On Friday we enjoyed a bit of a sleep-in before heading for Calgary. We passed through a number of towns such as Golden and Revelstoke, that we'd like to go back to in the winter for skiing. But we didn't have much time to look around as we needed to get to Calgary in the early evening because we had tickets to the National Lacrosse League champion's cup game.
We made it to Calgary with enough time for a quick dinner and visit with the kids before heading the Saddledome with Peter and Mo. The Calgary roughnecks were playing the New York Titans in the final game of the season, and the Calgary fans were all geared up to bring home the cup. It was the loudest sporting event that I've ever been to, and James and I got right into it and even joined in the mayhem with our very own thunder sticks. I guess all the cheering gave the roughnecks a lift, because it was a close game, but in the end the good guys brought the cup to Calgary and everyone went home happy; except the NY titans I suppose.
On Saturday we had a relaxing breakfast and played with the kids before heading out to a local park for a picnic. The weather was fantastic, and we all enjoyed a lazy afternoon in the sunshine. I even enjoyed a little cat nap in the grass while James, Peter & Mo played with the kids. In the evening we had a BBQ and went for a walk around the neighbourhood.
Then on Sunday morning we said our goodbyes and packed up the car with our baby gift from Peter and Mo....a ton of baby stuff that they are done with. I felt like we had won the lottery......thanks Pete & Mo!!!!!! And I was especially happy when it actually all fit into our little Toyota Matrix, seemingly defying all the laws of physics.
We had two days to make the trip back to Vancouver, so we took a meandering route down to Radium Hot Springs; this is definitely a place that we'd like to come back to because it's quite beautiful nestled in valley and it's home to natural hot springs which I would love to visit once I'm not pregnant:) But instead, we just stopped and had lunch on a patio. It truly felt like the first weekend of summer because it was 26 degrees and gloriously sunny. Then we headed up the Columbia valley past the bugaboo mountains back towards Golden and then down through the Okanagan through Vernon and eventually on to Kelowna where we stopped for the night. It was so warm, that we didn't even need a sweater when we had dinner on the patio at 9:30 pm, it was a very nice change from the relative cool Vancouver nights.
Then on Monday, we headed back to Vancouver after a leisurely breakfast. We knew that we were getting close when the rain started.....actually Vancouver had very nice weather up until Monday, but it seemed very apropos.
Not surprisingly, we were sad that the weekend was over, but we had a great long weekend, and we're already looking forward to the next one.
As always here's some pics:
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