The Return continued

Lake Louise

Danny and Cole mess with his little brother, Taylor.

Danny and me at Lake Louise.

A picnic along the Bow River.

The Banff Springs Hotel.

On the top of Sulphur Mountain.

The Three Sisters, Banff.

The dinosaur museum...

and where they find some of them.

Prairie grain elevators, Saskatchewan.

At Kakabeka Falls on the Kaministiquia River.

The monument to Canadian Hero Terry Fox on the Trans Canada Highway just east of Thunder Bay.

Saturday, July 31st. After 26 days, 12874 kilometres, 8 States, 5 Provinces and one cracked windshield, four weary travelers arrive back at the cottage.

We enjoyed our stay with the Simpsons. Then we continued our drive south to Banff. The town is situated in a beautiful valley surrounded by the Rockies. We took a cable car visit to the summit of Sulphur Mountain. After we left the Rockies we drove to Calgary where Danny, the hockey nut, got to sit in the SaddleDome, and Deb the lining dancing nut, unfortunately missed a visit to Cowboys, the famous dance hall, because it was closed the day we arrived! That went down well. At Drumheller, Alberta we visited the Tyrrell Museum so Danny the dinosaur nut could get his fill. Then we drove back across the Prairies to Ontario. It was a great trip, both directions. 

The Return Trip

Houseboats in Victoria Harbour.

Deb and Danny at Harrison Hot Springs.

The Fraser River Canyon.

Picking fruit in the Okanagan Valley.

From a winery overlooking Lake Okanagan.

Rogers Pass between BC and Alberta on the Trans Canada Highway.

Mountain Sheep.

Tangle Falls in Jaspar National Park.

Athabaska Falls.

Our transport on the Colombia Ice Fields, the next three photos below.

We ran into Danny's friend Cole and his parents at the visitor centre!!

At Lake Louise, Alberta.

July 21, 1999.

We returned to Victoria for a short visit with Deb's brother Bill and his wife Judy, before the four of us drove east across Canada. We stopped at Harrison Hot's Springs before continuing to the Okanagan region and Vernon. Then we drove through the Rockies to Revelstoke, Glacier National Park, Roger's Pass (the continental divide) and into Yoho National Park. We turned north and drove to Jasper National Park where we had an excellent room with a hot tub in the living room! On the drive south to Banff we visited Maligne Canyon, Athabaska Falls and the Columbia Ice Fields, where we took a tour of the receding glaciers. At the visitor's centre we ran into Danny's friend Cole and his parents Bob and Patty. The next day we went to Morraine Lake and Lake Louise. (continued on next post).