INTERNATIONAL PEACE GARDENS 2009
Brandie Duran and I decided to take the girls on a trip up to the International Peace Garden a few weeks ago. Brandie had never been to The Garden before and I promised her a while ago that I would take her up there sometime. It was a warm day, neither of us were working, and we didn't want to sit at home, so we made a spur-0f-the-moment decision to go.
The girls watched movies on the way up while Brandie and I chatted about everything going on in our lives. It didn't take too long to get there, and the weather was georgous and HOT. Our first stop was at the Floral Clock. Brandie asked if there was a significant reason why the clock was set at 3:15. I told her it was a real working clock and that was the actual time. She didn't believe me at first, but someone from The Garden was near by and explained the clock to Brandie. After the clock, we took the US motor tour which took us through the campground, by the Masonic lodge building, and the Historic Lodge. All the buildings were open and we could go through them....we really wanted to go inside the lodge, but didn't know much time it would take, so we didn't. That will be done on the next trip up. After finishing up the US motor tour, we walked through The Garden itself. It was full of beautiful flowers and hundreds of people (International Band Camp was going on). We took a lot of pics. I was dissappointed about one thing though. They had they main water source turned off because of construction inside the park, so the huge fountain and reflection pool in the middle of the Garden were not working and filled with nasty yellow slimy brown stuff...as well as the cascading panels that flow from The Peace Towers. I want to go back up after the remodling is done so I can get pics of the huge fountain and reflection pool. After walking The Garden, we took the Canadian motor tour and then headed for home.
At the border, it had to have been check-every-damn-car day. We were told to park the car in the border garage, then they brought us inside to fill out some very minor paper work; mostly name, address, are you bringing fruit, tobaccoo, or animals across the border...that kind of stuff. Then 3 really cute border agents inspected the car. I felt sorry for the poor agent that came across the half eaten cheeseburgers from Dairy Queen in the back seat where the girls were sitting. Lord knows what else they found that was leftover from the girls many car trips. I cringe thinking about it. It wasn't too long and they sent us on our way home. We didn't get back to Leeds/York until around 7:30 pm, but we had a very fun time.
I am hoping that sometime in the future, when the girls are a bit bigger, we can go camping for a full weekend.
The girls watched movies on the way up while Brandie and I chatted about everything going on in our lives. It didn't take too long to get there, and the weather was georgous and HOT. Our first stop was at the Floral Clock. Brandie asked if there was a significant reason why the clock was set at 3:15. I told her it was a real working clock and that was the actual time. She didn't believe me at first, but someone from The Garden was near by and explained the clock to Brandie. After the clock, we took the US motor tour which took us through the campground, by the Masonic lodge building, and the Historic Lodge. All the buildings were open and we could go through them....we really wanted to go inside the lodge, but didn't know much time it would take, so we didn't. That will be done on the next trip up. After finishing up the US motor tour, we walked through The Garden itself. It was full of beautiful flowers and hundreds of people (International Band Camp was going on). We took a lot of pics. I was dissappointed about one thing though. They had they main water source turned off because of construction inside the park, so the huge fountain and reflection pool in the middle of the Garden were not working and filled with nasty yellow slimy brown stuff...as well as the cascading panels that flow from The Peace Towers. I want to go back up after the remodling is done so I can get pics of the huge fountain and reflection pool. After walking The Garden, we took the Canadian motor tour and then headed for home.
At the border, it had to have been check-every-damn-car day. We were told to park the car in the border garage, then they brought us inside to fill out some very minor paper work; mostly name, address, are you bringing fruit, tobaccoo, or animals across the border...that kind of stuff. Then 3 really cute border agents inspected the car. I felt sorry for the poor agent that came across the half eaten cheeseburgers from Dairy Queen in the back seat where the girls were sitting. Lord knows what else they found that was leftover from the girls many car trips. I cringe thinking about it. It wasn't too long and they sent us on our way home. We didn't get back to Leeds/York until around 7:30 pm, but we had a very fun time.
I am hoping that sometime in the future, when the girls are a bit bigger, we can go camping for a full weekend.
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