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| Downtown Vancouver from the revolving
restaurant tower - Monday evening, September 10th . |
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| On our way with the Rocky Mountaineer
Railtours - we had a very long train on the way East . |
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| This was a beautiful resort lodge - perfect
for a family reunion or just to relax . |
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| This is Jasper, a real neat, quiet town. The
old and the new trains are shown by the train depot . |
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| The mural with the bears was on the outside of the building | Nice old steam train engine . |
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| We traveled by bus from Jasper to Banff on
the scenic Icefields Parkway . |
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| We had about 5 seconds to catch this Kodak moment | Interesting waterfall . |
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| Here we are at the glacier where a SnoCoach
drove us out onto the glacier. It was COOL, pardon the pun. . |
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| Those tiny specs are us | The central ticket/gift shopThe emerald green color of this lake is from the minerals in the glacier water which float on the surface | Part of Lake Louise | |
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| Looking down at the city of Banff. This
camera, which is mounted at the top of the gift shop/cafe is a live web
cam where you can see this view at any time. See: http://www.banffgondola.com/cam/images/hugesize.jpg |
You could walk over to this observation point. The weather was perfect! | At the front of Lake Louise lodge | |
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| A Kodak moment by the waterfall, complete
with fly fisherman. US flag and flowers to commemorate the victims. The
was Banff . |
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| Logo on side of rail car and our friendly train attendant | Some sights along the way . |
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| Seagull on hotel balcony | Views from Cloud 9 restaurant at top of
Empire hotel - breakfast buffet . |
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| One of my favorites was this horse-drawn
carriage ride around Stanley Park. Very nice, quiet park. |
Our carriage driver . . |
Copy of the "Little Mermaid by the Sea" that is in Copenhagen | |
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| More views of Stanley Park taken from the horse-carriage | Pretty fall colors | Thanks for the ride! . |
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| This suspension bridge was a little scary as it swayed a lot | Our guide presented a certificate to us for
our bravery! . |
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| We DID finally see a bear! Not exactly wild, though. The moose, well, wasn't wild either. | City Centre where the Cruise ships dock -
skyline view . . |
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| On the way to Victoria, by ferry from
Vancouver, an hour and a half trip . |
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| Seals sunning themselves - on our whale-watching boat trip | Large cruise ship . |
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| Large hotel in Victoria - Logo on the side of
the ferry - view of Vancouver from hotel - heading back home! . |
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| These last 4 photos were from 35mm camera.
All others were from Kodak digital camera. From left, view inside the
train, our train attendant giving us information, the very long train
going around the bend, the Vancouver to Victoria ferry. . |
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