Camping Trip

My mom and I left for Clearwater, British Columbia, at 5 am. Thursday morning. It was so early that it took my mom a long time to get me out of bed. I was sleepy and quiet most of the morning. I don't generally sleep while traveling in the car. By the afternoon, I was so tired that I was giggly. After 9 hours of driving, we arrived at our destination. My mom checked into a motel and started to unload the car. I refused to stay in the room and got back into the car. A 9-hour drive was not long enough for me! Shortly afterwards, Emily, Peter and Adelaide arrived.



We visited three waterfalls in Wells Gray Provincial Park the next day - the Helmcken Falls, Dawson Falls and Spahat Falls. The Helmcken Falls is very pretty and it is considered as the Park's main tourist draw. Due to my love for water, I enjoyed watching the rushing water and listening to the roaring sounds. Sometimes I refused to leave the area. While on the trails, I walked slowly or came to a complete stop due to distractions by my surroundings. My mom engaged me in a game of hide and seek by getting behind a tree. I had a lot of fun running toward the tree to find her. That was very effective in getting me to go from point A to point B.

We came across three bears in different locations of the park. My mom, Emily and Peter were happy to be able to see them in such close proximity. We were in our car, of course. Otherwise, the encounter would not be described as "happy".

In order to expose me to a new experience (tenting), we checked into a camp site on Saturday. I have camped many times before in our van. However, the last time I slept in a tent was when I was 2-year-old.

My mom and I slept in a big tent with a fly over it. I called out, "mommy" and pointed to the top of the tent. A big bug (an inch long) got trapped between the tent and the fly. I laughed out loud as I watched the bug flew back and forth frantically. That kept me entertained for a long time before I fell asleep.

It started to rain at dawn and I was probably waken up by the sound of raindrops on our tent. My mom noticed that I was staring at the top of the tent. She asked me, "What do you see?" I said, "滴滴" (meaning drip, drip). I love water and I thought it was so funny having water dripping onto our bed. We planned to camp for 2 nights, but the rain cut our stay short and we came home on Sunday.