Whale watching in Victoria

We took the ferry across from Tswwassen to Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island and then the bus down to Victoria. We got to the ferry 25 minutes early and the tickets for our boat ran out 5 minutes later! The ferry takes 90 minutes, then 30 minutes waiting for the bus and over an hour […]

Summer oasis

Blind Bay, BC, Canada Running around, getting up early and photographing animals gets a bit tiring. Guy was going to his cabin with Ann (Karl’s wife) and the kids, at Blind Bay in BC and invited us along; it turns out that some R&R with friends was just what we needed. They have a little […]

Looking for the wise ones

Calgary, Cochrane & Kananaskas Provincial Park, Alberta We were planning to go to Calgary to meet up with Frank who was at Lake Clark AK, last year and now that Cathy and Jim whom we met in Yellowstone this year had introduced us to Kyle and his family in Waterton, we had another reason. Kyle […]

Waterfalls and walking trails

Waterton Lakes Part 2 Waterton has a lot of walking trails of which we did: part of Cameron Lakeshore because it became impassable due to flooding, Akamina Lake, Crandell Lake off the Akamina Parkway, Forum Falls and campsite which is on The Wall trail, and Blakiston Falls. The day before we left we were going […]