Dennis and I had a wonderful road trip to Alberta, Canada. We went to Banff, Jasper, Edmonton, and Hythe for convention. We were gone from a Friday night through the next Monday. We drove over 2,000 miles and saw several deer, antelope, a moose, a grizzly bear, 2 black bears, ________ with her cubs.
We camped in Banff and were able to visit Moraine Lake, Emerald Lake, The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, downtown Banff.
We drove through Jasper and stopped at a small coffee shop.
We then drove to Edmonton to visit some friends we had met in Hawaii - Les and Sandi and the next day, we drove to Hythe to be there for convention.
Ready to head out on our trip!
Canadian flag
Welcome to Canada
The next several pictures are of beautiful scenery!
A grizzly bear!
These animal overpasses are awesome!
A fight!
Another antelope
Downtown Banff
Lake Louise
The Fairmont Lake Louise
Our campsite!
Steak for dinner!
Is there any other way to drink campfire coffee?
Yummy breakfast of eggs, bacon and pancakes! We know how to camp! :)
Another excellent dinner!
I was freezing!
Banff Gondola!
Fairmont Hot Springs Hotel from the top of the mountain
A favorite picture of Dennis and I
This picture makes me happy! And Dennis makes me happy too!
Fairmont Hot Springs Hotel
Some say the Fairmont Hot Springs Hotel is haunted by this bride
An old fire place!
A ball room
Dennis posing with a guard!
Fun shot of the beautiful hotel
Dennis and I outside of the Fairmont Hot Springs Hotel
Beautiful Moraine Lake!
The scenery here was so beautiful!
Dennis climbed really high up on the rocks. I climbed up about 1/2 way and then was content to sit and look at the beautiful lake!
We stopped along the road and took a little hike to this beautiful spot!
Nice rack
The Icefields Parkway - between Banff and Jasper is a gorgeous stretch of road
A big horn sheep
So pretty!
Jasper National Park
A glacier
Downtown Jasper
Mountain goat (I think)
This guy was so huge! Super impressive that he could even hold his head up with the weight of his rack. It was amusing watching tourists try to get as close to him as they could. I'm glad we didn't see anyone get hurt.
Canadian flag
Canola fields. The fluorescent color of these fields are incredible.
Mountain goats
Welcome to Jasper sign
I had an extra hour so went to the West Edmonton Mall!
Our good friends, Les and Sandi
Our set up at convention. It rained there a lot - but we stayed dry with the tarp over the tent! It was also fairly cold there
Bear safe garbage cans
The one and only moose we saw - he was a little guy
When you're driving along - and you see a large black lump - turn around to investigate. Always turn around!
The large black lump turned out to be a black bear!
He's smiling at us! ;)
The timing of this rainbow has a huge significance to me. I love it when I receive clear answers from questions I have. This is one of those times - so thankful for this reminder!
Neat decoration on the overpass
So pretty!
An amazing waterfall
Tim Hortons coffee!
Yummy!
American flag
It worked out for us to have lunch with Grandpa and Grandma Smith
So happy to be home ...
So exhausted after driving almost 3,000 miles!
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