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January 11, 2011

When you can't get chicken feet...

January 11, 2011/ Kevin Kubota
Then definitely order the spicy frog
legs. Ken and I tried them, and even convinced Beth to down one. I have video to prove it. It was quite tasty.

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We went to school today! No really, we parents were treated to fascinating talks and sample classes with the teachers at Quest University in Squamish, BC, where Nikko is attending. It was annual “Family Day” and It was so cool to get to experience the types of learning environments and mentors that they experience - and why Nikko loves it here so much. It made us appreciate the kind of learning that is possible when teachers are engaged and excited and students are respected and treated as sources of knowledge as much as hungry minds to be fed. Clare also wants to assure everyone that she is not pregnant, just wearing Nikko’s big jacket 😝
Word. We, just by the chance of a last second spontaneous, “turn in here!”, happened on Concrete, WA. It reminded us how important it is to withhold judgement. We saw the giant concrete silo “welcoming” you to town. It is ominous and gloomy. Almost Orwellian in feel. We immediately said, “yuck!” and wanted nothing more to do with this place. Fortunately we made a split-second decision to drive through the Main Street of this town of 700ish people. I felt the call to pull in to this bakery, and it just so happened to be a completely gluten-free place full of delicious goodies! We ended up hanging out and chatting with owners, employees, and customers for quite some time and our hearts were opened to Concrete! We learned about the important history of the concrete industry that started the town and met a young man (one of the owners) that was born and raised here and had an incredibly wise and deep appreciation for his place in this magnificent part of the country. We also had amazing baked goods and coffee! We felt blessed to have been led to this stop!
So we’re hiking through the Kootenai forest in Montana and I see this thing in the woods and Leo starts acting weird and I grabbed a quick photo and then it was gone. Not sure what it was?? #sasquatch #bigfoot #furryfriends
A grizzly, a waterfall coming out of the mountain, and wind like crazy! A beautiful day in Glacier Nat Park.
We love pulling over by river beds where we can walk through the tumbled rocks and find treasures. I love the colors of all these rocks and Leo just loves ANY place to jump in the water. Just outside Glacier National Park.
We saw the most unusual tree while out hiking in the Waterton Peace Park.
Highlights from our day. See, not every day is full of incredible hikes and magical views. We DID, however see the worlds largest truck and a deer wandered in to our camp while we were having a cocktail in the rain under our RV awning. It doesn’t take much to make us happy 😍🌈
We absolutely fell in love with this mountain pass! The fresh dusting of snow and sprinkling of fall colors was just glorious!
On the road. Making our way from beautiful Kananaskis to Waterton, in Canada.
Afternoon hike to Wedge Pond, somewhere in Kananaskis Canada. Funny story, we pulled in to this big beautiful campground and it was mostly empty cause we’re in a less touristy part of the region and it’s nearing end of the season. So, we had our pick of hundreds of sites. We drove through the entire place, “testing” each spot to see how it feels and ensuring we had a great view through our bedroom window in the morning. After much deliberation we pull in to the perfect spot and there is a huge pile of fresh bear poop right in it! There are warning signs everywhere about a bear in the area and we’re thinking, “great, he’s marked his territory and we are consciously choosing to park in it.” We deliberate again and finally decide to find a park maintenance person, and we were laughing so hard we couldn’t even get the question out! “There’s fresh bear poop in our camp”. Without hesitation she says, “No worries, I’ll come clean it up”. Still laughing we say, “No! We don’t care about the mess, we just want to know if camping right there is a BAD idea!” She laughed with us now, “That black bear has crapped in almost every site in this place! I’ve been following it around for weeks. Look at it this way, bears don’t poop where they eat, right?” We laughed and felt some relief. Ok, we’re staying then.
So we found a local photographer and found out where a great “secret” spot would be to get sunrise of the Three Sisters here in Canmore, Canada. We also have The Three Sisters range in Bend, so we felt the sisterly love. We hiked to this spot just before sunrise and there was already a gaggle of photographers waiting with tripods planted! Fortunately there was room for all to enjoy this beautiful morning light while listening to elk call to each other across the meadow. #sharethelove

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