Last week the boys and I headed to Lethbridge (about 2.5 hours south) for a few days, in part to escape some home reno work being done. (With Gareth’s asthma, avoiding as much ‘kicked up dust’ as possible is a good idea). While there we made the 10 minute journey east to the small town [...]
Yesterday I posted a few highlight pics of the first half of our vacation to Victoria, BC here. Here’s what we got up to in the second half of our time there. We visited a Bug Zoo and got up close and personal with a variety of insects: The boys got to kiss a cockroach [...]
We took a short family vacation to Victoria, British Columbia last week to escape the bitter cold of Calgary and the winter that won’t end. (The coldest winter here in a century or some such…eek!) We left last Thursday morning and got back last night. On the trip we did a ton of things, only [...]
Another slow day for homeschooling, with much of my afternoon spent like this: Gareth (age 5) took this pic of me in pjs and robe, zoning on the couch. I even got a bit of a nap. Such a disappointment too, as we had planned a playdate with friends after their school on Friday, with [...]
After spending a couple hours in the hot sunshine at the bug class, we slowly headed back to the car. En route, I saw some interesting birds, like this spotted sandpiper: When we got back to the hotel, we went for a swim. This was our first time staying at this hotel in Edmonton (the [...]
On our weekend trip to Edmonton for Daegan’s birthday, we took in an Insect class for families at Devonian Gardens, about 15 minutes SW of the city. Daegan and Jim have done classes in this series before, but this was Gareth’s first time—and mine—and was he ever excited! We all had a good time, but [...]
We spent quite a bit of time inside the Interpretive Centre at Dinosaur Provincial Park, and we were all quite surprised to find that there was far more to it than dinosaurs. (Many more dinosaurs are on display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, about an hour and a half away, and I think [...]
I’m going to break my post about Dinosaur Provincial Park into two parts: the first on the park and badlands (“the outside”) and the tomorrow’s post on the excellent Interpretative centre (“the inside”). We were absolutely blown away by the park, and how many things there are to do. Next trip we will take the [...]
After the T rex Discovery Centre, we made the scenic drive through the Cypress Hills to Medicine Hat, AB,where we stayed overnight. En route we saw more pronghorn antelopes: and stopped at the Alberta Tourist Info Centre at Walsh, just inside the AB / SK border. We’d stopped there on the way out for a [...]
After picking Jim up at the Greyhound bus station and sleeping in Swift Current Thursday night, we headed to the T Rex Discovery Centre in Eastend, SK first thing Friday morning. The boys were uber-excited! I am including lots of pics from the Centre (at the end of this post) as I am sure at [...]