On July 25 we enjoyed celebrating a special birthday with cousin Cheryl in Calgary
The next day we travelled to Sand Point, ID to celebrate the wedding of Jodi Letniak to Marvin Primero. It was a lovely lake setting and we had a wonderful time.
Murray's dad was with us & on Monday we were in Walla walla, WA. Here is Father with his sister Catherine Chinn.
Most of the Chinn clan. From L to R Steven Sankey, Clarence, Catherine, Michelle, Donna
Tuesday it was off to Welches, OR to visit another one of Father's sisters Muriel Kline. She fed us a wonderful meal & then we were off to Woodland, WA to the White House!
Father with another sister Pauline White
Pauline & Al White
Murray & cousin Terry White
Terry & Carol in front of their home. Thanks guys for your wonderful hospitality & the comfortable bed.
Cousin Barry, Riley & Haley White
Murray, & his dad with cousin David White whom we met near Boners Ferry, ID where he summers some of his bees. His base of operations is in Woodland, WA. & we were able to visit the rest of his family there.
On thursday we drove from Woodland clear across to Kalispel, Montana where we stayed with cousin Jodi, Kurt & Blake and toured Kurt's lovely Dental Office. In the morning it was off to the cottage about 35 miles away.
On the dock
The crew at the lake.
Murray's dad was with us & on Monday we were in Walla walla, WA. Here is Father with his sister Catherine Chinn.Most of the Chinn clan. From L to R Steven Sankey, Clarence, Catherine, Michelle, DonnaBack Dale, Trevor & Duane (All Chinn). Dale & Michelle hosted us for dinner & a lovely stay.
Tuesday it was off to Welches, OR to visit another one of Father's sisters Muriel Kline. She fed us a wonderful meal & then we were off to Woodland, WA to the White House!Father with another sister Pauline WhitePauline & Al WhiteMurray & cousin Terry WhiteTerry & Carol in front of their home. Thanks guys for your wonderful hospitality & the comfortable bed.
Cousin Barry, Riley & Haley WhiteMurray, & his dad with cousin David White whom we met near Boners Ferry, ID where he summers some of his bees. His base of operations is in Woodland, WA. & we were able to visit the rest of his family there.
Cousin Rick White & his secretary at his SWIVLER headquarters
On thursday we drove from Woodland clear across to Kalispel, Montana where we stayed with cousin Jodi, Kurt & Blake and toured Kurt's lovely Dental Office. In the morning it was off to the cottage about 35 miles away.On the dockThe crew at the lake. Jared, Lenore(cousin) & Gord Pattison, Father, Murray, Elaine, Kurt, Jodi & Blake Lindemann
What a whirlwind trip but how wonderful to see so much family. Thank you all for your wonderful hospitality and great food. Visiting with you all was a taste of heaven when we will all be together. Our trip went so well without so much as a rock chip in the windshield. (We won't mention the speeding ticket Murray got when we got back to Red Deer!)
We especially enjoyed the use of Donna's pool & David & Lisa's pool since the temps were in the record high range. 111' F in Woodland the day we were there.
We returned to the ranch via Great Falls on Friday night. Dropped father & our stuff off & headed to Red Deer Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoon while we were at Glennifer Lake with friends a storm passed through and below is some of the result.
At least 4 trees broke in the wind at our Red Deer farm. This one was a lovely blue spruce. Thankfully no buildings were damaged in the wind & hail there.
On the way home Sunday we saw these 2 fertilizer bins toppled in Veteran. At the ranch we had experienced wind & rain but no hail. In recent days we have received some rain so things are greening up a bit although it is too late for any harvest.
We returned to the ranch via Great Falls on Friday night. Dropped father & our stuff off & headed to Red Deer Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoon while we were at Glennifer Lake with friends a storm passed through and below is some of the result.
At least 4 trees broke in the wind at our Red Deer farm. This one was a lovely blue spruce. Thankfully no buildings were damaged in the wind & hail there.On the way home Sunday we saw these 2 fertilizer bins toppled in Veteran. At the ranch we had experienced wind & rain but no hail. In recent days we have received some rain so things are greening up a bit although it is too late for any harvest.
2 comments:
What a great trip! Wow you did cover a lot of territory and saw so many relatives! Wonderful experience! Too bad a bout the summer storm in Alberta - at least you got some rain!!
I FINALLY got around to checking your blog! Great pics - it is good to see all the familiar faces that I haven't seen in a long while.
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