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Lake Louise, Banff, & Jasper

We just spent a week camping in these beautiful national parks in Alberta.  I hadn't been since I was seven years old and this was Jer's first time.  The landscape really is awesome.  We drove out via the Okanagan Valley (BC's wine country) and came straight home with a stopover in Kamploops.  We survived the cold mornings camping and were very thankful for a couple nice showers in the McLean's hotel room.  Warning...I tried to stick to the highlights but this is a long post.  It's hard to narrow down 700 pics from the week.

On the drive out we stopped where the last spike was driven to complete the trans-Canada railroad (this one's for you, Chris!)

Brrr...chilly mornings

Pancakes and eggs for breakfast

Canoeing on Lake Louise

M& S loved listening to this harpist (or the princess as Molly kept calling her) at the Fairmont Lake Louise

Lake Louise

A bike ride in Banff

Treats are always a must on vacation

Trying to get the fire going on a rainy afternoon

Peyto Lake on the drive from Banff to Jasper on the Icefields Pkwy

Going fishing at Bow Lake

Fishing at Patricia Lake

The rodeo was in town for the weekend in Jasper

Stopping to see the mountain goats

The McLeans canoeing Maligne Lake

Fishing Maligne Lake

Sawyer slept about 2 hours on that front bench

Playground at Jasper campground 

La Push, WA

We braved our way out to La Push, WA on the Olympic Penninsula last weekend for another camping trip.  It certainly was a trek out there but well worth it once we had our campsite set up only steps from the beach.  Jer got in some much missed surfing, the kids plays in the freezing water and sand, we of course ate a ton of food, and had some pretty amazing bonfires.

On the ferry ride from Coupeville to Port Townsend

Naps at the beach

Building rock towers

Cruising the campsite with Newt

An escapee!

Ice cream stop waiting for the return ferry