What a wonderful vacation we had this summer! We made it to the LAKE! We enjoyed a great visit with my best friend of almost 20 years, Melissa and her son Caleb for the first week. It was a busy, active week and we crammed in a lot of activities.
We got to the campground on the Sunday night and got all settled in and had a campfire. On Monday we went into the nearby town of Chetwynd and checked out the visitor centre, wood carvings and had lunch from a food truck called “Everybody Loves Raymond”. The remainder of our day was filled with walking around the lake, playing at the park and relaxing at the campsite.
On Tuesday we headed to Tumbler Ridge, the place of dinosaurs and waterfalls! We ended up doing a 2km hike in the rain to see the dinosaur tracks…it was not fun for pregnant, out of shape me. Ethan looked so cute putting his hands into the dinosaur prints in the creek bed!
We stopped at Gwillim Lake on our way back to our lake…it was really nice and we took some pictures with the kids there.
Melissa and the boys had evenings of playing catch while we were there. We had stopped at Value Village in Grande Prairie before heading out and bought a ball glove for Melissa so she could play with Caleb. While we were there I found one almost the perfect size for Ethan so I grabbed it for him. Apparently my son is a natural at playing catch. To my knowledge he has never worn a ball glove before. He put it on and knew what to do like he was on old pro though! These pictures don’t do justice to how cute he was playing catch with them!
On Wednesday we headed to the WAC Bennett Dam. Randy, Ethan and I had been the year before so we knew what to expect. However we heard that the spillway was open and were so excited to see that! It has only been open 9 times in the last almost 50 years and we were going to get to see it! I was so excited!
It’s hard to grasp how big that spill waterfall is from the pictures…it was enormous! We ended up coming back up the following weekend to the dam with Randy just so he could see it…it truly was something to remember!
The week with Melissa and Caleb drew to a close on Thursday when they left to spend the night at our house in GP. Caleb had to be in St Paul, AB on Friday for provincial soccer tournaments. They decided to break their trip up as it was a long drive there.
After they left Ethan and I didn’t have a vehicle to tour anywhere…which I was very happy about! I was tired out from all the running and just wanted to relax at the campsite. So Ethan and I played in the lake, went to the play park, relaxed at the RV and just generally chilled out. Randy came up on the weekend to join us and our friends Trudy, Wes and their daughter Sydney came on Saturday with Trudy’s parents.
On Sunday we headed home for Grande Prairie as we had to take Randy back to work on Monday. We went via the Dam and through Fort St John so we could stop for some Vietnamese food at our favourite restaurant there. It’s a beautiful drive with some very scenic river views on the way to Fort St John. These pictures are from one of our favourite look out spots on the drive. The day was kind of hazy but you get the idea…the canola crops are bright yellow and there are fields of wildflowers everywhere!
Ethan and I stayed in Grande Prairie until Tuesday before heading back to the lake. We relaxed on our last week…other than going to the pool we stayed close to the campsite and just played and read books. I was happy to have read like 9 books in the two weeks!
Keep posted for Part 2 of our Vacation!
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