Since being back in Canada our adventures have not ended. Admittedly, we haven't been taking as many photos or writing as many blog posts, but there are still a few things we want to share. It has been amazing to spend so much time with family while we continue to explore new corners of the world - the ones right next door from home.
After our Yukon time we bought a Nissan Cube (long story) and drove down to Vancouver to meet up with Kim, Nate and Harrison! The drive down was quiet and lovely. We stopped at the Liard Hot Springs for a night to soak up the volcanic waters. The fall colours were intense and we were lucky enough to spot a moose in the swamp beside the board walk to the hot spring. Please enjoy a few photos from the rest of our drive.
The Drive from Whitehorse to Vancouver
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Visit with The Auch's
We arrived in Vancouver just a few hours before Kim, Nate and Harrison's plane landed. Somehow we packed in our things to live off of for the next 6 months, all of Kim, Nate and Harrison's stuff, and all 5 of us in the car, including Harrison's car seat, and headed off in the Cube to Mount Baker, Washington for a week of fun. We spent most days hiking around and seeing the sights in the area, and one day we drove down to the coast, Bellingham, to see the Pacific Ocean.
For our second week together, we headed back to Vancouver. While we were somewhat limited in our activity choices, it actually turned out that most places are equally fun for adults as they are for two-year-olds! The Science Center was interactive and interesting, the Aquarium was mesmerizing (and ok, maybe a little difficult for me to comprehend) and Stanley Park was awesome.
For our second week together, we headed back to Vancouver. While we were somewhat limited in our activity choices, it actually turned out that most places are equally fun for adults as they are for two-year-olds! The Science Center was interactive and interesting, the Aquarium was mesmerizing (and ok, maybe a little difficult for me to comprehend) and Stanley Park was awesome.
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Visit with The Hamilton's
After the Auch family flew away Andrew and I hopped back in our now very spacious Cube and headed east to Vernon to see my Grandparents, Gerri and Garry Hamilton. We were excited to bet greeted also by Pat and Russ (Grandma Gerri's brother), who's place we stayed at when we passed through Prince George a few weeks earlier. In fact, the next day we found out that Leslie, a great cousin who we had met at our wedding a year earlier in Ontario was in town visiting her dad, my Great Uncle Jack, who I haven't seen in years! It was quite the reunion. What was initially intended to be a few days visit turned into a week before we felt the pressure to move on and get to Nelson BC before the start of my Yoga teacher training.
We're feeling pretty lucky to have been able to spend so much time with family these last few months. We have missed you all and had been looking forward to this for a long time!
It has been quite a shift from the backpacking lifestyle that we've so readily adopted over the last year. The comforts of familiar faces, comfortable mattresses, delicious home cooking, and having our own wheels has been such a refreshing contrast (not that backpacking is that difficult, but certain comforts are just not there). But the journey is far from over. Maybe its just begun...
Beans,
-Chelsea
It has been quite a shift from the backpacking lifestyle that we've so readily adopted over the last year. The comforts of familiar faces, comfortable mattresses, delicious home cooking, and having our own wheels has been such a refreshing contrast (not that backpacking is that difficult, but certain comforts are just not there). But the journey is far from over. Maybe its just begun...
Beans,
-Chelsea
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