Travel Blog: May 2018

I knew that our visit to Spruce Grove would be a highlight of our trip ... meeting up with friends after so many years and there being there for the baptism of a grandchild ... so wonderful. Another bonus was having her parents there from Nova Scotia. With two RVs in their driveway (one from NS and ours from BC) was interesting. I'm sure they are glad to have their driveway back.

We never know how our paths will cross or when we will meet again. I think that is kind of the theme of this trip... meeting so many people we haven't seen in so long. I have a friend in Victoria who reminds me its not about the destination but about the journey. We remind ourselves especially of this when we take a wrong turn and find ourselves way off track. This happened on our way to Saskatoon. By the time we realized we were heading in the wrong direction we had to adapt our plans and head out on different highways. You never know what new sights you are meant to see when that happens. Here are a few sights of our adventure enroute.

And sometimes there are unexpected delays when you have to wait due to road construction. This time we had to wait for our pilot vehicle to lead the way.

I thought this was a funny place for a truck to hang.

And we met some very large vehicles on the road.

By the end of the day though, we did end up at our destination, the Gordon Howe Campground in Saskatoon which is a really nice campground. We decided to stay an extra day to visit with friends.

Imagine driving a bike powered by steam

Or a car powered by wind

Or converting straw to gas

Driving in style

First Nations exhibit

Sod House

Until next time ...

It's been quite a week and haven't been close to wifi until now so will try to do a quick catch up while I am here with friends in Spruce Grove, Alberta.

While we were in Langley, we went to Fort Langley. Before we went to the fort, we stopped at this 50s restaurant for something to eat.

On the way to the Fort we saw these beautiful roses...

And the mural as we entered the fort,

The cookhouse where all the food was prepared.

The barrel building exhibit.

The blacksmith shop

The island where the wives chose to live.

More beautiful flower picture back at cousin Ada's.

Then we were off to visit Uncle Frank in Penticton...

Bruce's almost 93 year old uncle Frank set a pretty fast pace walk to Okanagan Lake.

Bruce took a dip down to the lake for the Commonwealth Pool Summer Challenge back home.

Lily of the valley across from the lake.

The sand along the bank is in preparation of possible flooding.

At the end of the beach is the Sicamous.

Back on the road again, leaving Penticton now for Canyon Hot Springs ...

The high waters along the road into the mountains.

Our rest stop commemorated the last spike of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Canyon Hot Springs is set in the mountains and this is the view from the Hot Springs pools.

This was our view...

I saw a black bear in the wild on our last night there. In the morning we were off to Lake Louise and Banff.

Beautiful Lake Louise whatever the season. There is still snow and ice on Lake Louise. One of our dogs, Daisy, loved to walk on the snow banks but she kept sinking in the snow so finally decided to walk on the path with us.

On to Banff...

A sort distance from our site were these elk. I counted five. This was quite the treat to see these elk in the wild.

We really like camping at Tunnel Mountain in Banff and hope to come back sometime and stay longer. On our way out of Banff, the Cascade mountain.

The three sisters

Leaving the mountains, all of a sudden things begin to look rather flat.

Next stop is Jarvis Bay Provincial Campsite near Sylvan Lake.

The campsite had a lot of white fluff everywhere.

Being near Sylvan Lake, our thought went to a dear friend who grew up at Sylvan Lake. We had a book with us which are short reflections of her life so we read a few chapters as we were there and we were reminded of her great sense of humour.