this is a very nice park it has no amenities but very pretty.
23 July 2014
We had a tour of the park from Cassia she showed us the frogs that were coming up from the lake to go to the woods, they do this each year and they built parkways for them to come up and to go under the road so they don't get run over, there are thousands of them, they live in the woods for a few years them come back to the lake to mate, this is similar to the salmon.
Cassia had lunch with us nice to have a little one visit. After lunch it looked like a storm coming in so we decided to leave as we would be caught on a gravel road, good thing we did it stormed there for 2 more days.
We went to Kelowna, then called my friend who is at Shushawap falls RV park near Enderby, we need to let her know we would be there a day earlier, Had fish & chips for supper at Lord Chumleys in Kelowna, then headed to Enderby, called the park to let them know we were almost there so they could open the gate, we were asked if we were in a storm, no we weren't it must have been ahead of us, they had no power and there were many branches and gazebos down it was a mess, the power didn't come on until 2am. So we visited my friend Judy by flashlight.
24 July 2014
It is still raining so no going around the park for a walk this is a very nice park and so well kept. This evening we went to the Golf club at Mable lake lovely club and good food.
25July 2014
We left here this am to head to Lake Louise, stopping at Field to hopefully see a train go thru the tunnels, no such luck, but the trees have grown up so much it is hard to see.
We went to Lake Louise, for me it was a disappointment the glacier has receded so much and it was not as beautiful as when it was right down to the lake.
We tried to go up the icefields parkway to go to the new walk out they have there. When we asked the fellow at the ticket booth how far up it was he asked if we were thinking of going now we of course said yes he told us it closed at 5pm, we were disappointed oh well, onward to Banff, as usual a very busy place lots of tourists from all over the world. Had supper then headed toward Calgary we stayed at a casino just before Calgary. Free can't beat that.
26 July 2014
We are headed to Moose Jaw but first we have to go to Ikea had breakfast for both of us and with coffee a full breakfast cost $4:29 what a deal, bought a few things then headed to Moose Jaw. We arrived home by 7pm a long day but nice to be back.
From here to now we have been catching up getting things cleaned out.
Sat we head to South Dakota to see a Dr about our backs he has been recommended very highly, Phil has been there before and it has really helped him.
Will put some more pictures from where I left off Hope you have enjoyed this trip.
This is the way to roast marshmallows
The group that went to see the bears
Cameron Wendy Rita & Seth
The Totem that the children painted the scales
Fishing at the base of the fish ladder most people disagree with this
Looking down from the gondola from the glass bottom
Top of the mountain
Going up in the fog
Taking up the bikes and the riders
Corrine & Larry's backyard the pond and look at the back you can see the huge lilly
Western toadlett
No fear Cassia is picking them up and putting them back in the run
A cut in the mountain on the #1 Hwy
One of the tunnels at Field
The glacier at Lake Louise
Bridges over the Hwy for the animals can cross easily
Banff Springs Hotel
The end of the mountains
Going into the foothills
Hope you will keep watching not going to be posting too much for awhile
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