Summer, Part 2

July 29 - August 13, 2015

We got a late start on our first day of vacation and stayed in Kamloops rather than Chase. Our next destination was Banff with a stop at Lake Louise as we passed by.

Lake Louise in a Red Shirt

A blue moon rose shortly after our arrival at Tunnel Mountain.

Blue Moon

The next day we hiked up Sulphur Mountain.

Under the Gondola

Banff

Jim & Ellen

Vandal

Banff Springs Hotel and Bow River

Gondola to Weather Station

Viewpoint

Tree

Trees

On the following day we took the boardwalk at Johnston Canyon to both the lower and upper falls.

Johnston Canyon

Upper Falls

Ground Squirrel

Afterwards, we rewarded ourselves with lunch at the restaurant.

Ellen

Jessica

Zachary

Banff

Mount Rundle

Banff Springs Hotel

We next met Glen, Susan, Kayla, and Melissa in Drumheller.

Badland

T-Rex

Scary Teeth

Happy Dinosaur

Cooling Off

Drying Off

Cheater

Measuring Up

The Reader

Death Pose

Warning

Friendly Dinosaur

From the Mouth

Windy Picture Butte Golf Club was the location of this year's Bird reunion.

Golfers

Oldies

Video Games

The drive from Picture Butte to Fort Macleod was our shortest of the trip so we would have time to see Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump.

Buffalo Jump

And then it was another short drive to Waterton Lakes.

Waterton Lakes

Chief Mountain

The first day at Waterton we did a couple of easy hikes including Red Rock Canyon.

Red Rock Canyon

Red Rock Canyon

And Ellen and Jessica went for a trail ride.

On Horseback

On Horseback

Bison

The next day Ellen and Jim hiked to Wall Lake in BC.

Border

Wall Lake

Flowers

On the way back we took a side trip to Forum Falls.

Forum Falls

In the evening we kayaked on Cameron Lake and took a stroll to Akamina Lake.

Akamina Lake

On the way home we camped in Creston and Hedley, narrowly missing the wildfire in Rock Creek.

Summer, to be continued...

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