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Still recovering from cold....

Had a grand weekend with son and grandson (J & J) except the little J  had an repeat of the 'flu bug that he experienced just before his visit. A good night's sleep fixed him up just in time to head home!!

We all had our first trip to Harper Mountain, a ski/snowboard/tubing destination about 45 minutes from Kamloops. 
I (obviously) didn't tube...but J & J did and DH & I took some pics. It was a totally new experience for us to watch them be pulled up the hill and then whizzing down to the bottom and then pulling the tubes over to the pulley to do it all over again. We stood until our tootsies froze then retired to the upstairs of the toasty warm lodge (with HUGE stone fireplaces) where we were able to take more pics through the window using the zoom whilst enjoying coffee and a shared cinnamon bun.

  Here is little J at the bottom after his first run.....his Dad came down shortly after so he needed some help to get out of his tube and get out of the way.....I think he really had fun though.....

 The two J's gathering up their tubes......

 ...and heading across to line up to get pulled up to the top again......

Here's one of our son (big J) halfway down the tube run. They had three runs open for a while and then closed the one he's on here because I think it was just too slow. The others were like glass, really quick, thus all the patches of material to slow the tubes down at the bottom. There were a few though that flew over the patches and ended up in a pile of hay at the end of the run.....I think some of the riders really worked at making them go faster.....

Here they are coming out of the tunnel to head back over to the pulley.....little J waving to Papa and Gramma :-)

They stopped so we could take a good pic of them.....rosy red cheeks!!! It was about minus 12 deg. C.

This was one we took with the zoom from the Lodge....little J has the striped jacket and big J. is standing behind him......they're waiting their turn on the hill!!

So all in all it was a good experience...although I think it took a lot out of our grandson....but I don't think he would have missed it for the world!!! They were on the hill for 2 hours. We ended the excursion with lunch at the White Spot and then home for a rest !!

A little while later we did a run to the train yard to show little J the trains....and then picked up some things for dinner....that pretty much did him in I think.   When we got home he curled up on the chair with his "blankie" and then with his Dad.....he was in bed very shortly thereafter....and slept like the proverbial log. The night before he awoke at 4:30am wondering why everyone else was still sleeping!!! No wonder he crashed!!!
Despite the bout of flu bug, it was a joy to have them both here. 

You just have to deal with the little bumps in the road of life......and go with the flow. That's what being a parent and a grandparent is all about ...right???

I took today off for the most part to get the final remnants of this cold out of my system and I do believe it has done the trick.!!

Slainte!!