Saturday, July 25, 2009

Summer Vacation - Stage 1 - Camping Trip

On July 18th we left PG for out camping trip through the Rockies and down to Walla Walla.



Our first stop was the Ancient Forest past Purden: what an amazing forest of trees!


Jon enjoyed climbing on the caboose while we stopped for lunch in McBride.















We spent two days in the Jasper area. Here we are at the top of the sky tram. After we had hiked to the top of Whistler Mountain, Jon built this inukshuk with all the interesting rock slabs that were scattered everywhere.



After Jasper we camped near the Columbia Icefields and hiked through the most spectacular mountain scenery!


















This gorgeous spot is Bow Lake in Banff National park (near Lake Louise).


Our next stop was in the Kootenays where we enjoyed the Columbia Lake area.


On our way there, we visited some ochre beds in Kootenay National Park.







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