Camping in Waterton

We finally made it to Waterton Tuesday afternoon.  But I have to say that we had lots of fun Monday just hanging out as a family, Spence took us to Five Guys Burger and Fries.... and I LOVED it.  We spent the evening with the Wallaces at the library playing Jungle Jeopardy and had some DQ.  Fun times.
Waterton was beautiful, I love the mountains, but the idea of camping in the townsite was a drawback at first.  I did feel safer with so many camper around, and the showers were nice and clean.  We were really close to my sister's campsite which made it easier for our kids to run back and forth between the trailers.  I think I have a few highlights of the week:
1.  Kayaking for the first time in Cameron Lake, I attempted to cross the lake, made it about 7/8 of the way then turned back.  I felt bad for using up so much time on the kayak.  My abs were pretty sore the next day, but it was worth it.

2.  Spencer pulled Kali and my nephew down from Cameron Lake on the bike trailer, 16 km (almost 10 miles)  I drove behind them with my hazards on.  They loved it, the trailer has them facing out the back so I could watch them the whole way, they snacked, sang, talked and laughed.
3. Wieners of Waterton a great place for a good wiener, smokie, and sweet potato fries.  I had a smokie with the special sauce, cheese sauce, crushed chips and a pickle, it was awesome, although I think I enjoyed the fries the best with the southwest dipping sauce.
4. Hanging out with my sister and her husband.  We had fun staying up and talking, they have some pretty crazy stories.

 This is Spencer Kayaking down the Cameron falls creek.  People were lining the creek to watch him, it did look kinda crazy to see him put the kayak over the fence and into the water.

Friday morning was our planned departure, but I've now noticed a trend in our departures.  Spencer noticed a slow leak, then found a wire sticking in or out, not sure, of one of the wheels in the tent trailer.  He decided to change it to the spare, which actually didn't look much better.  After an hour, at least, we got on our way, saw a mother bear and her cubs and made it to Raymond, AB for the next hiccup in our trip.  Things happen in threes??  You betcha.  We were driving through some construction and over and bump in the road when our "good" tire fell off.  It could have been worse I suppose.  Throughout all my complaining Spencer found a parts store, bought new nuts and dust cap, and fixed the problem and had us on our way.  I won't mention that he had an impression a couple hours before to check that tire.  We were actually on our way to Elkwater for our ward campout, it's about 50 minutes SE of Medicine Hat.  We had fun at the ward camp, we visited with friends, got to know some people better, ate more hotdogs, hiked, geocached, it was great!! I hope it can happen every year.

I'm so glad to be home in my own bed.  I love summer and having lazy days.  I'm looking forward to some sweet times with Kali before she starts grade one.