CAMPER TRIP #1
So we took the mother ship on her 1st semi long trip and she proved to be in top notch condition (in other words she didn't break down once!) It was a 6 hour trip and a test to see if she is fit for Alaska which she passed with flying colours!
On the 1st day we drove up to Lilloit and over to Kamloops where the boys went riding - of course:) We then went to V... and stayed in a five star Walmart car park (a great parking spot with wok'box providing us unlimited internet for the night!) We then went onto tween lakes for the day where Wayne and Roxy & little Kingston meet us for the afternoon and we convoyed with them later to convention.
Salmon Arm was the convention of choice and it was awesome as convention always is. Lots of little different things naturally but the spirit was the same!
Some of the differences where - The main being that most people bring trailers so there is no mens/womens areas - Reon and I felt a bit naughty not saying goodnight to each other!
Since everyone has trailers and its so hot they all go back to there trailers to socialize so apart from in the dining shed you don't get to see a lot of others unless you're invited to there trailer.
We got a serving job and you don't just do one setting but breakfast, lunch and dinner! (Jess, I got up every morning! I might not have been awake but I was there!:0))
The food is amazing! For breakfast there was the usual porridge (it did have cranberries in it though) scrambled eggs and potato hash and at dinner there was spagetti bolegnaise with ceaser salad, chicken pasta, beef stroginoff on rice and an endless amount of pies - blueberry, apple and cinnamon, rubarb, strawberry, pecan, pumkin, fresh apricot you name it they had it! Oh and also bowls and bowls of delish cherries, I think we all put on at least a couple kgs!
They also have a thing called 'night lunch' which is like our supper. They set up a table full of food - crackers and cheese, watermelon, cherries, biscuits and muffins! We got very spoilt!

On the way home we stopped off at Kamloops and had a night with Kent and Lyndel (and another bike ride.) So we are now back "home" in Whistler back in our Lot #4 by day and at night you will find us tucked away on our little street!

Choosing photos was so hard! Hope I haven't bombarded you with to many!
Enjoy! xo


We found this random water fall flowing under the road on our way up to Lilloit.




We walked into this gorgeous lake!



Reflections in the puddle...

Stopping for a cup of coffee and tea (as you can see this was not a fast trip!)

Stopping to check out the view



Scenery shot.

A pretty Rainbow at the base of the mountains

Tween Lakes!



Kingston cleaning our camper :0)

Convoying with Wayne and Roxy to Convention

Salmon Arm!


Now these guys had a set up!

Hanging out back at the camper

Kiwi girls!

Kingston couldn't get enough of this peach I was feeding him!


'Night lunch'


Cherries!!

On our way home we went through a bit of a storm!

OUR LIFE AT THE PRESENT MOMENT IN WHISTLER....
Chilling outside the camper after a hard afternoon of mountain biking

Washing time!! Our little local laundry mat...

As you can see we don't do washing to often!

Outside while waiting for the laundry to finish this bear wondered out of the bush, crossed the road and wondered down the street without a care in the world.



After the Laundry mat Janelle and I went to the lake and dried the clothes that we couldn't put in the dryer!



Eating dinner outside trying to keep cool in the shade.

And then there where 5 in the camper!!

Introducing Priscilla to the campers number 1 meal - Pancakes!!

Mountain biking - Priscilla came mountain biking with us for the first time and had a blast - I think we got her hooked :-)

Looking back at Whistler village

At mid-station - there is another chair you can catch to the top

We went to a near by lake for a good ol' BBQ...




9ppl in to the camper!!

Our blog doesn't seem to be uploading photos at the moment but I did manage to get this cloud shot on....more to come when its working :-)

REON'S WORK...
So as you know Reon works as a lifty on Blackcomb mountain and he took the camera up one day to get some shots. There is no mountain biking on blackcomb side only Whistler side but up the top there is a snowboarding/ski park that is open until end of August. They get so much snow over winter up the top that it doesn't melt in summer so they make a park out of it and all the rich kids go into a programme called the 'camp of champions' which is kind of like a week long holiday programme where they have coaches and ski for a solid week. There are three parks up there but only one is open to the public and the other two is only for the 'camp of champions'. Blackcomb is also more of the sight seeing side so Reon loads tourists and skiers.
Anyways here are the photos!
Enjoy! xo

He starts at 7am so this shot was taken when he got to work as the sun is peaking over the hill. This is the chair that everyone catches up.

We see bears ALL the time! This one was right under the chair lift.

A mama and some cute little cubs!

A shot from the top.

Gorgeous! Even though there is snow it still gets really warm up here.

This is one of the parks up the top. Only good riders are aloud up as the parks mainly consist of big jumps, rails and boxes.

CAMPER NEWS - for anyone interested in what's been happening around here lately.

• Rene has a job in Pemberton helping build Mark and Sheryl's house (ppl we meet with.) He starts work at 7am so leaves the camper by 6.30am and doesn't get home till around 7.30pm so long days for poor Rene. He is also working in 30C+ weather!
• Reon is back on his bike with his back/rib injury semi healed
• Andrea had the first tummy bug in the camper a couple of days ago - not fun!
• Janelle has some casual cleaning work at a hotel for the time being
  
• Priscilla (Dan millers girlfriends twin sister from Aussie) is coming to stay with us on Thursday for a week
• We're going on holiday next Monday - woop woop! Not that our life at the moment isn't a holiday but we are heading to the Okanagan and then onto Salmon Arm convention
• It is a million zillion degrees here and the camper is our very own sauna.
  

Hope everyone is doing well. Keep the comments coming coz we love to hear from you :-)
xxoo

SUMMER!
I think summer may have finally arrived - well for today anyway! There isn't a cloud in the sky and it is hot hot hot!
The other day Janelle and I went to the grocery store and found this little treat! A 10lb box of strawberries for $9.90!


The best meal one could ever have - pancakes, strawberries, banana and chocolate ice-cream!

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!
It was Canada here on July 1st.Reon and I had to work but Janelle and Rene went to the local Whistler parade. There where lots of different activities and things happening all day with a fireworks display at the end of it.