More Pictures at the Pools …

Wow … I am impressed with these kids jumping off ….

 into the pool below …

That is a little to high for me …

Pictures of the gorge …

and beautiful waterfalls …

Looks like a beautiful place to visit …

I am sure all of you …

slept really well that night …

Thank you for sending all these lovely photos …

To The Hot Pools ….

March 2, 2014

Knight family trip to Tolantongo in Mexico …

it appears to be a long … slow way down to the pools …

travelling on those roads …

Lots of pools and caves for them to go thru …

These pools look like a lot of fun …

sliding down then climbing up on the bank …

to go and do it all over again …

for more information on Tolantongo 

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here

more pictures to follow on their trip …

A Crafting Day …

Ella's beautiful creations of her rubber band friendship bracelets …

a single and a double single one …

looks like she was having a colourful day …

with her make-up as well … !!!

Awesome Ella … 

making this triple single bracelet …

with mom …

Grandma would like a purple one … Please …  !!!

Yeee Ha …!!!

Daigen and Kendall all dressed up …

in their country attire  …

celebrating 

Texans Day … !!!

Water … Water … Everywhere …

March 9, 2014

Due to the warmer weather … and rain …

the runoff had begun …

Wardner was under watch for flooding …

sandbags were being filled …

water was covering roadways in the area …

people out digging trenches …

diverting the flow away from their homes …

and preventing their driveways from washing out …

I had spent a few days myself …

mopping and vacuuming up water from the basement …

Most of the snow has disappeared …

hoping the rain will hold off for awhile …

to let things dry up a bit …

because this is only the beginning of the big melt … !!!

St. Paddy's Day …

Have a great day … !!!

Howdy Partners …

A fun time was had in Wardner town …

last Saturday night …

Cabin fever had gotten the best of everyone …

 it was time to get out and dance …

The response to this outing was incredible …

close to a 100 of us …'filled the room …

and 

due to it being so successful …

there will be more square dancing in the area …

Kimberly, Cranbrook, Creston and even Nelson …

My Last Day Up North …

We woke up to a cold … winter … storm … 

on my last day in Fort St. John …

We decided to just stay indoors … visiting the Casino …

then ordering Chinese food for dinner …

Leaving in the morning for home …

and the cold …

Last of the Loop …

Leaving Hudson Hope …

crossing the Peace River … getting a picture of the Peace River Dam …

 on our way to the next town …

Arriving in Chetwynd …

It was so neat to see all the carvings along

 the main streets …

lined up on the boulevards …

Amazed at the size of the lumber mill … 

no wonder there are all these wonderful art pieces around …

Next stop … or should I say drive thru … due to the frigid weather …

was Dawson Creek …

drove to the town centre to take a picture of Mile "0" 

Leaving Dawson Creek …

continuing on our way back to Fort St. John …

driving thru Taylor …

if you blinked your eyes … you could easily miss it …

It was a lovely … interesting trip … traveling in the truck … 

thank goodness for the sunshine and blue sky …

and the heaters inside the truck …

Thank you Mike for taking me on this tour …!!!

Aloha Girls…

Ella and her friends … on their last day …

 of …

Hawaiian Dancing …

Looks like they were having lots of fun … !!!

ADORABLE … !!!

Continuing On Our Travels …

Driving to Hudson Hope … small … small town … on our way up to the Bennett Dam …

Mike was kind enough to venture out in the frigid weather …

to take a couple pictures of the Dam …

This was at the Tourist Information place …

which was closed for the season …

apparently a must to go back and go thru the building ….

This is only a small display of the area …

Quite the view from the middle of the Dam …

we were able to drive across … turn around and head back …

stopping long enough to take these pictures from the truck …

We stopped in Hudson Hope in the only place for lunch …

restaurant and Pub …

a lot of history pictures of the pioneers … in there as well … 

and chatting with a few of the local residents … 

Grateful to have had a beautiful sunny day for our outing … !!!

A Close Call …

It was an interesting day … yesterday …

I had plowed all the snow away the day before …

that night it had rained … for hours …

I was to go into town for an appointment …

was a little hesitant … when I saw all the ice …

I called the neighbour next door …

and was told his wife left for work without any problems …

the main road had been grated and heavily sanded …

Well …was not a wise idea to head out …

we have a gentle slope in the driveway for the water to run off …

away from the house …

I backed out of the driveway … slowly … slightly turning …

and 

that was all it took for the car to be sliding down the slope … 

heading for the tree and ditch …

Grateful for the snow bank that was pushed there when I plowed …

Ended up salting and sanding the area … waited for the warm weather to melt it …
along with driving the tractor … scraping and hoping the chains would break it up …

I was able to drive out without any problems …

Upper driveway and parking by the shop …

driveway in front of house … downhill … to the lower part …

My Buick is now parked at the bottom of the hill beside the garage …

on the flatland …

Thankful … I was ok and no damage done to the SUV …

In The Truck …

Well … another beautiful sunny day …

we were off again … sight seeing from the truck …

it was -30 without the windchill …

travelling on Hwy 29 … along the Peace River … stopped at a lookout …

the sign indicates where the water level will be … 

flooding the whole area … beautiful farm land and all …

if the new dam is built …

we decided to drive the loop

 to Hudson Hope … Chetwynd … Dawson Creek … back to Fort St. John

Some interesting information at the look-out spot …

Fog rising off the river …

frost in the trees …

It was wonderful feeling the warmth of the sun …

thru the window …

Some pictures were taken from inside the truck …

or rolling down the window a bit …

 holding the camera at arms length … snapping the photos …

then at times stopping and jumping out …

to capture a shot …

we sure couldn't stay outside for very long …

brrrrrrr… !!!!

Hey Cowpokes …

Daigen and a his friends …

having a fun day on a school outing …

at a Western event … !!!

Out For Dinner …

Well another day of frigid weather … -35 without the wind chill …

we toured around the town and picked up a few things …

really wanted to go for a walk … but just too cold …

Plans were made to have dinner with Ramona & Glen …

she is the Safety representative on the project …

working with Mike …

We enjoyed an evening of great food and wonderful conversation …

getting to know one another …

After dinner we headed back to the hotel …

and spent some time in the Casino …

All of us were fortunate …

happy to leave with our winnings …

We had lot of fun … lots of laughter during our visit … !!!