Revelstoke, B.C. First day on the road.

A beautiful drive up the Coquihalla Highway on our way to the Seemann-Kesslar 5 year family reunion. We plan on being on the road for 3 weeks. Pretty uneventful drive other than police stopping cars for speeding in a construction zone. Fortunately we were doing the speed limit for once. 

We made it to Revelstoke for our first night out. We found a lovely little campsite on the shores of Williamson Lake and after a little wiggling we managed to get our 26 foot RV into a 20 foot campsite. Campfire, smokies and a couple glasses of the red and life is good. 😜

Yummy

Peg leg

Anything is possible

Williamson Lake. 

Deka Lake

This will be the finish to a full 2 months on the road. We meet Shannon, Brian and Ben at Todd's cabin on Deka Lake for the last few days of our vacation. Brian and Ben are here to refinish the deck and the rest of us are here to cut a slug of firewood.  Oh, and we plan on having a little R & R at the same time. The weather is beautiful. 

This is a hummingbird moth. Very interesting, we have only seen these at the lake. 

Out for a ride on the quad. 

Getting all the grass cut. 

Hauling blocks of wood. 

Together we cut, hauled, split and stacked about 2 cords of wood. 

He is in his element when he's out running the chain saw. 

Just getting started on the deck. 

The results, almost finished. 

Breeding Monarch butterflies. 

And of course, the puzzle that kept everyone busy when we weren't working. 

Buck Lake, Alberta

We have set up camp at Buck Lake campground for 3 nights. Richard is hoping to get a little fishing done with brothers Charlie and Ron who are also camped out there. It has no water or electric so we are really roughing it now. Our meals certainly don't reflect it though with chicken first night, pork loin second and baby back ribs the third. The Kesslar's know how to do it right. 

🎶Along with the sunshine, there's gotta be a little rain sometime🎶 These two are always the best equipped and that includes the bottle of homemade hooch on the table. 

Carolyn sporting her new do to celebrate school year end. Yippee!

Working on my latest "junk to masterpiece" project

Oldest Ron, youngest Charlie and middle child Richard. 

We thought brother Jim had brought a new honey with him....vavavoom!

Out for a tour on Buck Lake in Ken Holgrum's pontoon party boat. 

Last night around the fire at Buck Lake. 

Prince George, BC

The drive from Buck Lake to Prince George has been entertaining with all the wildlife we have seen along the way.  Besides what you see in pictures, we encountered black bears twice, a moose and a bunch of goats. We had to come all the way back to beautiful British Columbia for all of this!!

Mount Robson with a clear view which doesn't happen a lot. 

Here's a mama grizzly with her 1 year old twins. A little too close for comfort. 

An elk in full velvet. Could have almost petted him!

We spent part do the week at sister Judy's getting her fire pit landscaped. It was a very busy week with a couple of birthday parties and a dance recital thrown in for good measure. 

Our first hike

Sonia turned 40 and the cake you see was designed and made by my talented sister with a little help from me😄

And then Cooper turned 11. 

Miss Annie's dance recital. She absolutely loves flowers!

Before

In progress

And after!!

We managed to fit in a few beautiful hikes and then took a drive up to Ft. St. James to visit the historic fort. We have some pretty spectacular spots in our own province that we have yet to see. 

Charlie pushed his luck just once to many. 

We'd have made awesome pioneer women. 

Richard was astounded by the many furs on display at the fort. 

Happy together on a buckboard. 

Meota

We pull in to Meota Regional Park around 6:30 on Monday, June 10, 2014; we will stay here until June 16.  Ron and Shanon will arrive tomorrow and then Jim and Jan and Charlie and Carolyn will arrive on June 12, the day of Larry's 70th birthday.  We will be having a bit of a family reunion with all of the brothers gathering. As you get older you appreciate these times more and more. 

The boys at work. 

Another beautiful sunset. 

Having a treat. 

The girls having a deep conversation. 

And here's the whole gang. 

Our good OLD (70) host Larry......

And his chef extraordinaire wife Phyllis who worked tirelessly to keep all the Polacks and wives fed. 

Regina

I wasn't that pleased with this first campsite but it was certainly quiet and we slept like babies until the sun came up and blazed into the windows. We won't be staying at this campground for the time we are here as it's pretty unkempt. What a change from the nice spots we were able to find in the states. For the size of Regina, I'm amazed at the lack of campgrounds available. 

We manage to secure a spot at Sherwood Forest Country Club over in the northwest about 15 km from Regina. It's a gravel road all the way but the spot is beautiful with a "swimming pool" that is a small pond with a sandy beach all around with the water dyed an aqua colour. It looks quite tropical actually. 

Sheena will be tenting out here with us. There is so much for the little girls to do. We have brought their bikes and some crafts and bubbles. They are having a ball. The true test will be if she can get the girls to sleep as this apparently is a party spot. It's so noisy that it feels like everyone is getting drunk by our fire. 

Day 2 at the campground starts beautifully with clear blue skies. The 3 girls slept great. I think camping is agreeing with them. 

Blowing bubbles

Smelling the lilacs

Running and playing

We spend the day swimming and playing and exploring. Tonight we will be having company for dinner. My brother Terry and his companion Laurie. Ribs, pork loin, corn on the cob, salads and fruit. And then the fire; Laurie seems to be almost professional at building fires and looks like she's in her element. The little ones are loving it too and learning from the adults. 

Laurie, always with the brightest smile

Brother Terry 

This will be night 2 in the tent and there's no problem at all getting the gals to sleep. 

Throwing rocks from the bridge; how much fun is that??

On Monday Sheena and the girls head back to town for a much needed bath. We are all going to Montana's for dinner. 

We bid adieu to Sheena, Alexia and Olivia on Tuesday after lunch. Both girls stood in front of the door and said "you can't leave yet". I will miss them so much.