Calgary part 3

We got home late this aft. Laundry is underway, the car has been emptied of all stuff, car seat cover is washed and drying, Dan vaccuumed out the remaining french fries and pretzels. As all 5 of us were going, the Highlander was roomier, but I couldn't bear to replace that new car smell (to be more exact, nasty chemical off-gassing) with the wet dog smell, the french fry smell and whatever else we could come up with collectively after living in the car for ten days. So we all packed into the RAV4, with all that we could carry and traveled about 2,000 miles, through 2 countries, 2 states, and 2 provinces. The car was not pretty upon arrival (here or there). I thought burning it might be the best bet, but Dan insisted that we could make it better. All the while (probably) gloating that it wasn't his car!

The boys LOVE snow and they love Calgary- all rules are off at Wendy & Bryan's place. I don't know why I brought 20lbs of dog food, they didn't eat much of it at all. Dan didn't want to bring them, but conceded that they LOVE vacationing at B&Ws place after seeing them there.

Ginger- ready to snap at an idiot should it be necessary.

Kat's pictures in her USA dress.

Kat and daddy.

Kat and Ginger, sharing Ginger's bed.

Our big dinner group at Spaghetti Factory on Friday night. Kat sat across from the 14 month old and they had a great time imitating one another.

The other end of the table.

Mare and Kat.

Our wildlife sighting in the Rockies. We saw elk too- but aside from them, this was it- no bears, moose, or other charismatic megafauna. Despite my best efforts.

Kat and the boys in Banff, waiting for Daddy to hunt down an unsatisfying meal at McDonalds before we headed out to Sandpoint, ID.

Kat, Bryan & Wendy, our most excellent hosts and wonderful friends in Calgary.

The Rockies. I just love driving through them.

How Kat spent the last 2 days.....most of her toys were...well, we didn't know where anything was anymore (our only space for clothes, toys, cooler, computers, etc was the seat next to Kat), except for the twizzlers. I had those handy.