Sept, 14th to 17th

Ah more days with very few notes in my journal, we are busy reorganizing the fifth wheel for travel, Woody washed all the windows, and then dug the storm windows out, and I washed them. We of course had some unexpected but not unwelcome company before the storm windows were installed, so we quickly moved the windows to our bed so we had room to visit. After the company left, we completed the windows and Woody started cleaning up the campground for winter. The new campsite site posts still need to be put in place, tables picked up, tractors cleaned up, greased oiled, etc. and stored for winter. We decided to leave the boat stored safely here and also Woody’s bike, I do not ride so doubt he will ride by himself while we are in AZ. Woody is also preparing to head up to Smoky Lake for the weekend to hunt with his buddy Fred; it has been an annual get together/hunt for a few years now.

Oreo and Cookie are becoming quite the buddies; it is surprising just how quickly they are bonding. We took Cookie outside for her first lesson on the leash, she did pretty good, only decided to fight with the leash once, but quit quickly when she realized she was not going to win. Most of the time she picked the leash up in her mouth and walked, too cute. That is one area where she is better than Oreo was as a puppy, Oreo was more determined to go her way or no way.

My goal was just getting her used to having a leash attached to her collar, we were not trying to do any really proper leash training.

The only picture Woody got with us walking toward him, you can see the leash is in her mouth.

Daughter Deb, drove up from Kelowna, BC to visit her daughter in Lake Louise, Alberta so I am adding a couple of pictures from her trip.

Deb and Jen enjoyed a horseback ride together, Deb had her first horse at age 14 and she worked to pay the board for her horse.

Jen and Deb's friend Lorraine from Texas. Lorraine just happened to be in Alberta and made the trip to the mountains to spend some time with Deb, awesome eh!

Moraine Lake at the foot of the Valley of Ten Peaks in Banff National Park

Jen at Lake Agnes, which is up behind Lake Louise in Banff National Park, used to cross country ski on Lake Agnes after hiking up the trail to it when we lived in Calgary, awesome little lake.