July-Aug 2007...Vacation time!

To start the summer, Dawson was back to Camp QE for July (turns out to be ALL summer- but that's another story), then Oliv and Ian to camp as well. Shel and I flew out of Detroit to Victoria the same day for a wonderful "west-coast" visit. A little more cloud and rain than I remember from past visits- bad weather coming in from Asia apparently. It was great to see the sights- Bear Mountain, Titanic Exhibition, coffees out...
The view from Don's window at work of dowtown Vancouver is amazing- I don't know how he gets any work done (?)


When we left Victoria bright and early a week later, it was off to Vegas.











It was extremely HOT, but I loved the heat- much like a sauna from the time we landed. It was over a 100 degrees a number of times. There was lots to see- shopping and restaurants under every casino and hotel on the strip, one of the best restaurants I've ever eaten in (Rosemary's), Cirque's Zumanity (for those over 18..), and there was even gambling. They say Elvis is dead, but I'm told there are ghosts, and every now and then...


When we got home again it was time to pick up the kids- minus Dawson who called at the last minute to say he was hired on in the kitchen at the camp for the remainder of the summer! We miss him a lot, but are very proud of him.
Shortly after I went with Ian and Oliv to Ottawa for the week. We stayed with John and Caroline, and while Liv was at ringette camp all day for five, Ian and I went white water rafting on the Ottawa, cycling, a round of golf, visited Bonchere caves- you know...roughing it. Leaving Ottawa we met with Shelah at Camp Big Canoe to meet with friends for Patti and Dougs 26th.
So now it's that "catching up" time, hurryingly (is that a real word?) before school and fall catch up with us.
TTFN. G