The nights are cooling. The leaves are falling. The mitts are on for Tennis....
Monday, October 18, 2010
The Rockies
Before the total cold sets in, we wanted to fit in at least one more adventure and decided to combine Pete's visit to the Alberta Children's Hospital (Calgary) with a week touring in The Rockies. Our trip included a day in the Alberta 'badlands' -visiting the world's largest finds of complete dinosaur skeletons and a fantastic dinosaur museum and amazing landscapes a la Jurrasic Park.
We then spent two nights at the Columbia Icefields (Athabasca Glacier) travelling through amazing scenery up to Jasper and a great trip on to the Glacier itself -the pictures don't quite do justice to the intense icy wind and sleet - it was COLD! We finally had two nights in Banff - a trip down memory lane for me and a wonderful base for the Gondola ride and some walks in the Rockies. We all made it to the top of The Lake Agnes Trail -it was a 3.4km uphill hike with great views over Lake Louise. The kids were amazing -even when we got to the top and discovered that the Teahouse and all its promised and imagined goodies was closed and finished for the season!!
Oh! And we did see some wildlife as well!
Friday, October 1, 2010
Montreal - the final, final summer fling!
Montreal was the last stop of the Summer break. We visited the Olympic stadium, had lunch in the Old City, watched a great busker swallow 14 razor blades, and possibly the highlight -we went ice skating to get in some early practice for the months ahead! The kids in our street all play ice hockey and have skated since they could walk, so we've got some serious catching up to do! This was a real Griswald's moment - note the walking frame type equipment (designed for small children) -Pete and I had to pretend we were helping the children!! Lots of fun!
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