Marmot Basin

Cora and Leah did a lot of skiing at Marmot Basin last year.  They had wanted us to come up and ski with them.  It is a 7+ hour drive and so we weren't really keen, but Dave does love skiing with his family.  And this year since we are trying new places, we decided to go.  We booked hotel rooms in Hinton Friday night.  Cora, Ammon and Leah meet us there after they were finished work. Dave and I picked Blake up from school and left then.  It was a long drive, Blake had some homework, we listened to some Dateline.  Stopped for dinner and arrived only an hour or so ahead of the kids. We had brought games to play, but just ended up chatting until it was time for bed. Next morning we had breakfast and the skiers all hit the road.   They had a grand time.  Dave kept saying how fun it was to have all the kids together.  Ammon just gets right in and skies, not afraid of anything.  Cora took most of the pictures for me, so she didn't get in many.  I am very thankful that she took them. I love that Leah still needs Dave's help to get her boots on.  She can do it by herself when he is not there, but I love that she still needs her dad.  And they are tough, I used to wear them and they are tight, especially trying to bend with her knee braces. 

Love my skiers.

After they left, I did some crosswords and ate my breakfast.  Next I went for a long walk.  There was a place called the Beaver Boardwalk about 2 km away from the hotel.  I walked to it and was very excited to walk the other 2 k around the boardwalk.  Turns out it was not a round walk, it had lots of connecting boardwalks, many different places.  With a few dams in the middle.  There was a lot of construction being done on it, so I had a lot of back tracking.  At one point it went up through the trees and there was a notice for bears.  Well, if you know me, you know I have a deep fear of bears on walks.  I turned right around and hi -tailed it out of there and back to my hotel.

I think it would be really neat all fixed and in the summer.  And with someone so I don't get attacked :) I then read and prepared my seminary lesson. When the crew got back they packed up their car and we all went to Boston Pizza for dinner.  The Edmonton kids then headed home.  We had a good night sleep.  Breakfast and watched church online.  Check out time was same time as church was over.  We got all ready to go so we could walk out as soon as Amen was said. We then started the long journey home.  It was a fun weekend.  Blake and Dave enjoyed skiing a new hill and being all together. Beautiful sunset on the way home. We were all so tired when we arrived back home, but worth it.