5th Annual Oliver Trip

Its crazy to think that this was our fifth year to Lakeside Resort on Tuc-El-Nuit lake; probably Chelsey's 15th time or more when you consider she went as a kid too. This continues to be our favorite vacation every year because the kids have tonnes of fun, the parents relax, Chelsey gets her wine tours and I get a few bike rides...Lets not forget Tickleberries too!

Not as many pictures this go around as you have all seen them before but a few highlights from this year...

1. Our crew of families doubled from 2 to 4
2. It was our first Oliver trip in the trailer; as much as we loved the cabanas its nice having the trailer and its a/c!
3. On one of our bike rides Loren and I encountered some wild horses. As we are "city" boys we had no idea whether they were dangerous or not and spent a good 10 minutes in a stare down with what we believed was the "boss" horse. That same trip we also encountered some cows on the road (one of them had scary horns) and I saw a bear.
4. We got to eat our first bear in the form of pepperoni thanks to the Jones'; it was not the same bear we saw while riding.
5. Dave and I took the biggest crew ever Geocaching - 10 kids all on bikes! The Woods crew found our 200th Geocache that day.
6. It poured rain on the drive out and it was our first time there without 100% perfect weather. We had a few windy days, but no real rain. It was still good weather just not what we are used to.
7. For the sand castle competition this year we built a...wait for it...Sand Castle! We still didn't win. I probably spent a good 4 or 5 hours on the bugger giving it some detail and we still failed. Oh well!

Enjoy the pictures! Some were taken with my phone so the quality may be off.