Histories

Vancouver (part 1)

 

Just over 3 months to go (09/03) – an overview

 

The Birds have flown (22/06)

The flight over

 

The day of recovery (23/06)

The shower

Baden Powell Trail

Deep Cove Village

Marina Grill

  

Vancouver (part 2)

 

The market and culture (24/06)

Granville Island Market

Museum of Anthrapology

 

Victoria on Vancouver Island (25/06)

The sea plane

Victoria

Bateman Art Gallery

BC Museum – Scott of the Antarctic

Marina Restaurant

 

More on Vancouver Island (26/06)

Zanatta Winery

Raptor Centre

Car ferry back to mainland

 

Sue’s first blog ! (27/06)

Comments on trip so far

A day of rest

 

Whistler

 

 

And now to Whistler (28^th and 29^th June)

Rocky Mountaineer

Whistler Village

Pemberton Gin & tomato soup

Peak to peak gondola ride

 

 

 

 

 

Vancouver (part 3)

 

Another adventure but this time …….. (30^th June)

Horseshoe Bay

Whitecliffe Park

Rice Lake

 

Thank you Linda, Lucy and Lionel

 

Onward from Vancouver (1^st July)

Canada Day

The Lookout (tower)

  

The Rocky Mountaineer

 

All aboard The Rocky Mountaineer (2^nd July)

All aboard !

Hells Gate

Kamloops

 

From Kamloops to Jasper (3^rd July)

Mount Robson

Jasper Park Lodge

Pimms for Andy

 

The Jasper Experience (4^th July)

Coach tour of Jasper area

Bear sightings

Jasper town

The squirrel

  

The Rocky Mountains

 

How many superlatives are there ? (5^th July)

Sunwapta Falls

Edith Cavell Mountain

The Athabasca Falls

Pyramid Mountain and Pyramid Lake

Columbia Icefield

The Big Hill

Peyto Lake

Bow Lake

 

Sue’s blog : an energetic day at Lake Louise (6^th July)

The Lions beat Australia

Hike to the Tea House

Mirror Lake

The wedding

 

Fred who ? (7^th July)

Andy wins Wimbledon

Kicking Horse Falls

The Spiral Tunnels

Emerald Lake

Banff

Saltlik

 

Banff and on to Calgary (8^th July)

Bow Falls

Sulphur Mountain in the gondola

Surprise Corner

The Hoodoo’s

Rafter 6 Lodge

  

The Calgary Stampede

 

Party time in Calgary (9^th July)

Who is John ?

Pancakes for breakfast

Stampede Park

First Nations Village

 

Not exactly The Pony Club (10^th July)

Pancake making contest

Rodeo

 

Do-si-do and swinging our partners (11^th July)

Another pancake breakfast 

Square dancing

Chuckwagon Racing

Grandstand Show

 

The Lake (part 1)

 

And then to Saskatchewan (12^th and 13^th July)

Flight to Regina

Boat on the lake

Tennis

 

Adventures in the sky and on the water (14^th July)

Western style BBQ

Tennis again

Float plane over the lakes

Marooned on the lake

 

More tennis and perhaps a tornado (15^th July)

One match too far

Joan wins a silver medal

Tornado watch

 

The Lake (part 2)

 

A day out in Regina (Sue’s blog) (16^th July)

Government House

RCMP Heritage Centre

The Sunset Parade

 

A lazy sunny afternoon (17^th July)

Twelve stations of the Cross

The garden

 

And so back to Calgary (18^th July)

Private jet

E-scrabble

  

Toronto (part 1)

 

Flash, bang ……. (19^th July)

The landing !

Baggage reclaim

 

A walking tour (20^th July)

Barry – the guide

The City

 

Let’s go Blue Jays, lets go ? (21^st July)

CN Tower

Baseball game

  

Toronto (part 2)

 

Another boat trip and a royal baby (22^nd July)

Centre Island

Rectory Café

The Distillery District

Live TV interview

 

An anniversary to remember (23^rd July)

Giant canal

Niagara on the Lake

Niagara Falls

 

All good things ……. (24^th July)

Harbour area

Packing and leaving