Lately at the lake...

Lilies at the cottage...

More extras!

The boys wanted a picture in front of the Guy Fieri sign from Diners Drive Inns and Dives... this was at the end of Day 11:  

His spaghetti with a HUGE meatball!

Our tasty pizzas!

Here is us eating dinner with my sister and family at our beach house after a nice beach day together, on Day 12!

Some extras from the trip

I'm finally somewhere with Internet.... As I said i a previous post, all of those posts from the trip were done between my phone pics and a Blogger app on my phone, with my thumbs!

So!  That meant I couldn't put up pics from my actual camera, and also the app doesn't seem to allow uploading videos!

Here is that walk through the tiger area at the Safari Park that I spoke of on Day 11 of the trip  (click here to see what I'm talking about):

SO COOL!!

Here is the kayaking day (from Day 13... click here if you want to see that day):

On the other side of the surf!  They have someone help push you over the waves by the shore while you paddle really hard... then it's just gently rolling...

My kayak buddy:

Our tour guide said this was a beach house used by Dr. Seuss!!  So cool!  The white one in the centre of the photo... Dr. Seuss' actual house is on top of a hill in the distance...

One of the caves!  We went into one which was really cool!  Just enter La Jolla Caves into Google Images, because I didn't want us to be knocked up against the sides taking pictures that someone else has probably taken... and if you go look now, you can see I was right!  Plenty of shots, and I have no scrapes on my knuckles from trying to do it myself! 

My little kayak partner enjoying the sea lions!

My littler dude picking up some sea kelp as we learn about how it works!  That big bulb thing keeps it floating near the surface so it gets sunlight!  Way to go nature!  Pretty smart!

Fun!  And off for a fantastic lunch!

Lovely day today (again)

A beautiful day at the beach today again! 

The boys had swimming in the morning; so we all went down as Kurt is still here... Then off to the bakery and playing in the park while visiting our friends... 

Today the water was calm, so perfect for my kayak... Went out over towards Elk Island, but didn't get much past the pump house because in always thinking that is going to be a 2 hour round trip... And I line hanging out on the beach with my family too!

A nice visit on the beach with our friends... Then a nice dinner after which we rode down to the pier:

It was beautiful!

First they jumped off one side:

Then after trying the side with the sun, the older boy decided that side was warmer... Certainly pretty:

Then the Moonlight Inn for ice cream!

They will sleep well tonight!

Weekend

Time to pick some Saskatoons for jam :-)

Building a mega sandcastle with friends:

Watching the sunset:

Evening swim

We had such a nice visit with friends from Calgary yesterday... We walked them out to their car and then I surprised the boys by having their towels with me so we could go for a fantastic evening swim:

It was so calm and refreshing... Good way to settle down for the evening :-)

Back at the beach

We came home, spent a day getting ready to come down to the lake... Then we got up, packed and went to Booster Juice with our reusable cups on the way:

And off to the beach! We went to hang out on the beach with friends that afternoon. Here are some random beach shots from the first few days... From 3 different beaches:

Connaught:

King Edward:

Sandy Bay:

King Edward again:

A lovely couple I know spent years creating this amazing book about the history of Victoria Beach... Here it is:

http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/9780993648700/gregory-thomas/100-summers-lake-winnipeg#.U89AKXi9LCQ

I read it with my morning coffee... So interesting!

Getting into the routine here... Swimming lessons, beach time, VB club events...

I'm still so tired from the trip... I didn't sleep well there... It was super comfortable, but I was just antsy about what we were doing each day, and the endless walking caused joint problems while I was there... I just am thankful for these online yoga videos with this incredible teacher, Jason Crandell:

http://www.yogaglo.com/teacher-44-Jason-Crandell.html

I was doing them while I was in California, sometimes without watching the video because I know some of the sequences... He was actually in San Diego while we were there so I could have gone to a real class... But I decided to just do tourist things and just keep enjoying these excellent videos!

Off to do one now, to help me sleep...

Every wave....

This is on the wall in this lovely beach house... Something to think about and carry around with us...

Good bye...

Good bye play structure, and shaved iced place...

Good bye pier...

Good bye surfers...

Good bye, brown pelicans:

Good bye, tree, at our beach stairs...

And hello to our beach again...