Camping

The last week of my holidays went by so fast!! Monday we did some shopping in Lethbridge then drove to Raymond and met up with my friend Jana. She and her family moved from Pincher pretty much right after she had her baby in July, so it was nice to catch up with her and see her adorable baby girl!! Our visit however, was cut tragically short by a pool pooper. Yup, everyone out of the pool :( The best news that came out of this was that the pooper didn't belong to either of us, Yay!! However, it did mean we left earlier than we wanted to. The pool in Raymond was awesome though and we will definetly be making the trip out there again.

I worked Tuesday and Thursday, and just spent the day with the kids on Wednesday, and we got ready for camping!! We had booked a site at Surveryors Campground, we love it there. It's a nice campsite that it family oriented, with a nice beach, a lake warm enough you can actually swim in it, and painted turtles everywhere. We left Friday morning and drove out to this site, set up camp and set off for another adventure! Last year Dave and I spent a weekend in Radium Hot Springs and loved it. on our way home we stopped at Fairmont and decided at some point that we would take the kids there. Fairmont is more family friendly, and Friday was a little on the cooler side so a perfect day to go!! It is also only an hour from where we were camping. It was so nice to sit in the pools and relax...well, as much as you can with Jeshie around lol. The kids had a blast though and it is really something sitting there in the middle of the mountains. We loved it.

We left around dinner time, grabbing some Slush Puppies for the drive, and headed back to camp. Matthias is now our resident fire maker so he got our fire going, we roasted hot dogs on the fire and then pretty much hit the hay. It was a good thing we brought lots of blankets though as it was pretty chilly.

Saturday morning we got up, had breakfast, and headed out for a hike around the lake. It was nice and peaceful and we got to see lots of turtles. Asher was so pleased he finally got to see some since the last time we went earlier this summer they were all hiding. After a snackish lunch, we headed down to the beach, rented a paddle boat, and spent some time taking turns paddling around the lake seeing the turtles from a new view. Jeshie fell asleep on the ride lol. The kids spent the afternoon splashing and playing in the water. After dinner the kids headed over to the amphitheatre where the park ranger had some fun activities planned. (like games to see how it feels to be a nocturnal animal)

The only down side to our visit was our inconsiderate camper neighbours who apparently can't tell time. The later it got the louder they got and they had kids too! Grrrr.

Sunday we packed up and headed home. We all unloaded and de-stinkyfied ourselves and headed over to our friends Andy and Kim's for dinner. We had an awesome evening with good food, wine, and chitchat while the kids played. It was really a super nice way to end my vacation time. Yup, I went back to work Monday.

Here's a few camping pics:

 

See you soon!