breathing the mountain air

on the way home we seen taber was having a corn festival. SO funny, from hippy to hick...great times
one of the many skate parks between here and the coast (this was kimberely)

a beautiful pergola

smiles and giggles

ryans insane potato gun....a walk through my childhood for sure, every guest we ever had i think, we shot of the potato gun for them lol.

we finally got our ride in ryan's amazingly crafted canoe on the most serene lake i have EVER been on

went over gray creek pass. (an old forestry road) 2075 m. very steep and very bumpy, VERY cool

A+ bakery, with misters at the front for cooling of. we stopped here while waiting for a ferry by crawford bay YUM spelt ginger snaps, greek cinnamon buns....

so glad we took our bikes

goofy boys

a hike we started that was far too steep to carry lanni on, pretty much straight up and down.

my forest rule.....always look up

osooyos valley

enjoyable and delicious stop

raiding the blueberry fields in delta

kerri's uncle murray & co

still smiling after an exhilirating bike ride around stanley park and into downtown vancouver 11km, that i might add haden pedalled in the heat...WOW kid!

seen it with my own eyes

enjoying the low tide by the sea wall, after we found the Xspot coffeehouse and a great bike shop with an efficient french man to fix sheldon's flat tire....for the 2nd time.

so much to discover

pulling the rocks up to find creepy crawlies

watching the sun set

always finding a special spot

long awaited white rock where gelato pollutes the street. as hard as gord & i tried, sheldon didn't let us stop:(

our coastal tour guides

show us more starfish.....

some dude

our good little bike ride into a crazy river...name has vanquished from me mind. a nice lady from calgary had a dog and came with us....that deterred the bears

one stellar tree house

the truly enchanting forest

our cooking device as the fire's were mostly banned

the view is always better on daddy's shoulders

haden always making new pals

sheldon trying to help some poor guy with mechanics

rock'n revelstoke

canmore, thx jeff & sherri for meeting up with us:)\

did a great trip this summer. went #1 down to canmore, revelstoke, ladner, then turned around and came back up crowsnest, rossland, crawford bay, kimberley, fernie....etc. our highlights were definately the enchanted forest, revelstokes great, friendly people, hanging out with laurel & gord, watching the sunset over the ocean, eating a fresh organic peach, canoeing on the stillest lake ever, eating a gooey whole wheat cinnamon bun from snowdrift, playing with maylynn. and SOOOOO many more things....it was good. ALL good!!