Summer over here in Canada has been all go. Within 3 days of Jacqui arriving back from Australia we were on the road again, family included. We had Hillary(shauns sis), Helge, Ange (Jacs sis) and Mic visiting so we took them for a tickey tour around the rockies. Although it seemed like it was summer in Vancouver - it was not the case in the rockies, we had more snow than anticipated. But all in all it was an awesome trip and was great to be hanging out with the family....
Shaun Hills and Helge at the top of the chief - Squamish
Ange and Jacs Melinge Lake, Jasper - not quite thawed!
The Crew so excited about sunshine and Mt Robson!
Of Course we had to get them out on some whitewater action. This picture is now the face of Fraser River Rafting! what an action shot!
Within a week or two of saying farewell to the sisters we anticipated the arrival of Jacquis mum and stepdad...round 2.
Continuing on a simlar journey through the rockies we also went to the Calgary stampede. Yehaww what an event that was. We pulled out our western attire and tried to fit in...
Canada Day - Proud!
All dressed up and ready to rodeo
Cuckwagon races
Mandatory jumping shot
We then had a bit of time back at work with a mixture of Vancouver and Vancouver Island Locations. Shaun then got assigned some work in the Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii) in northern BC for 3 weeks. So we jumped in the company jeep and drove north for 2 days, through the haze of the forest fires and into sandfly / mosquito territory.
A small piece of evidence of bug action...
Jacs planning our route
There's heap's of totem poles on the islands. We hired some sea kayaks for a day and found this one.
Good views all round
Apparently it's crab season up here. We found this (undersized) one while kayaking and didn't keep it. A couple of days later we went out 'crabbing' for real. Evidence of that is below, unsuccessful on the crab front though
Mid-day, mid kayaking rest stop on a secluded beach
Some pretty cool rainforest up here
Jacs got creative and made some bannana bread
It wouldn't be a rugged coastline without a few good shipwreck's I suppose
This lake is just down the road from where Shauns staying / working.
We finished off the trip by going to a local music festival, awesome music, food and people...what more could you ask for?
