Canada Part 2

That was getting to be a long post, so I thought I'd break it up. The day after we went to Banff, my cousin Traci and her family took us on another adventure. We went to dinner at the home of some friends of theirs, who live on a little farm outside Lacombe. They had lots of fun animals to play with.


After dinner, we rode "quads" (4-wheelers) a few miles down the road to a gorgeous lake where we were able to canoe around and see even more wildlife. We came really close to two big pelicans, and we saw tons of beavers swimming around in the water. We got out and hiked around at this little cave, and then rode our quads back to the house, where we got to try Saskatoon pie (a type of berry found in Canada).


We also got to hang out with Traci's adorable kids:

Madison


Hailee and Payton

The next day we went to the West Edmonton mall. Alberta happens to have one of the biggest malls in the world, and it's only about an hour away from my aunt's house. It's actually pretty crazy and maybe an interesting commentary on Western consumerism, but somehow they managed to fit hundreds of stores, a waterpark, a full amusement park complete with roller coaster, an ice rink, water/animal shows, and lots more into this mall.




I'm not going to say it wasn't fun! We were able to stop and do a session at the Edmonton Temple on the way back too, which was really nice. It was fun to see one of the smaller temples, and I actually got to meet the temple president!

It was a great trip.