Wednesday we packed up camp and headed to Landon's. On our way there from our campsite, we saw another black bear. This time we were able to pull over safely and take a picture.
Landon was done with his final day early (they weren't really working, just doing evaluations) so we loaded up the cars and headed towards Lethbridge.
Waterton was an amazing place. We loved our week there. It was beautiful, peaceful, fun, and relaxing. We want to go back and visit again sometime.
Two of my favorite views. The first one is that spot on Waterton Lake that Landon took us to on our first full day there.
The second is the view from the entrance of our campground. I really liked this mountain. I took some pictures of it from Red Rock Canyon too, but this one with the creek is my favorite.
On the way to Lethbridge, we stopped in Cardston. We went by the temple and took a few moments to take some pictures and let Cadi look around. The last time Ryan and I were there was right before we were married, 9 years ago. It was neat to be there again. We had hoped to go do a session with Landon during this trip, but it didn't work out. Next time.
When we got to Lethbridge, we stopped by where Landon's mom was staying. She has been having back problems and so is temporarily staying at a Lodge in Lethbridge while receiving treatments daily. She had been holding Landon's keys, cell phone, laptop, etc while he was in Waterton. Once we got his stuff, plans changed a little. Landon's car refused to start again. The guys worked on it for awhile, but couldn't get it to go. We did some juggling, got our stuff to Landon's, went back to get the stuff from his car to take back to Landon's, and still managed to make it back to his mom to take her out to eat.
I had been wanting to meet Landon's mom for a long time. I LOVE her! First of all, she is very pretty and has a great smile. Even though she was in terrible pain, she never let it show. Instead she smiled, laughed and made us feel very comfortable. She is great!
After eating, we headed back to Landon's house. We were all beat. We tried to stay up and watch the Fellowship of the Ring, but we barely got through the first disc! We ended up falling asleep on the couches. lol
Thursday was fun! The original plan had been for us to go home that morning so Landon could do some job hunting. But now with his car not working, that wasn't going to happen anyway. Landon's grandma was making arrangements to have the car towed to a garage, so in the meantime we stuck around for an extra day to play.
We spent all afternoon at the community center in the pool. It was great fun! This pool was so cool - they had a ball hanging from a rope to swing out over the water on and there was a jungle gym/rope climb/monkey bars thing that you could do over the water. They had a slide too, but it was closed while the monkey bar thing was out. Plus there was a kiddie pool in the same room that had lots of toys and a slide of it's own. Cadi spent most of her time there while we played in the big pool. But sometimes she came out with us too.
Oh, and there was a hot tub too. That was really relaxing, especially after we had been playing for awhile. While we were in the hot tub, discussing weight loss goals (lol), we decided that on the way home we should pick up donuts and the fixings for ice cream sundaes. After all, we are on vacation!
With all that sugar in us, it was easier to stay up late this time. We watched Two Towers and then Ryan played Halo 2 while Landon and I watched. I don't even know how late it was when we went to bed - LATE.
Today stinks! (Friday, September 2) Today we go home.
We have had such a great trip. We hate to leave. I have loved this time with Landon, I have loved being here in Canada, I have loved being here with my family, we had a great time and I just hate to see it end. But it is better to leave when things are great then to wear out your welcome and leave when everyone's tired of each other.
(later)
Well, today didn't stink too bad. lol
We dropped off Landon at his car before we headed out of town. But there ended up being a problem and they weren't going to get it towed afterall, at least not to where it needed to go. Ryan had suggested trying to pop the clutch earlier, but they never tried it because they decided to just let it get towed. Now it seemed like a good idea, so Ryan jumped in the car, Landon pushed him a little, they popped the clutch and it worked.
To make a long story short, we're still here. They now know that the problem is definitely the starter and Ryan offered to change it for Landon instead of having a shop do it for alot more $. They took the bad one out and went looking at U-Pull-It places for a replacement. No luck, so tomorrow they will buy a new one and Ryan will put it in.
And THEN we will go. lol
Pretty soon we will NEED to go. Cadi starts school in 4 days! Wow, I can't believe that. So IF something goes wrong... AGAIN, we HAVE to leave by Monday! But I really think tomorrow will be it.
I think it was Friday that we took these pictures while playing at the park. It was either Friday or Thursday. Check it out!
So, the saga continues... You can see all the pictures from our trip here.
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