Upon our return from Motion Notion, we did laundry, re-packed, bought groceries and headed out yet again on another mini-vacation.
The plan was to meet The Parentau's, the Allen's, and Tracy at Dinosaur Provincial Park - 3 hours SE from Calgary.
We got a frantic phone call from Ursula around noon saying 'STOP! don't come here!'. They had just spent 6 hours driving there to find out 10 days prior there was a flash flood which invoked a mosquito infestation! She said there was no point in even trying to combat them - they were terribly bitin in the little time they were outside their truck.
Lucky for all us Calgarians, we hadn't left the city yet. We decided to head to Drumheller instead. Albert's Cousin who was en route to dino prov park found a great site, the Bleriot Ferry Provincial Recreation Area . Right beside that little ferry in drum.
I have memories of that little ferry as my dad always took us camping in the drum area. So it was really cool getting to experience that with Quinn.
I have memories of that little ferry as my dad always took us camping in the drum area. So it was really cool getting to experience that with Quinn.
We arrived around 4pm & set up camp. At MoNo we liked Karen & Davids sun shelter so much, we decided to buy ourselves one. And boy was it needed! The sun was blaring hot! We decided not to put the Fly on our tent ~ this would keep it cooler and have more air flowing through... We are in the desert - no need for the fly... right?
By dinner time, Karen, David, Justin, Tracy (and her puppies) arrived and were all set up. The beginning to another fabulous weekend.
Saturday, the whole day, was spent down by/in the river. It was so warm! The current was very minimal which made it a wonderful watery playground for the kids. They were able to run up shore and float down to where we were. Super cool!
In the early evening, us ladies decided to go for a skinny dip - LOL, frolicking river nymphs, we had lots of fun. Funniest part was when a mom, dad & teen boy came to look at the river - ha ha ha - luckily we were pretty far away, but close enough to know we were bare!
Saturday night we had some Martini's.... and boy was I ever done in! I doesn't help that I was drinking all day in the sun... I was mentally and physically spent and went to sleep.... (er... passed out?)...
I awoke to a sprinkling of water of my face... What the.... then the sprinkles turned in to drops - and the drops turned into torrential downpour and a wicked wicked thunder storm! Holy smokes! We don't have the fly on! Lair and I sprang into action - half naked ran out and un-pegged the sun shelter and moved it over our tent (not an easy task for 2 people!), probably took us 10 minutes, and in that time there were puddles of water on our air mattress :( and puddles on the tent floor. All our stuff was wet. Luckily we had extra blankets in the van as it had been so hot we didn't need them all. So cold, wet & shivering, Lair & I laid and wondered if our tent would fly away, or if there would be a flash flood... man the thunder was loud and lightning bright!
What an ordeal (and I was pretty hung over!). . . So, a very valuable lesson was learned.... always put on your tent fly!
On sunday, tracy, Karen, David & Justin packed up. Us & The Parentaus were staying one more night. Luckily it was warm enough all day to dry out all our wet stuff!
Sunday afternoon we headed over to the Tyrell Museum. I haven't been there since it opened. It was very impressive. Quinn is still a little young, but he did very well. I look forward to taking him there when he's older and has more interest.
Monday we all packed up. before we parted ways, we went to the Go-Cart track =) Super fun! I haven't been in probably 15 years. I love it! They had double carts, so we were able to take the kids. I took Quinn for 5 laps, then switched with Lair and he went for 5 laps. Quinn seemed to have a great time, but by the time he & Lair were done he kept saying 'I'm dizzy'; so I'm thinking he got a little go-cart sick? Luckily he didn't puke or anything!
Sunday afternoon we headed over to the Tyrell Museum. I haven't been there since it opened. It was very impressive. Quinn is still a little young, but he did very well. I look forward to taking him there when he's older and has more interest.
Monday we all packed up. before we parted ways, we went to the Go-Cart track =) Super fun! I haven't been in probably 15 years. I love it! They had double carts, so we were able to take the kids. I took Quinn for 5 laps, then switched with Lair and he went for 5 laps. Quinn seemed to have a great time, but by the time he & Lair were done he kept saying 'I'm dizzy'; so I'm thinking he got a little go-cart sick? Luckily he didn't puke or anything!
Mini-vacation #2 a great success! (even with the crazy wet storm).
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It was too bad about Dinosaur Park but Drumheller KICKED ASS!!! So much fun had by all, definitely need to do it again next year.
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