Friday, 23 June 2017
Edmonton Alberta to Ontario!
Sunday, 18 June 2017
Jasper B.C
We got to Jasper and checked out the town and the shops. The next day we went on a hike and we found a hole bunch of cool rocks at a river that is in the camp site that we are staying in. When we got back from the hike we showed Mackenzie and she wanted to go back and look for some. The next day Mackenzie and my mom went back to look for some more rocks. Later we went to another hiking spot, and on the way we saw a black bear that was walking on the side of the road right beside us, well we were in jasper we saw about 5 black bears that were walking beside the road were we were driving. When we got to the hiking spot there were misquotes swarming the car, nobody wanted to get out so we did't go on the hike. On the way back we saw the black bear again. When it got dark we had to go to bed early because we had to wake up at nine to drive to a Glacier that we got to walk on. The bus that took us up had huge tires and at one point when we were in the bus driving to the glacier we went down a really steep hill, when we got to the top it was awesome and there was Glacier water that we filled up our water bottles with. After we saw the glacier we went to the sky walk that was also there it was so cool because it was all made out of glass and you could see all the mountains from were you were standing.




Tuesday, 13 June 2017
Marc's house in Terrace, BC
After we left Roger's Roost, we arrived at a campground a days drive away from my dad's friend Marc's house. At the campground we celebrated Mackenzie's birthday. Our dad made an amazing dinner of Greek salad and chicken. For desert, we had lemon meringue pie and ice cream. We downloaded the new move Beauty and the Beast to watch, but when we tried to start it, it would not play! When we got to Marc's house, we were parking the bus and we scraped the road so much with the trailer hitch that it teared it up. When we got there, Marc's kids, Keagan, Kaitlyn,Sidney and Madison showed us around their house and we showed them the bus. Keagan went to a concert and he played the ukulele and Madison had to babysit. While they were at the concert and babysitting, Sidney, Katelyn, Ben, Mackenzie, Megan and Owen had a water gun fight and the girls had the hose which was not fair (according to the boys). The next day that we were there, the kids got to skip school but the night before we stayed up so late that everyone woke up around noon. On the weekend, there is always a market, so we all went there to go see the stands. On the ride there, all the kids were telling us about the tornado potatoes that are usually there, but we didn't see them. Later that day, we went to Prince Rupert. At Prince Rupert, we went to a Sea Festival and the tornado potato truck was there, but the line was too big so we didn't get one. On Sunday all the kids, my dad and Marc played street hockey. The girls were against the boys, plus my dad, on the girls team. The game went on for around two hours, and at the start the boys were winning, but the the girls caught up to them, and at the end it was nine-nine, and the winning goal went to ... the girls! later we went to a beach but when we got there there as so many mosquitoes that we were all so itchy after. Before we went to bed, the kids planned to wake up at five in the morning because we had to leave the next day. So we did all end up waking up at five in the morning, and we went in the hot tub for a little bit then after watched a movie, then we went up for breakfast, and we did this all before the other kids had to go to school. A bit after, we left and arrived at Red Ceder campground in Prince George.
Sunday, 4 June 2017
rout 99
Monday, 29 May 2017
Tofino
Last weekend we went yo a small town on the Pacific ocean called Tofino. The cottage we were staying in was super nice, there was a hot tub on the deck, were you saw all the waves splash of the rocks from th ocean. The first day we got there we went down to an awesome white sandy beach. On the beach there was crabs, star fish in the rocks, sea erchents, and fish eggs that got washed up on the shore. The next day we we went to town, looked at some stores, and rented surf gear, for surfing we went to a beach called cocks bay. Every person who went surfing wore a wet suit because the ocean was so cold. On Monday we cleaned up the cottage we were staying in. On our way back to the campsite we went to a taco truck called "Tacofino" and went on a hike in the rainforest.





Saturday, 13 May 2017
This week in Cumberland
Five days ago Ben, my dad, Oban, tunta sa, and I went mountain biking for about an hour and a half. we were on the logging roads and at the top of the hill there was a bulldozer that was blocking the trail. So we had to go through a river and over a a dirt pile. then we started biking for a wile longer and we got to a trail called the crafty bunch . then we were biking for a while longer and got to the house .
On Sunday all the parents went to a hotel in Courtney for the night. before the parents left around lunch time we all got a jumbo freeze. It was a nice and sunny day so we went on a walk through a trial in the forest and played at the park. we it started to get dark we watched a movie called Brother Bear. The next day Alex and Oban didn't have to go to school, so me and Alex did some sewing and the boys went to the park. that day when the parents came back they had to go to work.
On Tuesday My mom and Owen were cleaning the car. at 11:00 I went to baby sit a baby named Mealeyn. when I was baby sitting the lady who i was babysitting for had to go to an appointment and do some arens so I was in charge of watching Mealey.
On Wednesday our dad went back to Toronto for work so me (Owen) and Ben were at the bus by ourselves. when me and Ben were at the bus Mackenzie was getting a massage by tenta sa. so me and Ben biked to tunta sa and uncle Jamies house and we made up a dance and went to Costco. At Costco they had a whole bunch of taste testers for different things, our favorite one was the chocolate covered blueberries.
On Thursday I (Megan) went to baby sitting again for a few hours, well the lady I was babysitting for cleaned her house. When I got back I waited for my mom to come and pick me up. When she came she brought Owen with her. We then went and picked up Alex from school. When it was dark we watched a movie at the bus called the amazing Spider man.
On Friday we went on a hike in the forest at our camp ground. while we were walking I (Owen) put my hand on a slug that was supper big. Ben and Mackenzie left early to go canoeing. when they left my mom and i kept walking and we saw a small water fall witch was cool.when we got back my mom ben and Mackenzie went canoeing again.
Today mom went to go pick up my dad from the air port, well me(Megan) and my siblings cleaned up the bus so it would look nice when they came back. After we cleaned up we all did our on thing until my parents came back. later my mom and dad went on a canoe ride, we all stayed at the bus because Alex and Oban were coming. when they got here we went to the park and played outside.
Wednesday, 3 May 2017
Crabbing at Fanny Bay Pier, Collecting Drift Wood at Goose Spit, Canoeing at Cumberland Lake Park, Shopping in Nanimo
Crabbing
When we went crabbing, the boy,s my dad, Uncle Jamie, and Tante Sacha all went on the dock and put down the crab net and waited to pull it up when a crab went on it. We had 3 crab traps and some fishing rods. Alex(our cousin), Mackenzie, my mom, and Megan went on the beach that is there. While we were down on the beach the tide was going out and the beach was getting bigger. when we walked along the edges we found a whole bunch of starfish that were alive and in the sand since the tide was going out. Alex and Megan collected all of them and put them back in the water but around two minutes later the tide went out even more so they were out of the water again so we moved them all once again and kept doing that but every time the tide went out even more starfish were out of the water so eventually we got bored of doing that so we stared digging up clams that were in the sand. While we were digging up claims, my mom found a big crab that was crawling along the beach so we caught it and brought it over to the boys who were on the dock. The boys caught a hole bunch of crabs but only 8 were big enough to eat in total. Megan was the first one to catch a crab with a plastic bag on shore. The rest of the crabs that were big enough to eat were caught with the crab traps. We had crabs, muscles, clams, tuna and salad for dinner.
by Megan and Owen
The Goose Spit
On a nice sunny day we all went to the spit which is almost like a small island but is still attached by a little bit to the main land, and that also had a beach that went all around it. As we walked we saw so much drift wood washed up on the beach and a lot of shells. A quarter of the way through some of us had to leave so it ended up just being my mom, Mackenzie, Alex and I (Megan). Around half way through we stopped at a cool little sun fort that someone made out of drift wood and things that they found on the beach. At the end we all ended up having a huge arm full of drift wood in our hands.
Going to Costco, Canoeing and Camping
Yesterday just our family went to Costco, when we got there all the kids went to the food area a got a whole bunch of samples. Mom and I (Owen) went canoeing in Cumberland Lake. We are camping there right on the lake now. We are still really close to our cousins so they come after school for dinner and to play. Ben has been volunteering at Cumberland School and Cumberland Lake Park so he can get his volunteer hours for high school.
Nanimo,BC
Today we went to Nanimo and went to a store called Cabela's which is like an outdoor store. The boys both got some weapons, Ben got a bebe gun type thing and Owen got two knifes and a hatchet. I also got some new very comfortable summer shoes. My dad got a fishing license so we can go fishing. Our cousins came over. We went canoeing again and had fish and chips for dinner that we cooked outside.
Monday, 24 April 2017
Alex's Birthday!,Cumberland, BC, Horn Lake Caves
by Owen
Wednesday, 19 April 2017
Victoria, BC,Cumberland BC, Campbell River BC, Courtenay BC
We got to our cousins house late at night when they were sleeping. As we were talking my little cousin (Alex) woke up and we all started playing together and didn't go to bed until about two in the morning. The next day we woke up and my other cousin (Oban) was surprised that we were there so early because he thought we we were coming later that night. We got to look around the town and see the different shops. On Easter long weekend, we and my aunt, uncle, and cousins went to a hotel in Victoria for 3 nights. Oban had a soccer tournament on the Saturday and Sunday. We walked all over town by the inner harbour for the days that we were there. We walked through the narrowest public access way in all of Canada; it was in China town. It was so cool -- you could do the Spiderman crawl up between the too walls. China town was really neat. We took a boat tour and learned about the area, like hobos take over abandoned boats and live in them for free in the best part of the city. My brother thought that was so cool and wanted to do that. My mom and dad and aunt and uncle went to an Indian restaurant with a bunch of my aunt and uncle's friends, and then they went to the Empress for some drinks. On Easter all the Easter eggs were hidden in the hotel rooms. We also each found a chocolate bunny. My mom and aunt went with some friends to ariel yoga which they thought was cool. We did a lot of swimming in the pool. We also went to Beacon Park and held some goats and pet some chickens.
Yesterday, Owen and I went with our cousin Oban on his class field trip to Campbell River Museum. My mom was one of the drivers. We learned how the native people made their paints out of oker (red), charcoal (black), and sea shells (white), and that they made it waterproof by crushing it with salmon eggs. We got to make our own paint and make a style of painting using the traditional techniques of different tribes. Also, 150 years ago, the native people made their clothes out of cedar inner bark strips and weaved them together. It was also my mom's birthday yesterday, so we all walked over to the best bakery in Cumberland where they have the best donuts and we all got a huge apple fritter. My dad took her out to a nice restaurant called the Old House in Courtenay. They had seafood.
All of us kids are working on different things to make for selling at the Cumberland market. I am knitting different things like wallets and a little dog, and the boys are carving wood.
All of us kids are working on different things to make for selling at the Cumberland market. I am knitting different things like wallets and a little dog, and the boys are carving wood.
Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Golden/Kamloops B.C
We did a lot of fun things this past week, we got some good powder in kicking horse for the days we went skiing. One day my mom, my brother and I pulled out an old paddle boat out of the water, and then fixed it up a little bit so we were able to ride it in the pond that was there. Later in the week we ended up playing with a boy who lived around the campsite, We played grounders at the park that is there and a bunch of different games. Mackenzie and dad went back to Fernie in the car for Mackenzie to be in a movie as one of the extra skiers. On the last day we were in Golden the whole family all walked down to the pond and played in the water with the paddle boat. the next day we were in the road again heading for Kamloops. we ended up parking in a Walmart parking lot in Kamloops and went to a lot of the stores that were there as my dad did some things for work. This morning the whole family went into First Choice hair cutters and all got a hair cut.





Wednesday, 5 April 2017
Golden, Hanging out in the trailer
April 5 2017
Today my parents and my brother went skiing at Kicking Horse. Well me, my brother and sister
stayed at the camp ground in the trailer because we had to bring the bus into the shop AGAIN! this time in was because the tires weren't filling up with air.
Today my parents and my brother went skiing at Kicking Horse. Well me, my brother and sister
stayed at the camp ground in the trailer because we had to bring the bus into the shop AGAIN! this time in was because the tires weren't filling up with air.
Next Camp Ground in Golden
April, 4 2017
Today we left to a nicer camp ground in Golden. When we got there me and the boys played outside at the park that is there. Later that night we made a fire out of dead twigs, sticks and branches that we found around the area in the trees. When I was looking for wood in the trees I found this odd thing that kind of looked like a walking stick.
Today we left to a nicer camp ground in Golden. When we got there me and the boys played outside at the park that is there. Later that night we made a fire out of dead twigs, sticks and branches that we found around the area in the trees. When I was looking for wood in the trees I found this odd thing that kind of looked like a walking stick.
Golden
April, 3 2017
Toady at the campground that we are staying at me and the boys went into the forest and made a little fort out of fallen twigs and branches. we also made some little chairs and dry gas. later we went into town and looked around at all the little shops.
Toady at the campground that we are staying at me and the boys went into the forest and made a little fort out of fallen twigs and branches. we also made some little chairs and dry gas. later we went into town and looked around at all the little shops.
skiing at kicking horse
April, 2, 2017
Today we went skiing at kicking horse and it is beautiful there. When you got to the the top you were surrounded by like hundreds of mountains. For lunch we ate at the highest restaurant in Canada! it is on the top of one of the mountains at kicking horse. The hills are so long and smooth, and there was even powder at the top.
Today we went skiing at kicking horse and it is beautiful there. When you got to the the top you were surrounded by like hundreds of mountains. For lunch we ate at the highest restaurant in Canada! it is on the top of one of the mountains at kicking horse. The hills are so long and smooth, and there was even powder at the top.
Hot springs
April, 1, 2017
Today we started driving to a town called "Golden" witch is the town that is right beside a ski hill called "Kicking Horse". we stopped at a gas station to fill up with gas, and there is a little shop that is running the gas station ,and they had two goats in a really big fenced in area, and they would try and follow you if you feed them. Also along the way we stopped at some hot springs for a break, It is really big in the hot springs pool, they said that all the water is from the mountains and that they don't have to heat it if anything they have to cool it sometimes. Across from the hot spring pool on the other side of the road, there are the real hot spring witch is little pools of hot water in the rocks that was made by the first nations. There is also an old little rock house thing that there are tubs carved out of rock with warm water in it that the first nations also made from a long time ago.
Today we started driving to a town called "Golden" witch is the town that is right beside a ski hill called "Kicking Horse". we stopped at a gas station to fill up with gas, and there is a little shop that is running the gas station ,and they had two goats in a really big fenced in area, and they would try and follow you if you feed them. Also along the way we stopped at some hot springs for a break, It is really big in the hot springs pool, they said that all the water is from the mountains and that they don't have to heat it if anything they have to cool it sometimes. Across from the hot spring pool on the other side of the road, there are the real hot spring witch is little pools of hot water in the rocks that was made by the first nations. There is also an old little rock house thing that there are tubs carved out of rock with warm water in it that the first nations also made from a long time ago.
Friday, 31 March 2017
Level 1 Ski Instructor!
Yesterday Mackenzie just got her certification as a Level 1 Ski Instructor! She has been getting tested for the past few days. Today she is taking a ski course to get some credits toward the next level. It's a nice sunny day for skiing today. This is also our last day here in Fernie. Tomorrow we are going up to Kicking Horse Ski Resort which is about 4 hours away.
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Fernie
We just found out that Mackenzie is picked to be an extra in a Liam Neeson movie called Hard Powder. They are filming the movie here in Fernie. She gets to be a skier in it and even gets paid two hundred dollars a day! It has been raining here, but apparently there was soft powder today at the top of the mountain. I haven't gone skiing for a little while cause I don't like skiing in the rain, but the rest of my family has gone out a few times. The boys also have made a potato pistol out of tubes and a barbeque sparker.
Megan
Thursday, 23 March 2017
past few week in fernie
This is us on the mountain.

In this picture we are standing on the roof of the
car to get the snow off that was piling up on the trailer. This is my brother with his
potato cannon. The potato goes
across the parking lot.
Today, Mackenzie, Ben, Owen, and my mom went skiing today. The bottom part of the hills were slushy, but higher up the conditions were good.
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
Cranbrook
Two days ago, we went to Cranbrook to do the laundry and go swimming. We went swimming first, but the pool really sucked. The hot tub was pretty cold and the wave pool was closed, and we didn't stay there for long. Then we did the laundry. As we were driving back to Flow, we stopped at the Fernie mountain fountain, and filled up our water bottles with fresh mountain water. When we got back to Flow, our generator wouldn't work, so we didn't have heat that night.The next day we took Flow to the RV mechanics to see about fixing the generator. It is working now sort of, but we are waiting for some parts for it. It was raining yesterday. We did lots of school work.
it is also raining today.


it is also raining today.
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