Last week in America

Hey everyone!

I have been doing so many wonderful and exciting things in the last few weeks! My last week in America I went to Choteau where my friends Abby and Amanda live. While I was there we had some super lovely warm weather. During that week we went fishing, hiking, shooting and horseback riding!  We also went to Glacier National Park which was super fun :)

Abby took me gopher hunting my first day in Choteau :) it was kinda scary but really fun :P I spent most of the afternoon shooting with this 22 rifle. We just did it out of the trucks window so we could lean on the windows. It was rather fun :) 

I ended up hitting at least 3, maybe 4 gophers! It was kinda freaky and exciting all at once... gophers are kinda cute! But a pest on farms... :P So here are 2 of the gophers I shot! 

Abby looking all pro shooting :)

We both had a go of the pistol too but it was heaps harder to aim with and unbelievably loud!! It made my ears ring :P

Me, Amanda and Abby :)

This is where we went fishing. Isn't it beautiful?!?! We tried a few different spots but never caught anything 

Our trip to Glacier! Those are the mountains we were heading for... 

We went in Amanda's Mustang convertible!!! So so cool :) We had the top down for basically the whole day. It was such perfect weather for it! 

At one of the gift shops just outside the national park we found some amazing sunglasses and hats! :D 

Abby sat in the back the whole time and it was so windy and cold for her that she rugged up with her hoodie and the picnic blanket while Amanda and I were not cold at all in the front seat! :P 

This is the beautiful horse I rode! Her name was Socks... and she was really old and reliable. A good one for a first timer like me! :)

It was such fun!! We rode all around a friends property and had a blast! We rode for around 2 hours and were so sore the next day! :P Pretty worth it though :) It was super gorgeous as the sun set too 

Then I caught a train to Portland (it was 17 hours long and over night) where I hung out with a family friend Mary Lynn for a few days :) We went to the Northwest Trek which is a big zoo/wildife park. It was amazing and we saw some amazing animals!

At Northwest Trek we saw... mountain goats...

Elk...

Canada geese (plus babies!)

Bison, also with babies :) ...

Coyotes...

Bobcats!!! I was so excited to see the bobcats cos they were MSUs mascot...

Raccons :) they were so cute and playful... 

Wolverine... I didn't know they actually existed! :P This does not look like Hugh Jackman!! ...

Porcupine - such a funny looking thing... 

Beaver...

Skunks! - they kept moving so I couldn't get a super good photo of them... 

Bears!!! We saw 2 black bears and 2 grizzly bears :D it was rather exciting!! ...

This guy pulled down a tree. It was really amazing! 

We saw the grizzly bears up pretty close as they were eating 

We saw other animals like wolves, a lynx, river otters and a moose but we were too far away and they were too well hidden to get any photos :( It was an amazing place though!! So much fun :) 

I then caught a bus from Portland up to Canada!!! And now I'm here, back "home" in Surrey with my wonderful Canadian friends. I really love Canada and I'm loving meeting all my friends again. It's kinda weird because last time I saw them was 9 years ago when we were all 11 and now we are 20! I'm so glad we have just picked up right where we left off :) ...after catching up on half our lives!! :P