Wabamun Provincial Park

These last few posts are going to be a little mixed up. Technically, the order should have been:
Alberta
Wabamun Provincial park
Chilliwack
waterfalls
Just in case you get confused when going through my posts, you now know!

This is a very rare occasion.. a decent pic of me and John!

 

 

So the point of staying at Wabamun was to see if it was a good campground that Mom and Dad M could meet us at to camp together.  It was kind of the half way mark for both of us.  So both campground and lake were beautiful, but the lake was driving distance from the campground, and the campground had nothing to do.  We never did end up going camping together.  Next year Mom?

 

This is the beach.. SANDY! 

 

What's a post without my doggie! 

 

 

The best 2 girls in the world.  I love how they love each other and show it.. most of the time 

 

the dock to the lake 

 

 

a tree area by the lake 

 

the bathrooms

 

grassy area by the lake 

 

2 nice playgrounds 

 

 

Back at the campground.. lots of tall trees... lots of fun to climb! 

 

The End

The trip before the 2nd trip: Alberta

If I have my dates right, we were in Alberta from July 3-10.  John only gets 6 days off at a time, so we make the most of them!  We left on the Wednesday, right after he was done work.  I had the camping trailer hooked up and ready to go.  The trucker in JOhn decided to do a pre-trip inspection on the trailer, and saw that one of the leaf springs were snapped off.  This part has to do with suspension of the axles!  So, before we left town, we stopped to get that fixed, and purchasded another leaf spring, just in case another one decided to snap! (Our trailer is from 1981, I think).  We stayed in the Walmart parking lot in Red Deer that night.  We got there around 12:30, so all was quiet with the rest of the trailers parked there. 

 

The next morning, we met friends in Okotoks.  Because of the flooding that had been going on in that area, the park we were originally going to meet at, was closed.  So we met at a cool school playground.  It was GREAT to see these guys again.  They are from Aldergrove and were our closest friends when we lived in Chilliwack.  We sure miss them.  Their little girl was 3 when we left and always called me Enta!

 

 

 

We got to Mom and Dad's around 4:00.  It was great to see everyone.  It's very special to see the relationship between Jake and Brent and the girls.  There are only 3 years I think between Brent and McKenna, and they are both at the age where they can tolerate each other and play together.

 

We visited with Raelene one afternoon, and she took us to the treasured waterpark that is behind the house that they lived in.

 

Underneath Emmy is a flower.  If you stood on the inside, while the water was coming out, it would sing a line from a nursery rhyme!

 

Mr. Sammy.. one of the adorable twins!

 

So, we have our special place to go when in Chilliwack, but also a special place when in Lethbridge.  Waterton!  It is a beautiful little town with a big beautiful lake.

 

Because it was Emmy's birthday 2 weeks earlier, we surprised her with a mini celebration.  Aunty Melinda brought cookies (before we left she emailed me with the question of "what are the girls' favorite cookies?" She wouldn't tell us why she wanted to know.  I had a suspicion, but didn't let the girls know.)  Sure enough, she brought the girls' favorite cookies to our picnic: peanut butter, and white  double chocolate chip!

 

Emmy's birthday cake

 

 

Emmy's piece of cake

Thanks Grandpa and Gramma for the presents!

 

 

My girls both have a fascination for different kinds of rocks.  This is Kenna's collection of the day.

 

Can't go anywhere without having at least one of the girls pose for me :)

 

Our picnic area

 

swimming...COLD!!

and boating.  Thanks Andrew for the rides and the use of your boat

 

A special bond with a special uncle

 

My mom and Ali

 

 

John, Allen(foster child), and Andrew

Little Miss Sophia

 

 

Us.. compliments of my mom (thanks for getting down on the ground even though it hurt your shoulders!)

the twins together

 

 

We were able to see everyone, some of them more than once.  It was great to see the twins again.  I was privileged to be in Alberta shortly, like a week, after they were born.  They are 4 months here.  I hope I get to see them again before their 1st birthday but...

 

 

We left Alberta on Monday morning, after breakfast and spent the night at the Wabamun Provincial Post.  That is my next post. 

WAAAAAAAYYY back in July/August :)





 

 

We left for Chilliwack on Monday, July 29.  We drove as far as Quesnel, and spent the night in the parking lot of Walmart. No worries, we were pulling our camping trailer :) The next morning, a dear friend of mine, picked me up and we went for breakfast at McDonalds.  After a quick visit with an ex-neighbor, we pulled into the RV service place in town. The brakes on the trailer were not working proper, so a bell kept ringing every 5 minutes in the truck, letting us know.

 

We arrived in Chilliwack around 7:00, at TOny and Marilyn's house, where they had supper ready for us.  It was actually Kaitlyn who had prepared steak, roasted potatoes, cucumber salad, and roasted red peppers!  It was delicious and muchly appreciated. Throughout our whole trip, we had yummy food.  We had packed enough food in our trailer so that we could be self-sufficient, but Tony and Marilyn would have none of that.  2 of those mornings, we had eggs, pancakes, bacon and toast for breakfast.  We felt very spoiled and blessed.  These efforts of hospitality are never forgotten!

 

Like usual, I didn't take that many pictures.  The girls spent alot of time in the pool. 

 

 

Friday night, we had a get together of John's immediate family so that we were able to see everyone.  We were able to meet Andrew, John's nephew, and also another nephew who was only 2 days old, little Micah Harrison! We had some FABULOUS food.  It was great to see all of them again.  

 

 

On Saturday the girls and I went to White Rock with Trevor and Cathy and Lillian.  I don't think I will ever get tired of the ocean. I am so glad that we were able to make it this summer.  John doesn't understand my love for White Rock, but that's ok. I will not drag him or force him, as long as he lets me go :) It was lunch time by the time we got there, so of course we hit up Moby Dick's for their famous fish and chips! And we couldn't leave without getting an icecream. 

 

The girls shoes is exactly how they left them when they raced ahead of them to get their feet wet! 

 

 

My stinkin' cute niece Lillian.  Miss this girl like CRAZY!

 

we bug her that she is part fish

 

Emmy got buried in sand from ears down 

watch the water line.. it is slowly creeping forward! 

 

 

By the time Trev was done, she was laying on an island, surrounded by water!

And she's free

 

And getting clean 

 

There was some carnival going on while we were there and they had some cool sand sculptures 

Kenna loves little babies!

 

 

We left Chilliwack again on Monday, August 5.  After stopping at the church to see JOhn's dad, and then at John's parents house to see his mom, we were on the road around 11:00.  ONce again, we stayed in Quesnel for the night.  THis time was parked at a friends house.  The next morning we went to some very dear friends for coffee.  And homeward bound!