My Favourite Mountain of all time, I don't know how many pictures I have exactly like this from over the years.
Adriana loving the fact she can eat an entire peach to herself
Rest break on the way to Overlander Falls
It is very rare to get a picture of the top of Mount Robson
Maligne Canyon Hike
Steepest part of the canyon
Medicine Lake
The Jasper Bear
Derek.....there is a huge Elk behind you!
The RCMP Moose was a bit scary for Adriana
The Bow Valley Summit and Peyto Lake
Moraine Lake
Hoodoos Hile in Banff with the Banff Hot Spring Hotel in the far distance
Lake Minnewanka hike
Me and Zielke
Lake Minnewanks
Lunch stop at 3 Valley Lakes
Adriana and Oma
Adriana with her second cousins Jaclyn and Sydney
Adriana is big enough to sit in the stool chair (I sat in this when I was little)
Adriana and Grandpa
Adriana and Shayla cuddling
Don't forget Ailish
Getting ready to go in the water
The girls used the air mattress as a trampoline
We had a great 2 week holiday. We started off at the North Thompson Provincial Campground for 1 night then we headed to Mount Robson for 1 night where we met my parents. From there we headed to Jasper for 3 nights. Derek and I were lucky enough to go rafting the first day there while my parents looked after Adriana. I had never been rafting before and I am had a blast. We also hiked the Maligne canyon and visited Maligne Lake while we were in Jasper.
My parents headed home and we made our way south to Banff. When we arrived we discovered there was a drinking ban in the park for the long weekend. We were very annoyed and were scared when we saw the ranger taking all of our neighbours beer out of their fridge. But we decided to sneak it anyway and not once did a ranger come by. We also met up with Zielke while we were in Banff. We did a hike at Lake Minnewanka and went out for dinner. It was great to see Laura and wish we lived closer to one another so we could camp more often.
Then we were off to the Okanagan, our first stop was Armstrong to have a visit with my Grandparents. Then we met Brian and Amanda in Osoyoos. Osoyoos was much more enjoyable this time round, the weather was hot and there were only wind storms at night (rather than all day long). Adriana was very happy to see some familiar faces and be able to play with people her age.
Our tent trailer worked out very well, could not have imagined doing 2 weeks in a tent (which was our original plan). Our truck pulled it very well, not even any problems on hills! Next year we plan on doing a 2 week camping trip again, but maybe only in 2-3 locations. It felt like we were always packing and driving.
