O Canada

A few Highlights from our trip to Canada

This is the city of NELSON
where my Dad served part of his mission
over 44 years ago.
It is nestled between mountains
and surrounds this gorgeous, very long lake.

It is also the place where my oldest got to attend
his very first Priesthood Session of Conference;
with his Papa, in the place his Papa had served his mission
so many years before.
Pretty cool.

Another favorite city we visited was WHITE ROCK.
It is near the border and sits on the coast
where when you go out to the beach and look over the bay
you can see Vancouver to the north
and the State of Washington to the south.

Here the kids got to explore outside the car.

We went through Banff National Park
and drove between lots of TALL mountain ranges
and even saw a few glaciers.

And the kids were HAPPY to see
that even in Canada there was McD's.

In Vancouver we...

took a beautiful scenic drive up to Whistler Mountain,

tried to get in to see a few of the Olympic Venues
but we were denied because they were ALL shut down,

walked around Stanley Park
where we found this familiar sight and got rained on,

and attended the open house of the new Vancouver Temple

that was built in Langley.

This is the monument we saw at the border heading back into the US.
Engraved on this side was,
"Brethren.Dwelling.Together.In.Unity"
and on the other side it said,
"Children.Of.A.Common.Mother"
Love that saying.

On the way home we stayed in Seattle.
First time I had been there.
We went to Pikes Place Fish Market.
They sold fresh fish there of course
but also fresh flowers and all sorts of other crafty things.


Despite the Hours and Hours of driving,
it was interesting to travel to where I had never been before
and to see the different cities where my Dad
had spent two years of his life serving the Lord.

When I asked the kids what their favorite part of the trip was
guess what they said...

Yep, it was the water slides at the Hotels we stayed in.