Turns out a wrong turn can turn out great! After making a slight miscalculation on our road trip to Blue Rock campground, we changed course and ended up in Peter Lougheed Provincial Park (a truly spectacular part of Kananaskis). The mountains are huge and the scenery is epic.
Have canteen...ready to camp
Better test it out
Sluuuuurp
Look at that lake, Daddy!
C'mon down...the view is even better down here
Of course I have to throw a rock in this amazingly still lake
Plop
See the ripples?
Here comes MORE!
Mommy and Me
Going on a hike
Troy in his tree chair
Leading the way
Giving "motorcycle guy" a lift
Checking out all the moss and lichen
Taking a break
Daddy and Me
Stretching
Stopping to inspect the babbling brook
Back on the trail
The hike had incredible views of the lake
We should throw some rocks?!
"Motorcycle guy" went swimming
At the end of our hike
When's lunch??
Exactly what these Grizzly bears were thinking!! Yes...a Momma bear and her cub.
It was the last day of Stampede...it wasn't raining (yet)...and the admission was free...so we decided to brave the festivites - with Auntie C and Jude!
Troy all decked out in his "urban cowboy" outfit
Troy was singing some country music on the way there...
Auntie C, Jude and me...ready at the gates!
Mommy, Daddy, Jude...and me (I can't keep from looking at all the action!)
C'mon Daddy...let's go!
Troy and Daddy...going for a slide
Wheeeeeeeee
Yipppeeee...let's try another
Troy trying to reach the gas pedal on the bumper cars
Daddy will push the gas while I steer :)
Time for some Stampede fare...corn dogs and ice cream
Washed down with some lemonade
Troy and Daddy going up to have a look at the Stampede grounds