Ballet, Babies and Best Buddies
14 years ago
Hey Everybody, so I am finally back from my vacation/holidays. To tell you what I all did is hard, because most of the time you just need to be there. We'll let's get started then. On July 24th, me and my family woke up at exactly 4:00am. Oh so tiredly we managed to wake up, and head out on the road. Now, my dad told us constantly, go to sleep....but we ended up staying awake for that long 6 hour drive to Regina. There we had some Lunch and quickly got back on the road. We needed to get to Maple Creek, before dusk. Maple Creek was just a place for us to rest our head, but then we had to take the tent down, and leave by 8:00am. Our next pit stop was at the Vally View campsite. Again we had to leave by 8:00am. That day we went to the Calgary Zoo. We saw animals from North America, South America, Africa, and Australia. We of course had to check out the dinosaur park. After the long day, we still had to make it to our next campground in Banff. Our drive there was 4 hours. We ended up staying in Johnston Canyon Campground. Right in the back of our site was a huge river. Every morning we would try to come there. We stayed there for 4 nights. Almost Every single day it was raining, so we decided to go to the upper hot springs. It was sooo hot, me and Kristen were desired to stay out in the cold. Once that fourth day came, we drove to Lake Louise did a hike there, went to Moraine lake, and we went to the Columbian Icefields(glaciers.) We had also gone to Golden, B.C. We were going to take a gondola ride there, but it was closed...so it was really a waste of a drive. Even after that long day, we still had to make it to Jasper. We stayed in Jasper for 2 nights. The second day in Jasper me, my dad, and my sister went on a 2 hour hike at Gerildean Lake. On the hike we climbed 90m vertical up a waterfall....AMAZING! The last day....August 1st(my b-day) we left for Edmonton. Another 4 hour drive, but it was worth it. I, and my whole family were so sad to have to leave one of the best things God created for us....the mountains. Once in Edmonton we stayed in the Super 8 hotel. Which was 20 minutes away from West Edmonton Mall. That same day, we went to the mall, for my birthday supper. We ate at Jungle Jims....where I had earlier told my dad, don't tell the staff that it's my birthday, cause i hate it when people sing those wierd birthday songs.....let's just say i ended up getting very mad at my dad for not listening to me, but I ended up laughing so hard I cried. After supper me and my sister got to go shopping...thats when I bought my mid-tops........FINALLY! On our way back to the hotel we found out that there was a huge wall of wind that went through Calgary, and Camrose. The storm killed 1 person in Camrose, and a little 3 year old girl in Calgary. Just to let you know, Camrose is only an hour away from where we were staying. The last day of our trip, we spent 5 hours at the Waterpark. The wave pool as usual was amazing, I also went on the sky screamer, the corkscrew, and lot's more "intermediate" rides. After we went to see a movie at the movie theater. Me and my mom saw "The Propsal", and the rest of my family saw "G-Force." Just as we were in line getting our tickets, theres a big show that goes on. First it starts to thunder storm, then this dragon starts to move and puff smoke...then out of the blue the dragon starts breathing fire at us. You can actually feel the heat. After all of that we had to leave August 3rd. It was a painful 16 hour drive back home...and I think we all wanted to stay there forever, but sometimes the journey back home is a relief. We arrived in Altona on August 4th at 2:00 in the morning. On the whole trip we saw elk, deer, carribou, a timberwolf, a pecca, mountain goats, a marrmot, a moose and 3 real black bears. So I guess that just about sums it up.....and like my dad always says, it's not the destination but your journey to get there.