So our trip to Canada was incredible! We flew from Chicago to Calgary and then drove to Canmore, where our rental was. We spent 5 days with our friends the Desai-Gruenhagens from California. We were able to drive into Banff and take several scenic hikes! Isaac was ready!
Sam celebrated his official 14th birthday while we were there!
The group was so fun and it's been great for all the teenagers to reconnect! This year we had Meera's niece Elena join us too, she was so great!
My pictures are completely out of order, but we did one rainy trip on a bus to Lake Louise and Moraine Lake!
Sam joined the "higher hiker" club and went up to the top at Moraine Lake!
Lake Louise was beautiful too!
Many of of the local small lakes were also really beautiful.
We sampled many Canadian treats - but this one is Sam's own creation of a monster oreo.
We spotted some wildlife throughout our trip.
Awesome waterfall!
Lots of evening card games!
We found a local German place for dinner one night.
A great lake hike not far from our condo!
There was a wildfire north of us in Jasper that caused an evacuation and a lot of damage. We were safe, thankfully, but you can certainly see how smoky the air was!
Gotta have Tim Horton's!
Evening puzzle action too!
We tried out some beaver tails - delish!
Downtown Canmore!
Just amazing views even walking to dinner!
We tried many Canada only chip varieties, including ketchup!
Isaac got his poutine fix!
These kids were so great and really enjoyed hanging out all together, it was an amazing trip. We are already plotting summer 2025!
Now back at home we are trying to enjoy some last minute fun before all the business starts up. We went to Raging Waves this week and Noah go his float on.
Sam and Isaac did a lot of slides, even some of the big big ones!
We also tried out a local boba place - excellent! Sad that these impromptu outings will be ending soon, but we sure made the most of it!
So we stand ready for all the new challenges this 2024-2025 school year will bring our way! Here we go!
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