So it's the end of summer. We had a great one. We went on holidays at the beginning of August and had great fun.
2 nights in Princeton:
Got there late but had a great day with 'Grandma and Grandpa M'. Doug came in for the evening and showed us his new truck. We left there early on the Monday. We booked the ferry so we were sure to get on it. Stopped in Tsawassen first. The Ferry was very pretty. Kendra was tired so I don't think she enjoyed it too much.
7 nights at Gordon Bay
We had a wonderful campsite with lots of kids around. Kendra made a few friends down at the playground and the beach. We met 'Grandma and Grandpa S' and Chris and Kayla at Parkville. The tide was out which was fantastic because that beach is huge. We gathered shells, went swimming and just played around on the sand. Days at the lake were fantastic. We only had 2 rainy days. We spent one of them going to port refrew and to botanical beach. We had a great time. Lots of walking though, but the tidal pools were awesome. I was worried that the tide would come in so we didn't spend too much time on the actual beach.
2 nights in Vancouver
The first night we went to Granville Island by Sea Taxi. I love that place. John had 2 dinners! Crazy guy. The next day we went to the Science Museum and the Vancouver Aquarium in Stanley Park. There was the baby beluga there who was born in June. Lovely. One thing I couldn't get over was the admission costs to these places. We were going to go to Caplilano bridge, but it was going to cost 30 dollars each!
3 nights at Alice Lake Provincial Park.
Great beach! I loved that place, but there was a high threat of bears. Luckily we had taught Kendra what to do in case she saw one. Well, on the morning that we were leaving, one of them wandered into our campsite. I put out my back picking up Kendra who was still sleeping. She asked me why I was picking her up so I told there that there was a bear. She said, "It's ok Mom... just back away slowly." I ran with her to the car, got in and locked the doors.
Back to the Hat.
We had budgeted 2 days to get back, but I drove all the way in order to save money. My back hurt and I didn't want to sleep in a hotel room. It was bad for another week or so after that.... darn bear.
