After two weeks of full-speed adventures and minimal sleep, exhaustion finally caught up with us today. We embraced a much-needed, very slow start to the morning, completely leaning in to an 11:00 a.m.…
After yesterday’s epic adventures, we were all desperately hoping to sleep in. However, our past selves had other plans: a 9:30 a.m.…
We treated today as a bonus day! Despite the lingering clouds, a bit of wildfire smoke, and rivers running muddy from recent extreme rain, we made the most of it.…
Since it was supposed to pour rain all day, we decided to make today a chore day. Rob took some work calls while Kelly and the boys headed into town to visit the laundromat.…
We rolled the dice and it paid off. The Banff Gondola has a deal where kids go free (normally $60 each) if you go in the first two hours (between 8 and 10 a.m.).…
Today ended up being a bit more relaxed than we originally planned. The full day was intended to be up hiking at the top of the Meadows in the Sky Parkway, but unfortunately the snow pack is still too low so the road is only open halfway.…
Today Rob and Kelly celebrated their 18 year wedding anniversary. Spoiler alert: it started with Tim Horton’s donuts and ended with bagged salad and Coors Light at a rest area for dinner.…
Journey Behind the Falls was our first stop of the day, where we met up with another baseball family who had already explored the area yesterday.…
Turns out, if you leave a huge mess from the night before, it takes a while to actually get moving the next morning.…
Kelly collects the national park tokens at each of our stops. Getting this one (Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore) was more of an adventure than most.…