My Summer 2022 Local Alberta Travels

Hello and welcome back to this week’s blog! Today, I’m going to tell you what I did last summer and all the places I visited with my family. Sometimes it’s cool to visit places in and around close to where you are from. You never know what hidden gems you may find.

In my case, most of these places I had visited in prior years, so I kind of knew what I was getting into. The summer of 2022 was probably the most we’ve ever travelled in one season before. We usually take only one or two trips every summer, sometimes including the local fair, which is called K-Days here.

Generally, when we go camping, we stick to the hottest months of the year, generally July and August. Our weather here is generally hot and dry in summer, but there are times when we get some pretty good storms. Also, it’s difficult for us as a family to know ahead of time when we can plan a trip. My husband works out of town, and sometimes his schedule changes. With the camping system (Alberta/Canada Parks), it’s easiest to book ahead online so you can get the time and campground that you want. Albertans are crazy, and since the system has opened up to year round booking, people are booking their trips for the next year already.

Our first trip was on the Canada Day long weekend, July 1st. We went to a campground that is super close to our city of Edmonton. It’s called Miquelon Lake Campground. In recent years, the lake had dried up due to the hot weather and not enough rain. The water is no longer safe to go into (as are most lakes…