Boston - Day 4

Not much to report today as it was a travel day home. Both Kev and I were ready to get home and see the family. We didn't have any plans for the morning so we had a leisurely breakfast and then took the subway to the airport. It was so easy to use the mass transport and we were getting a pretty good understanding of the layout. The security in Boston was different, with a small security gate just for Air Canada and not much for amenities on the...

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Boston - Day 3

We woke early to say goodbye to Steve as he departed for home around 5AM. After getting some more sleep we headed out to do a couple of tours. First up was the Samual Adams Brewery. A quick subway ride put us at the brewery where we learned a lot about the consumption of beverage. Not wanting to miss the Fenway tour we headed to the park. We ate lunch across from Fenway and made the tour on time. It was an informative tour where we got to see...

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Boston - Day 2

Rain, rain, rain. We started the day with quite the downpour as we headed to Fenway. We weren't optimistic about the game being played as the game yesterday was rained out and a double header was planned for today. Since we weren't experts and didn't know how things would play out we were off to see the game. We arrived about 2.5hr before game, with the gates opening 2hr before the game. So it off to the pub "Game On" at Fenway for a bit. ...

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Boston - Day 1

With a 4AM departure from Lethbridge, I of course slept in! Steve arrived on time and I flew into my clothed. Luckily he went and picked up Kev so I had time to get ready. The drive to Calgary was the norm as we solved all the worlds problems in our eyes. Now all we have to do is convince the spouses to buy property in Kalispell! The airport went smoothly and we arrived in Ottawa for our connecting flight. Steve was sitting on his own as he...

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British Invasion

We returned from our 3 week trip across Western USA and BC to find friends from London in town.  They were visiting family and were nice enough to come over for a few "play dates".  They too have a couple of boys that are on either side of Logan and he enjoyed having them around.  Watching the three of them play together without yelling, fighting, hitting or crying was a pleasant surprize and one that I'll take.  We managed to...

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Whitefish - the return

We packed up and started the drive back to the border. Considering it was only a 2hr drive, we were enjoying the shorter distances. We hit Columbia Falls for beverages for home, which reminded me of an earlier incidence. In whitefish I got ID'd at the restaurant. Then the same thing happened in Columbia Falls! What an ego boost! With a stop in West Glacier for lunch, we headed to East Glacier for the night, with a visit to the property. We...

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Whitefish Again

Well after a week at home with our British Invasion (I'll post later), we decided that this might be our last holiday together before school starts. We packed up in the morning and were on the road by 2. Much like our last trip we were headed to Whitefish for day 1, except this time things went much better. Rather than puke going over Logans Pass, we decided to acclimatized and hiked the hidden lake viewpoint trail at the summit. Plenty of parking...

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Day 18

Last Day! Who knew that vacations were part fun, part endurance trial, part stress test and part experiment? Kudos to our parents for doing this with more than 2 kids! With stuff starting to fall out the windows and Evan down to 1 diaper we head to Calgary. Breakfast had the Husky's Restaurant was suprizingly peaceful with Logan demonstrating his prowess at eating. The boy is demonstrating some amazing Iwaasa talents these days. It was nice...

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Day 17

Day 17. Really? 17 days on the road with this crew? Perhaps that explains the edgy feeling everyone is experiencing. Even Evan sounds like he's loosing it a times. I think he's learned how to do random screams on this trip. He's now quite good at it! We were up and on the road by 10 and off to Revelstoke to visit with July. A poor continental breakfast at the motel, a huge lineup at Tim Horton's and a McDonalds so full in Revelstoke that...

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Day 16

Considering the fact that this is the longest we've been away from home in 5 years, I'm amazed Dora is still talking to me. 2 kids, 1 dog, a typical male and a truck packed to the nuts with nothing in the same spot as when we left should have put her in the crazy house awhile ago! I think we might have a chance at this camping with kids thing! After getting the OK on the truck this morning we started the long road home. Dora went for a run this...

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Day 15

We woke up to a beautiful morning, the perfect temperature. I was defeated by my bladder and was out of the tent before everyone was fully awake. It was nice to get breakfast started in the morning calm. We contemplated what time we should get to the ferry and felt 30min ahead would be best. Sure enough we were running late. We had 15min instead, but literally ended up driving straight onto the ferry! Finally some luck. This luck however was...

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