We were fortunate to be able to take a summer vacation in late August this year and we took the opportunity to take a drive through Western Canada to see my sister Heidi and her family in
100 Mile House, BC. Yes, it's actually called that, and it was named because it was located 100 Miles from Lillooet, BC, which was Mile 0 of the Cariboo Wagon Road. That's even funnier since
Lillooet is at least 100 Miles from Nowhere!!!
It was a pretty relaxing trip and Melanie and Andrew got to hang out with their cousin Hannah and her brand new baby …
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Waterton is an incredibly
windy place and the wind howled all night the first night and most of the second day too. We didn't let that get to us though and we went out and enjoyed the park anyway! We checked out downtown Waterton in the morning and had lunch at the lake shore with a nice view of the
Prince of Wales hotel on the hill across the lake. Waterton is a cute little town (population 70 in the winter) with several nice hotels and inns.
The Prince of Wales is very old and castle-like, and since it was up on the hill you can see …
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We went to Kelowna last week to visit Grandma & Grandpa Phillips' house. Although we had planned to go soon anyway, the timing was set because my brother Ian was visiting from Germany...
It was a really great trip and Andrew got to meet his Grandparents, Great Grandma Phillips, Uncle Ian, Aunt Heidi, Uncle Ken, and cousin Hannah. This was actually the first time Melanie had met her Uncle Ian as well, so got to cover off many birds with one stone!
There will be a few more albums from this trip posted over the next few days. Between traveling and an intermittent freezing problem with my laptop, things …
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The Adventures of Louise, Sean, Melanie, and Andrew. A Collection of Photos and Movies from our lives….