The Great Canadian Roadtrip of 2013!

And we're off!

About 30 seconds after we realized we were in BC, this happened.
BC is certainly living up to my expectations at this point.

Rogers Pass in the rain!!

Armstrong with Albert!

Steph had seen a sign a few km before this that read: "Don't follow GPS routes as roads have changed."
As you can see, the GPS doesn't think we're on the road, but we most definitely ARE still on the road.

We saw someone transporting a missile!
BC sure is a weird place.

And a hovercraft lane?!
Kelowna is AWESOME!!

Butt Road. I couldn't resist.
It should also be mentioned that at this point in our trip,
both of us were fairly loopy so giggles were abundant from Kelowna to Princeton.

Then suddenly, everything disappeared right outside of Kelowna!
I'm glad Amber wasn't there, too. We never would have made it out alive!

PRINCETON. PRAISE THE LORD!

Our first morning at The Retirement Home (as I call it) aka RockRidge Canyon,
Steph and I drank free lattes while reading on a beach in front of a lake and a mountain.
"Life sure is sweet this morning." was a common phrase in my head.

So this is the top of their zip line, and the end is at the other side of the lake.

...I walked back down the hill.

The next day, Jasper (suspended closest to me in the picture)
and Steph (the other one just "hanging out") went zip lining.
(Is zip lining even a word?)

This was the morning Emily told me that when she looked at the mountains,
she pictured me running through the mist, hair flying, with a bow and arrow chasing a white stag.
Um, thanks?

As Steph and I knew we were staying in the room that was set to be Emily's for the next year,
we decided to leave a few surprises around for her to find after we left.
There is a little green army man on each of the blades of this fan.

"Wait, what? WHY DID WE TAKE THE LONG WAY AROUND?!"
The story behind this one is that at Camp Evergreen, River's Edge Bible Camp is just down the road from us,
and this River's Edge is just outside of Princeton, and right across the street from Evergreen Motel... in BC.

This is a Frosty Nipple. Jasper and Em are trying to make it a "thing."

The trip home was still rainy, but much prettier!

"BC is such a weird place... putting up signs telling people where the fields are? Geeze."
It's actually a town called Field. Still weird.

Bye bye, mountains!

Aaaaand cue Alberta Bound by Paul Brandt.
("...and I'll be Alberta bound until I die.")
I love this place almost as much as I love Jesus.
Yup.

God is good. All the time. God is good.