With the wildfire smoke still quite thick in Kamloops, we opted to forego our planned activities and hit the road a day early, setting our sights on Hope.…
We woke up and savored our last glimpse of the wonderful lake view before hitting the road. The kids know Rob’s weakness all too well, so once again, we kickstarted our travel day with a round of Tim Hortons donuts and a much-needed coffee for the driver.…
We decided to embrace a “local” kind of day today to recharge. We kicked off the morning with some energetic pickleball at the community park, took a quick detour to check out another stunning waterfall, and then headed up to the local ski hill to play a few holes of disc golf.…
Motivated by the promise of even more Tim Hortons donuts from Rob, everyone was incredibly focused and helped get us back on the road in record time this morning.…
Yikes, it was incredibly windy last night! After two consecutive nights of minimal sleep, we were beyond thankful that today’s itinerary only called for a breezy 1.5-hour drive.…
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.…
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.…
It was expected to be a wet couple of days coming up, so we decided to strategically swap our plans for the next two days.…
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.).…