The 8th iteration of our travels to Old Macdonald's Resort near Stettler, AB.
Year 8 of Old Mac
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On our first night, we made hot dogs and Natalia made a great bacon pea salad. Henry has figured out
his favourite way to roast a hot dog and now he's a fan.
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Our campsite, set up with the bug tent, two tents (one for the boys) and our shade tent.
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Erin always makes these great craft kits, which this year were 'paint your own' gnomes.
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One of Walter's favourite things about Old Mac is the beach where he can dig for days. Here he
and Jackson are working on some kind of a moat.
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Natalia and her friend Erin about to go spend time in the floaties on the lake.
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Izzy was able to bring her friend Ava again, and they had a blast in the sand.
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Gracie hanging out on the pineapple floatie.
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The kid floaty flotilla is often a big party. The risk on this lake is that the wind picks up and
tosses the floaty across the lake, which at this spot is about 3.5km across.
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Jackson and Walter tossing balls around. We haven't put the kids into ball since they're often
busy with other sports and activities, so it was good to get some coaching at throwing balls.
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Gracie and Henry crushing goldfish on the beach.
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Having taco in a bag night We actually got Henry to try a tiny bit of this and he didn't hate it.
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One of the big attractions of Old Mac is that the kids can have a bit of autonomy due to the very
slow speeds of vehicles and the large number of kids on bikes. They use this autonomy to go to the
candy store pretty much every day and getting ridiculous sugar products that usually Dad would say no to.
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A small yellow bird that hung out with me while I had coffee in the morning.
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I think it might be a yellow warbler or it might be a female American goldfinch.
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Blaine suggested taking the boys golfing, so this was Henry and Walter's first time trying out golf.
Here's Jackson on the first tee. We mostly played from the reds, but gave the boys a chance to try
out extra shots from the yellow tees too.
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It turns out that Walter shoots left. The boys got pull carts so that they could manage their own
clubs but by the 4th hole, I was pulling two carts.
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The Alix gator was a big hit for the boys as they loved seeing this thing rip around the pond. It
was only later that they realized it wasn't real. See more on the Alix gator HERE .
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Pulling their pull carts up to the 4th hole.
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Approaching the green from the fairway on hole 8.
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Jackson found these glasses at the Alix gas station. We tried out milkshakes here too, which in spite of
large amount of love from the owner, weren't very good.
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Walter likes to motor Natalia around the lake in this floatie.
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We brought the Voyager 300, which is good for a lark. The kids would often take it out and then run
out of interest and I'd have to paddle it back in.
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Henry and Gracie on the cat floaty and Henry with his tongue out.
The Double Dime takes a tour
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This is often the big draw to Old Mac - LOTS of candy and the ability to buy products (like terrible goo)
that their parents would normally say no to.
Riding the alpine coaster
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After last year's fun time, the boys had put the Alpine Coaster in Red Deer on their summer list. Their cousins
Logan and Grace joined this time.
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Grace too - there's only one control here - GO or brake.
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Logan isn't quite big enough to go by himself. They have to remove the padding at the back to make
space for two on these carts making it a bit less comfortable for Justin.
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Our friends Jen and Crazy Carl were driving through the area and so they joined us for a ride.
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This guy is all knees on a coaster like this.
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Me and Crazy Carl on the alpine coaster.
Crazy Carl riding the alpine coaster
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Since it was so hot at Canyon, we elected to have an AC and DQ break instead. Here Henry and Grace wound
up with blizzards.
