Oh Canada!

In July, we went with two sets of friends and their families to Canada!

 

Our friend Brian is from Cardston, Alberta, Canada. We were lucky enough to be able to go fishing at his sister's house and the kids rode her horses.

 

We spent a few days back in the US at Glacier National Park in Montana. It was really pretty there.

 

Westen did really well in the hiking backpack!

 

And he loved playing in all of the water that we saw!

 

He was such a good boy. We were often gone all day. On our way back from one of hikes, he slept in his backpack. (and if you notice...there is a yellow container of cholorox wipes in his backpack...gotta love our germophobe daddy:) )

 

Looking over the lake at Many Glacier.

 

We stayed in a small town just outside of Cardston called Leavitt. It was a rectangular cabin with concrete floors. We stayed in one big room on cots and air mattresses and there were 2 bathrooms, 2 showers and a kitchen. Behind the "cabin" was a swingset that Westen liked to play on.

 

We also spent some time on the Canadian side of Glacier which is called Waterton National Park in Canada. Waterton is this cool tiny little town wedged between mountains with beautiful canyons and pretty glacier-carved lakes. This is the view from a hike that we took.

Westen, Daddy and Mommy all made it to the top...

 

The chipmunks were very used to tourists, so Westen fed them sunflower seeds. When he saw them he called them "mouse". We didn't even know he knew that word, let alone that he would make the connection that the chipmunk looked like a mouse.

 

After our hike, we ate hot dogs at a place called Waterton Weiners.

After hot dogs, we went down to the lake...and of course...Westen spent about 30 minutes throwing rocks in the water. 

 

Before we left the little town of Waterton, we stopped by a water fall in the city for a little family photo.

Before we went back to the cabin, we decided to drive Red Rock Canyon in Waterton. It was such a beautiful place...and yes, Westen threw more rocks.

Westen and mommy got a little chilly, so we shared mommy's sweatshirt.

 

No more than 60 seconds after we started to head back down the canyon, we saw a black bear right on the side of the road. We saw 2 more bears before we got to the bottom of the canyon.

 

The last adventure we went on in Canada was to drive through the main part of Glacier National Park. It was really beautiful!