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Cold Lake - The Perfect Wind-down.

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We had planned on staying somewhere along Slave Lake on our way before stopping in Cold Lake, but the weather was promising torrential downpours and not wanting to deal with that, we headed to Whitecourt and stayed in a cozy hotel. After getting all cleaned up there, we got to Cold Lake in the middle of the afternoon and proceeded to have a very relaxed visit with Suzanne and Etienne. We ordered pizza the first night and played "Ticket To Ride." I had the best sleep of our entire journey that first night. The second night, Etienne fried up fish and cooked potatoes for us on the BBQ. Before that, we had a relaxing day ending up at Clark's on the lake for ice-cream. Suzanne put major smiles on both the kids' faces when she decided to a little housecleaning. Kaitlynn inherited a big collection of Stephen King novels and Jared received an NES and N64 - vintage gold! Both kiddos were (and still are) extremely grateful and pleased with their gifts. Jared got the NES wo...

Lloydminster/Cold Lake 2018

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There is not one picture from Lloyd here. I barely touched my phone while visiting which I suppose is a good thing, but I wish I had snapped a few photos. These are in no particular order... Re-learning to knit. It's always exciting to see the boats! The Marina beach. Jared spent a lot of time on his scooter on our trip and is now paying for it with a sore foot! Ticket to Ride, Suzanne's favourite. Beantrees Ice cream at the beach. Zip-lining on the beach. Jared was the only brave one. Kaitlynn was chasing these guys all over the beach. The Wednesday Regatta Bibeau Park Huge woodpeckers! Early morning walk. Harvested some broccoli on the day we returned. And a pumpkin! I continue to work on my knitting.