We just wrapped up our final adventure of the summer. We certainly saved the biggest and longest summer experience for last. We just completed a 10 day road trip through the Canadian Rocky Mountains into Glacier National Park and then home. We saw some beautiful countryside, awesome animals, and we marveled at God’s creation. It’s a trip we won’t soon forget. We caravanned with my parents and sister, so it was fun to experience these locations alongside them. I could easily turn this into a multi-post blog series with what we did day to day, but I’m going to attempt to be brief and share the daily highlights! I’ll do my best to narrow down which pictures to share as well! This is going to tough!
Day One – Leaving home and heading to Vancouver B.C.
We took off in the morning with hopes of getting to the Vancouver B.C. area in the afternoon. My parents and sister were leaving later than us, so this day felt like it was just our family since the rest of the family didn’t arrive until after bedtime. Our first stop once we crossed the border was Stevenson Village where they filmed Once Upon a Time. We’ve visited this area many times before and it’s a favorite of ours. We got treats at our favorite Waves Coffeehouse. Jeremy loves getting all things maple while in Canada and I had a Nanaimo bar. Yum! We checked into our house in Burnaby and took off for Metropolis at Metrotown. This huge four story mall was the best place to have dinner. Jeremy got his first poutine of the trip. The boys were thrilled to see Toys’R’Us thriving in Canada. I took the kiddos into Indigo which is like a Canadian version of Barnes & Noble. Our last stop of The Real Canadian Superstore for groceries.
Day Two – Vancouver B.C.
We went to Granville Island first thing in the morning. We bought treats and watched the pigeons on the pier before walking through all the shops of this public market. We had lunch at our favorite fish shack – Go Fish. Their salmon fish and chips are amazing! After lunch, we went to Stanley Park and took in a few of the sights. We stopped at the totem poles, Brockton Lighthouse, and Prospect Point. Then it was off to Costco in Burnaby to find dinner and look around. Our family loves to visit any Costco we can while traveling. It’s an odd quirk of ours. We made dinner at the house and settled in for a chill evening.
Day Three – Vancouver B.C. to Kamloops B.C.
We said good-bye to the Vancouver area and took off for Kamloops. This travel day got us halfway to our main destination. Just a pit stop along the way. We got into Kamloops at lunch time and discovered that Squishmellows are currently the Happy Meal toys in Canada. The boys and Auntie April love Squishmellows so this was a big discovery. We went to Costco after lunch, because why not?! Actually, Jeremy saw some shoes at the first Costco and decided he wanted to see if he could find them in Kamloops. He did! It’s always nice to find hiking shoes at Costco prices. The air quality was not great in Kamloops so my parents and sister ran indoor errands while Jeremy and I took the boys to the BC Wildlife Park. We were warned the smoke might make the animals difficult to find, but in the end we saw all of them except the bobcat. Not too shabby! They have so many neat animals there. A few of our favorites were the spirit bear, grizzly bears, artic wolves, foxes, and the variety of owls. We met back up with my parents and sister for dinner and then we went off to explore Canadian Tire – another favorite Canadian store of ours.
Okay! I’ve decided to make this a mini-series! I have too many words about our adventures! I’ll be back to tomorrow to fill you in the next three days of road trip. See you tomorrow!
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