Friday, October 29, 2010

Fall Adventure in Canada with The Hunter Girls

The Rocky Mountaineer traveled along many rivers. This was the Mighty Columbi

Famous Banff Hotel at Banff National Park


Lake Louise Gardens of late fall


Morning snow at Lake Louise



One of the beautiful dome type mountains in the Canadian Rockies

Sky, Mountains and Fall Trees of the Canadian Rockies


The Columbia Ice Fields The turquiose tint to the ice is real.

An Inukshuck, a traditional welcoming symbol of the First Peoples


A beautiful day at Niagra Falls from The Maid of the Mist

A Fall Adventure with The Girls. "Thanks Mom," and as Mom always said as she was pointing up towards heaven, and "Thanks Dad!" This is where our Trip began. We are in Vancouver B.C. It is nicked named The Glass City. Most of the buildings in the background are made of glass. Amazing! This is one beautiful city. There is definately a different feeling to this wonderful city. Love it. Here we are in Stanelyl Park, Kelli, Rae, Katrina,& Kalenn. We had just been named The Golden Girls by our bus driver. Not being able to make up our minds about whether we should get of the bus, we did, and then back on and off again. Hmm, We laughed about that the whole trip. More than once we knew we were really having some golden moments. !

How familiar does this picture look to anyone. A replay of Salzburg, Austria?? It's Raining!
We are standing in the open part of the Rocky Mountaineer train car heading to Banff National Park. We were up and down the stairs looking out the train windows and then down to enjoy a look out the open air part of the cars.






Sisters, Priceless!

What Tales We Could Tell; The Monkey, The Frog & The Mouse!
at Lake Louise. We are definately having too much fun!

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The Moose says it all!





The girls on the tour of Yoho National park. A great bus tour and great guide. We had about 40 minutes to explore the area. There was a beautiful foot trail here.



CNN Tower in Tronto, Ontario. The tallest building or tower in the world. And a beautiful sky to frame it. This was on our bus tour of the city and surronding area. This day we was Niagra Falls, and a beautiful bus tour of a old village called Lake Niagra and a winery. Free wine tasting for all who wanted it. We were the only ones on the tour who didn't sample.









One more pose coming off the train in Tronto. What a fun 12 days travelilng by bus and train across the beautiful country of Canada.












The Golden Girls: Kelli, Mom, Kalenn on the Maid of the Mist in our lovely blue rain gear!
Gotta love the laughter!







Keep Smiling Girls!
Mom, Kalenn, & Katrina at the base of Horseshoe Falls. What a fun way to spend time together. I was so brave this time. Not like the 1st time on the Maid of the Mist 20 years earlier when I was expecting with Brooke and I was on my knees gripping the post knowing for sure that the boat was going to capsize and that I would have no way to save my 3 children.. A little crazy.

Yeah! for this set of Golden Girls. Rae, our Mom, Katrina, Kalenn, and Kelli. We had the best time ever just spending time together in Banff, Yoho, Lake Louise, Jasper National Parks and Vancouver and Tronto Canada. the trains, buses, in resturants, shops, gondola rides, Colulmbia Ice field tour and through thoses beautiful Canadian Rockies were more fun than we could have imagined. We will vote it as a #l vacation. A place to revisit in our memories, and maybe another time actually go there again.
"Thanks Mom, and Thanks Dad too!
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