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.






                                           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


 
 
                                                                                  another view from the gondala


                                     

                                                                                 Top of the mountain

 
                                                                                       Trying out the bobsled

 
 
                                                                    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


















1 comment:

  1. So glad that you were able to stop in and see Teresa, Derek and Cassia. You pictures look wonderful, so glad you had a good time. Enjoy South Dakota and I hope the treatments are worth it.

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