Mitch wanted a Father’s Day that was quiet and without kids, so Matt and I took the boys on the #goeastofedmonton roadtrip to #coldlake for the day 🌊 🏖 🪣 ☀️☀️ #alberta #roadtrip #dayatthebeach #polyfamily #fathersday #goroadtrips2021 ...

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okay, YUM (read further for my combination I got!) I need to tell you guys about locoburrofreshmexican in Vegreville (yes, I went to vegreville 😂, I’ve been wanting to see the world’s largest egg for a LONG time).

I had to snap quick photos because I was too hungry! This is a local restaurant with the sweetest family I met!
There’s four steps:
1) choose your vessel (burrito, burrito bowl, 3 soft tacos, quesadillas) and then they’ll get you to select black or brown beans
2) choose your filling
3) choose your sauce (you can get more than one Omgosh, they organize it by spiciness levels too!)
4) your toppings and other sauces!!

Their ingredients is just nice and fresh! You don’t see lettuce with browning on the edges etc that looks like it’s been out for a while. The salsas and sauces are just so yummy and they don’t charge another dollar extra just for once more squeeze of sauce. And did you see the SCOOP of guacamole I had?

Anyways! Encourage you guys to support this local place if you ever find yourself out here hehe 😉. Here’s what I got:

Burrito bowl: (they put rice at the bottom, black beans, pulled pork (it’s their homemade recipe) AND battered cod (extra cost for adding extra meat FYI), roasted corn, mango salsa, and chipotle chili, sour cream, lettuce, cheese, guacamole, lime, and Jalapeño slices!

Okay, please note, I did go a little too much on my sauces and salsas so my rice to sauce ratio on top of my pulled pork made it a bit overwhelming so just a tip there!

OKAY go try it out!!

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Legal…saw the sign on the Hwy for ever but never drove in until now! The small town with 30+ murals! A great day to walk and explore!☀️#goeastofedmonton #goroadtrips2021 ...

With a vibrant, historic downtown and scenic parks, Wainwright is a fun getaway in NE Alberta. We found some good eats at moralesmexicangrill and honeypoteatery too! Stay at the Ramada (they have an indoor pool & waterslide), or camp at the Riverdale Mini Park or Arm Lake. For more information, see our story on the blog (#linkinbio👆)!

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Walking at Strathcona Wilderness Centre with Auntie can be had work for this little bear! 🐻💙#goroadtrips2021 #goeastofedmonton #thule ...

We’re learning to accept last minute “go-with-the-flow” plans. For Father’s Day, our only task was to do nothing, relax, and enjoy just being...but that changed when we decided to invite extended family over for homemade pizza. Doing nothing turned into a day of food prep and hosting (which we absolutely LOVE to do so we still thoroughly enjoyed the day).

Fast forward to today.....

....which ended up how Father’s Day intended to be but I think it turned out better then we could have ever planned.

The weather was gorgeous so we decided to head into town for some ice cream (right before dinner 😯) and then explore a bit in the heritage precinct (which even though the museum is closed, we could still peruse the grounds). We noticed that in the adjoining park bandshell, something was getting set up. A quick interwebs search said that there was a community band concert happening in a couple hours so we headed home (really just a 10 min drive) to pack a quick picnic then made our way back for an evening of music. It was everything you’d expect an all-ages, small-town community orchestral band to be and we adored every minute of it (and even sang and danced to some of the songs ☺️).

Anyways, we had no expectations for how our day would turn out and it ended up 143% better then we could have imagined.

We didn’t plan today but as Louisa would say “it was in God’s thoughts” and He knew exactly what we needed.
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