Christmas 2016

On December 21st we flew out of Kelowna to Calgary.  Steven picked us up from the airport in Calgary.  We stayed with Steven and Nancy, and had a wonderful Christmas with Steven, Nancy and the boys, and Alyssa and the girls!!  We wanted to do more outdoor activities but a snow storm blew in.  We spent Christmas eve day with Alyssa and the girls.  We opened presents with them, then Christmas eve night we were all at Steven and Nancy's.  The girls and Alyssa opened gifts with them as the girls were going to their dad's and spending Christmas day with him.  Christmas morning was very exciting with the boy's.  I love the energy and excitement!!  On boxing day Alyssa did my hair as I am not going to see her for 4 months.  I am really going to need one when we get back!  On the 27th we all went to Banff to take the kids tobogganing.  We had a lot of fun!!  We were going to go in the hot pool, but it was too busy!!  Steven, Nancy and the boys went home.  Alyssa, Doug, the girls and I walked around Banff then went for dinner to Melissa's Missteak.  We had an excellent day!! Alyssa dropped us off at Leon and Cindy's as we were leaving in the morning to go back to Osoyoos. We wanted to leave by at least 10AM but Leon and Cindy had issues getting the car hooked up on the hitch behind the Motorhome. We ended up going into Cochrane to the hitch place.  They got it hooked up quickly, Leon and Cindy were doing it wrong, the instructions were not very clear!!  We finally got on the road at 2pm!  We got as far as Revelstoke and stayed in the rest area for the night.  The roads were not good and it was snowing like crazy!!  Leon was quite stressed driving in that, especially when it got dark.  The next morning it was still snowing quite heavy, but easier going in the daylight.  We stopped in Sicamous for breakfast.  The rest of the way the roads were clear and dry!  It was nice to get back and sleep in our bed again.  January the 4th we will leave and make our way to the Baja!!  I am so excited for our winter adventures!!