We're home

No, I didn't get sucked up into the void where socks go when they don't come back from the laundry.  I simply lost my blogging mojo somewhere in California.  After awhile it just felt like too much water under the bridge to try to catch up, so I didn't.  Here's a quick recap of where we went after May 14


Redwoods National Forest:  Really big trees and very green.
Oregon Dunes:  Having a quad or dune buggy would have been fun, but walking up and running down was fun too.
Silverton Or: Near Salem.  Went there to pick up my new drop spindle from Jenkins woodworking.  Great spindle and they even gave Erin one, because she was interested.  Oregon botanical gardens were great as well.
Portland Or: Pike's market.  I almost got hit with a halibut.
Mt. St. Helens:  Wow, what destruction!  The scars are evident 31 years later.
Bellingham Washington: Ski to Sea Race.  Stayed with the Laird's, whom we had met at Koinonia farms.  First time while on the trip that we spent any amount of time in a single family dwelling not on wheels.
Pender Island, BC: to visit Ken, Doug's high school bestie.  Took the BC ferries across the straight, played in tide pools. 
Butchart gardens on Vancouver Island:  Beautiful
Carlton Wa: Drove across the Cascade mountains.  Did some hiking up into the snow line.  Hiking in the snow wearing shorts and a tank top is fun!
Okanogan Valley, BC: Gorgeous.  Would have liked to spend more time here.
Lake Louise, AB:  Fall Down Gorgeous!  Did some great hikes, saw lot's of wide life, including Grizzly bears.
Banff:  More touristy than Lake Louise.  Did some hiking/biking here.  While we had our bikes with us, we didn't use them as much as I thought we would.  I think the flat-lander in us was intimidated by the hills.  We should have done more trail riding, it was fun!
Drumheller, AB:  The Royal Tyrell Dinosaur museum was great.  Affordable and big!
Calgary AB:  Visited with cousins that I hadn't seen in at least 15 years!
Rosthern, SK: Doug's home stomping grounds.  Visited the place he grew up, explored to see what had changed, visited with old friends.
Altona Mb: We spent the last 5 weeks at my parents  We parked the trailer and moved into the house.  It was a nice transition.  We spent time at the old cabin, went camping (tent, not trailer), fishing, football game, lot's of family dinners and lot's of great time together.


We arrived home on the 24th of July and we're slowly getting re-acclimated to being in one spot.  Doug and I are both back to work, and the girls are back to school next week.  It's good to be home, but I do miss the adventure of the road.