We're back!!!!!!!!!! After a wonderful vacation we are back! And this my dears is the first installment of many blogs to follow all about our grand adventures. Sunday afternoon we headed to Victoria to do a car switcheroo with Colin's parents... oh praise the Lord for air conditioning! After a quick visit with the grandparents (my mom inc.) we headed to the ferry for a quick jaunt across the water to my sister in law's (Megan) house for a petite visit and sleep. 4 thirty came way too early... but after some Tim's we were ready to go! Rupert was an absolute champ... napping off and on, playing with his toys and munching on whatever was handed back to him. One of our stops landed us in Revelstoke where there was an amazing train museum... however it was $10 a person... so we snuck in to use washrooms and snapped a pic of Rupe on this cute little train instead.
{One of our many pit stops... eating, running around, using the tree as a washroom only to discover a proper rest stop five minutes later... oops!}
Ok... so we've always been told that we had to drive through the Rockies... I now understand why. Seriously... my mouth was open the whole way and I kept on saying... "wow!" "wow!" "wow!" It is such a beautiful drive and the grandeur of the mountains is just awe inspiring. Truly experienced how big God is!
{a friend we met along the way...}
Enter... Calgary. Ok so there are few times I have been truly frightened while in a car. Usually they include snow or ice. This time it was rain, wind, thunder, lightning and hail... yup all at the same time and not just a little bit... a huge amount!!!!!!! I'm an Island girl... I can handle myself some rain and wind... but this was not right... it was freakish. People were pulled over on the side of the road waiting it out... not us... Colin "knew what he was doing". Rupert laughed and chatted in the back of the car completely unaware that we were about to die... well not really... clearly we lived, but I was doubtful at moments. Anyways... we made it safely to Calgary to our friend Todd and Brianne's and were greeted very warmly by their little boy (Rupert's new big buddy!) Stay tuned for the next installment... less dramatic but super fun!
Great mountain pictures; I have to do the trip some time .....Ruth, interested????
ReplyDeleteDid you stop at 3 Valley Gap? That's where I'm assuming you stopped with the train museum. My mom's family owns that hotel. I worked there for a summer after high school! You are so brave for driving with a little one! Glad he did well!
ReplyDeletegreat pictures - not liking the entrance to calgary in that awful storm and colin not pulling over to wait it out !!! COLIN!!!!
ReplyDeleteElaine - that is an idea for a little road trip!!
So glad you made the trip out here! It was awesome to have you. Just think you experienced Calgary like a true local...one minute beautiful the next an insane storm. Wyatt has been telling everyone about his friend Rupert:)
ReplyDelete...wow how did I miss this yesterday????a well ...such great pictures ...love the rest stop & the mountian sheep!...mountain pics are truly awe inspiring!
ReplyDeletep.s. I think Colin has glasses like my OLD ones!
ReplyDeletethis just really makes me wanna do a road trip through the rockies.
ReplyDeletek..
i would like to meet a ram.
and perhaps a bear.
or something.
colin looks hot in the pic with the picnic table.
is that wrong to say?
littlest dyck-out.
I absolutely love this drive. Steve and I did it after one month of dating and I think it was such a bonding drive for us. I was stunned out of my mind at the gorgeousness of it all! Worst drive...baby halle 3 months old...screamed 75% of the trip. So glad you guys got a chance to have your own experience!
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