July 19th Jasper Township & Totem Pole Raising

Totem Poles in Vancouver, BC, Canada

We arrived in Jasper just in time for a totem pole raising ceremony.  Cheers and applause rose from the huge crowd as a group of First Nation People raised Two Brothers Totem Pole into place. We were part of that crowd!  Watching members of the Haida Nation perform the traditional blessing in native dress truly [...] Read more »

July 18th Columbia Glacier & Bear Jams

Glacier

Have you ever walked on a glacier? We did; cold and windy but all were game to try and find the “watermelon ice” we had been told about. The 35 degree incline was pretty scary at first but then fun; just like being a kid again on a roller coaster. After leaving the Icefields for [...] Read more »

July 17th Chateau Lake Louise

Canada Rockies

They promised us it would keep getting better and it did. We passed beautiful glacial fed lakes varying from robin’s egg blue to emerald green and waterfalls in all shapes and sizes.  The magnificent architecture of Chateau Lake Louise where we had a great lunch (you gotta see it to believe it) is striking and [...] Read more »

The Lakes of the Canadian Rockies

Lake Moraine 4

Oh, my goodness!  The color of the water in the Canadian Rockies’ lakes is unbelievable! If you’ve ever seen pictures of Bow Lake, Lake Louise or any of the other lakes in the Canadian Rockies, you probably thought they had been photoshopped.  But, when you see them in person and up close, you realize there [...] Read more »