Update on camping trips..
I never did finish the tales of the Great Canadian Barn Dance trip in Southern Alberta or the Sandy McNab trip. So this is the weekend wrap up.
GCBD:
Tip toe thru the goose poop, by the lake.
That is where I’ll be, come
Tip toe thru the goose poop with me.
Tip toe from your tent and take a break
To the shadow of the pine tree
And tip toe thru the goose poop with me.
This place made me want to hunt down these wild Canadian Geese and have roast goose, potato dumplings and red cabbage for supper. Mmmmm… I love German food.
My kids chased the geese around. They swam in the water or flew off to another pond in the area only to return in the evening to poop all over the place. It was so gross.
We never did make it out to the barn dance, so we’ll have to come back next summer and go. On Sunday Ryan took the kids out on the canoe’s. Laura, my Princess Tiger Lily, would sit up at the front of the canoe and tell Ryan where to paddle. They paddled around, played at the beach, caught snails in the water, played at the park and ran around trying to catch “Smokey” the farm cat. They chased the cat around and tormented the cat, by carrying it around by it’s front legs. After being caught once, the cat made sure not to be caught again. He ran away very fast once he saw my kids coming. It entertained them for hours.
Monday, we packed up and headed to Waterton National Park. We decided to hike “Bears Hump.” What a crazy name, bears hump. I wonder who came up with that name.
‘Oh look there’s bears humping on the mountain. From today and forever this trail shall always be known as: “Bears Hump” I’m ingenious.’
Brilliant name warden!
‘Yes, thank you my intelligence surpasses everyone.’
So this hike is straight up for 1.5 km or so. It was tiring. The kids went up 1/2 way until Brandon sat down and refused to go any further. Ryan carried Josh on his left shoulder and Brandon on his right shoulder the rest of the way up the mountain. Laura walked and complained the entire way. The view at the top was gorgeous and breath taking. We saw lakes, mountains, the town and a cute little chipmunk. We fed it raisins. It came right up to the kids hands and ate raisins out of their hands. It let the kids pet him and scooted all around them. It was adorable. The kids ran the entire way down.
After the hike we had a picnic by the lake then headed for home. Ryan just had to take a new way home. “Getting lost is part of the adventure.” Right. We eventually made it home after getting lost for a half an hour.
SM: Sunday, I headed out about 3pm after I had a nap. Rachel, Jon and their kids came out. Rachel and Jon are our Smallville friends. We watch Smallville at our house every Monday night. I helped Ryan pack up then we went down to the river for a picnic. We had so much fun. Ryan and Jon jumped into the river. It was so cold. Laura had her feet in the water.
me: Laura, the water is so cold! Are your feet cold?
Laura: no, after awhile your feet just go numb and it stops hurting.
Kids are amazing. As long as there is water they are ducks, happily splashing away. If the water is not warm, I won’t go in. I’m always cold all the time anyway, why make myself even colder?
Jon is hilarious! He’s self deprecating. We had such a great time hanging out, laughing and enjoying each others company. They are such a fun family to hang out with.