We decided to do a last minute trip to Elkwater to get the last of the season of biking
before the snow happened and slowed us down again this fall. We didn't get a chance to ride here
this year, so we wanted to rectify that.
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First, a shot of Henry and his besty Evan playing at Evan's dad Dean's house and them finding a frog.
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The boys took a rain day to Activate with their friends Rhys and Grayson - here are the results.
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I took my cousin's wife Leah for a bike ride to the Mount. Here she is on Sunterra Trail 1.
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Top of T-Dub. For the record, this is slightly above my grade with loose gravel and STEEP lines,
but it's still cool to push yourself a bit and see what the tougher kids ride.
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Henry in the frunk as we test drive Ford Lightnings.
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A good reminder to check a cabin before fully unloading all of your gear. This little guy was in
cabin 316, so we moved to 317. House mouse is correct.
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We had a gorgeous afternoon when we arrived so we went for a quick ride along the beach to see what was
going on. For the record, fall in Elkwater is a bit cooler, but is also gorgeous and full of
great colours and far fewer people than the summer.
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No one on the beach - a note that they still had the swimmer's itch posting up.
Natalia trying out the pump track at Elkwater
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We went for a morning ride over to the ski hill side and Walter had no problem riding over there,
again, once I remembered to get him talking about video games first.
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The boys riding through the fall colours.
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As we make the turn along Ruttentuke to the Sorry climb. Again, no problem at all for an 8-year old
to make his way up this trail. And Sorry is a comfortable grade that I didn't have to tow-whee him
to get up. He chose to bail at the half-way point to ride Bunny Hug for a couple of laps,
which was great to have that option.
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Now that Mom has a dropper post, she did great as well on the up AND down, when she remembers to
use her dropper!
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Natalia and Walter at the start of Sorry.
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The boys always love a good game of mini-golf, and the park provides!
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Riding along the boardwalk back to Town.
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Playing bocce at the field where Grandma G once played three-legged races and gunny sack races years ago.
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Can you tell Walter loves Fanta orange pop??
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I got to take an adult ride while the boys swam at the pool and burned off the last of their energy.
The top of the ski hill is cool at Hidden Valley.
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A cool ski bench at the top of the hill.
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It turns out that winter happens FAST on the prairies - here are our bikes before we left Elkwater
with a sizeable storm that blew in overnight.
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And the boys building a sledding hill on our step as we got home.
