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Leaving Canmore
The time has flown and it's time to head home again. We've enjoyed the beautiful mountains and the non-hot weather. It's been rainier than most summers, but have had days and parts of days where it's been blue and clear, so have had a chance to hike and do many things outdoors. Have enjoyed our time in the house too. Bill and I have 2 electronic bridge games that hook together so we can play partners in bridge, this has really been fun to do when the weather has been lousy and/or we just need something to do when not out and about.
We're leaving Canmore in the morning, Sunday August 16. Previously had planned to go to Glacier NP, but have decided we've seen enough mountains and done enough hiking for now. We're planning to leave via Kootenay NP, going out through Radium Springs, BC, and into Idaho. Hope to get as far as Sandpoint. There are several things there that we think we'd enjoy seeing, the railroad yards, the dam, the mall on the bridge, and as always the scenery. We'll just meander on through Idaho and eventually into Yellowstone NP .... that's all that's planned for now.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Photos and Videos
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Sunday August 2 we had beautiful weather and a warmer day than usual, got up to maybe 80. We drove out to Kannanaskis and went for a hike at the Upper Kannanaskis Lake to Rawson Lake. The first weekend of August is Heritage Weekend in Canada and just about everybody is out doing something. Many many people were all over the park and many were at the lake, some swimming and/or boating, and many hiking. Parking lots were packed. We didn't go until about 1 and had to wait for someone to pull out before we could park. It was one of the best weather days we've had recently.
Monday was fine until about 4, then the clouds came back in and the rains came back. Rained all night. Tuesday was overcast, dreary, cold all day. We drove out to Lake Minnewanka area to Two Jack Lake to see if there were any mountain sheep out and about, as they often are, but none were there. Drove into Banff for lunch, walked the streets and shopped for awhile and then came on back home in Canmore.
One day last week we went up near Lake Minnewanka and went for a hike up towards C Cirque, went out on an overlook on an old coal pile near the old coal mine. Had great views to Lake Minnewanka and back towards Canmore. Canmore is about 12 miles as the crow flies and we could see the town with our binoculars.
Today is also cold, high of about 57 if it gets there. and still overcast... so will spend day fiddlin' with photos, maybe some house straightenin', etc. Bill's going to the library to read magazines etc, will go to golf course to hit practice balls, but too cold to play, at least for him, but I'm sure the course will be busy as usual. He goes to the Canmore Golf and Curling Club ( I love that name).
Will upload recent photos later today.
Monday was fine until about 4, then the clouds came back in and the rains came back. Rained all night. Tuesday was overcast, dreary, cold all day. We drove out to Lake Minnewanka area to Two Jack Lake to see if there were any mountain sheep out and about, as they often are, but none were there. Drove into Banff for lunch, walked the streets and shopped for awhile and then came on back home in Canmore.
One day last week we went up near Lake Minnewanka and went for a hike up towards C Cirque, went out on an overlook on an old coal pile near the old coal mine. Had great views to Lake Minnewanka and back towards Canmore. Canmore is about 12 miles as the crow flies and we could see the town with our binoculars.
Today is also cold, high of about 57 if it gets there. and still overcast... so will spend day fiddlin' with photos, maybe some house straightenin', etc. Bill's going to the library to read magazines etc, will go to golf course to hit practice balls, but too cold to play, at least for him, but I'm sure the course will be busy as usual. He goes to the Canmore Golf and Curling Club ( I love that name
Will upload recent photos later today.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Photos and Videos
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For the photos below, you can click on any photo for a full screen version.
Lake Louise, viewed from in front of the chateau
Maligne Canyon
Cathedral Crags, viewed from our campsite #14 in Kicking Horse Campground in Yoho NP
canola fields, carpets of yellow, blanketing the earth in North Dakota
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For the photos below, you can click on any photo for a full screen version.
Lake Louise, viewed from in front of the chateau
Maligne Canyon
Cathedral Crags, viewed from our campsite #14 in Kicking Horse Campground in Yoho NP
canola fields, carpets of yellow, blanketing the earth in North Dakota
first views of the mountains in Montana ... what a bleak place to live!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
moved into our Canmore house, 46 Ridge Rd
Friday, July 17, we packed up the camping gear and moved into our rental house. We've had 2 weeks of mostly lousy weather, lots of rain, some days all day long, not just a drizzle but real rain. Very difficult to do anything. Tent is totally dry and rain is great once we get in, but rain is awful when trying to pack up and/or set up a new site, or to hike. Will add more info and photos later on when I get time to upload them.
Canmore is about 80 miles west of Calgary, about 2 miles from the entrance to Banff NP, and about 15 miles from Banff township. We are in the Mountain Time zone, which is 2 hours earlier than Louisville.
Love our house. We've stayed in Canmore before, but at a different house. The previous one had already been rented for the whole summer, so we had to choose another one. This one is much nicer, but has stairs, 4 floors, half flight each. Tolerable, but not as nice as all on one level. But has a bathroom on all 4 floors!
http://www.peka.ab.ca/canmore-vacation-home-rental.php?num=19
our house in Canmore where we are now ... you can click on the links to view photos and/or 3D panorama. House is a duplex, we are on the left side.
It doesn't look like much on the outside but is very nice inside. What you see in the first pic is the front deck which accesses via the master bedroom at the front of the house. The back deck is off the living room in the back of the house. ... and the house has a garage which we didn't have at our previoius house. House is 2 miles from town and is in a very dense housing subdivision, we are on the outer edge, so no one is behind us. Have to drive wherever we want to go except for one restaurant about 2 blocks away, haven't tried it yet.
The restaurant down the street is the Iron Goat Bar and Grill and there is a webcam of Canmore on top of it. http://www.canmorealberta.com/news/webcam/index2.html Webcam shows current view of Canmore, updated every 30 seconds.
At the bottom of the webcam page is a weather report, temps in Centigrade, not Fahrenheit. The high today is predicted to be about 73 F.
No rain predicted all week. Figures, now that we've quit camping!!
Glad to be back to civilization! phones, TV, internet, house, bed, washer, and everything!!
Canmore is about 80 miles west of Calgary, about 2 miles from the entrance to Banff NP, and about 15 miles from Banff township. We are in the Mountain Time zone, which is 2 hours earlier than Louisville.
Love our house. We've stayed in Canmore before, but at a different house. The previous one had already been rented for the whole summer, so we had to choose another one. This one is much nicer, but has stairs, 4 floors, half flight each. Tolerable, but not as nice as all on one level. But has a bathroom on all 4 floors!
http://www.peka.ab.ca/canmore-vacation-home-rental.php?num=19
our house in Canmore where we are now ... you can click on the links to view photos and/or 3D panorama. House is a duplex, we are on the left side.
It doesn't look like much on the outside but is very nice inside. What you see in the first pic is the front deck which accesses via the master bedroom at the front of the house. The back deck is off the living room in the back of the house. ... and the house has a garage which we didn't have at our previoius house. House is 2 miles from town and is in a very dense housing subdivision, we are on the outer edge, so no one is behind us. Have to drive wherever we want to go except for one restaurant about 2 blocks away, haven't tried it yet.
The restaurant down the street is the Iron Goat Bar and Grill and there is a webcam of Canmore on top of it. http://www.canmorealberta.com/news/webcam/index2.html Webcam shows current view of Canmore, updated every 30 seconds.
At the bottom of the webcam page is a weather report, temps in Centigrade, not Fahrenheit. The high today is predicted to be about 73 F.
No rain predicted all week. Figures, now that we've quit camping!!
Glad to be back to civilization! phones, TV, internet, house, bed, washer, and everything!!
Monday, June 29, 2009
left Louisville ... visited the cranes in Baraboo, WI
Bill and I left Louisville at 9 AM Sunday June 28, 2009. Drove to Madison, WI, for the night, no rain, no problems. Stayed at the Hampton Inn, same one we've stayed in the last 2 trips. Wore shorts, was hot all day. Madison was about 80 degrees, windy.
This morning, Monday, we went to Baraboo, about an hour from Madison, to the International Crane Foundation, to see the 15 types of cranes of the world... fantastic site! Very educational, and loved seeing all the birds, even whooping cranes which are rarely on view even if a zoo has some. The African cranes are gorgeous. For info about the place, you can read about it at their website http://www.savingcranes.org/
The photos below are some of the cranes.
The blue cranes from Africa did not come outside, but did come to the doorway and we did see them a little bit, have beautiful tails of black feathers that hang down and almost to the ground, much like a peacock. They said they had only been here a week and were still adjusting to the new surroundings. A couple others are not in the photos, haven't had time to identify the types, you see if you can! ... The bird in photo 1 and photo 5 are the same type bird. The bird in photo 3 is a different bird... see if you can tell the difference!!
We left the cranes about 1:15, ate at Cracker Barrel, then drove a little past Minneapolis, stopped for the night in Rogers, MN, about 20 miles west, staying again in a Hampton Inn, Bill's choice if we can find one. Temperatures today have ranged from 68 to 72... didn't expect to get away from the heat so quick, but so glad we did!!
Click on any photo for a full screen view!
This morning, Monday, we went to Baraboo, about an hour from Madison, to the International Crane Foundation, to see the 15 types of cranes of the world... fantastic site! Very educational, and loved seeing all the birds, even whooping cranes which are rarely on view even if a zoo has some. The African cranes are gorgeous. For info about the place, you can read about it at their website http://www.savingcranes.org/
The photos below are some of the cranes.
The blue cranes from Africa did not come outside, but did come to the doorway and we did see them a little bit, have beautiful tails of black feathers that hang down and almost to the ground, much like a peacock. They said they had only been here a week and were still adjusting to the new surroundings. A couple others are not in the photos, haven't had time to identify the types, you see if you can! ... The bird in photo 1 and photo 5 are the same type bird. The bird in photo 3 is a different bird... see if you can tell the difference!!
We left the cranes about 1:15, ate at Cracker Barrel, then drove a little past Minneapolis, stopped for the night in Rogers, MN, about 20 miles west, staying again in a Hampton Inn, Bill's choice if we can find one. Temperatures today have ranged from 68 to 72... didn't expect to get away from the heat so quick, but so glad we did!!
Click on any photo for a full screen view!
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