| We're off to Hyder, AK Banff to McBride July, 2010 Thursday |
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We had a special guest appearance last night from Richard Swim and he joined us for breakfast this morning. Great day today again. We saw several elk as we departed Banff this morning and happened by a bear before breakfast at Lake Louise. After breakfast, we made a jaunt up through the icefields on the way to Jasper for lunch. We tried to stop at Tetejuane to see the Salmon at the point farthest inland that the Salmon spawn, however we were told that wouldn't happen until about August. So, we went on to McBride to spend the night. Karen got a dinner reommendation, AND it was only supposed to be a couple of blocks down the street. After wondering around town (on foot) and getting 4 more "opinions" of where this place was, we arrived (a couple of miles from the hotel). And yes, the food was very good and worth the walk. However, we ate so much we had to get a ride back to our room.
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Elk |
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Bear |
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Joy and Bo
at Lake Louise |
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Richard Swim,
Herman vanBeek, Bud and Karen Eastburn, Bo and Joy Griffin, Jim Schumacher
and Rob Spruell |
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Lake
Louise all by itself |
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Taken from
inside the Fairmont
Hotel where we had breakfast (glacier) |
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Fairmont
in the background |
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Love and Peace
sign coming from the Park attendent |
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Riding down
the road and caught a glacier off on our left reflecting in the lake |
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Stopped at
a construction site |
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approaching
the Columbia icefields |
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Stopping at
the Columbia icefields
visitor center (the buses are crossing the glacier in the background) |
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Joy and Bo
at Sunwapta
Falls near Jasper |
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Joy |
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Rob |
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Karen and Bud |
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In Jasper
to have lunch |
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Our ride back
from dinner (Jim is in the cab, and Herman is taking the photo) |
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