The Lives and Adventures of the McCune Dickerson Family

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Skaha

Up here in Canada they celebrate Thanksgiving in October, so for us Americans living up abroad that means 2 turkey dinners!  We spent thanksgiving #1, on a camping/climbing road-trip weekend with our friends the Wild-Reilly's  to Okanagan Falls Provincial Park near Pentiction BC and home of the Skaha climbing scene. 


We had beautiful fall weather, the days were sunny and warm (in the sun) and the nights were clear and cold with a -10* Celsius. We kept kiddo bundled in a snow suit during the cold mornings and evenings and she waddled around camp looking like a puffy  orange          marshmallow.  We slept warm as a family cozily in van bed while the frost coated the windows and froze our drinking water. 

The climbing was excellent.  Aurora got on her first route a slab climb on at a crag appropriately named "the daycare wall".  She didn't do much actual climbing but I was on a toprope next to her and hoisted her up as I climbed. She was totally content to be up high, checking out the rock, chewing on the rope, and hanging out in her harness.  Not bad for 17-months.  

With all of the family centered climbing/camping and cold weather it seems that the only time the camera came out was when kids were doing something cool.  Next trip we will be sure to point the lens at other interesting things.