change in tag

Howdy!
If you're reading this, you probably have an old URL for my trip to the Canadian Rockies. I changed the tag from RocKyMountains15 to RocKyMounTains2015. I just couldn't resist capitalizing the T as well as the R, K, and M to represent all 4 of us on that awesome trip. But that means that the old link you have won't show you any blog entries about that trip because I changed all the tags. Click the link below and you'll be able to follow the antics and amazing views of our trip in the Canadian Rockies, Summer 2015.

http://texastheresa.blogspot.com/search/label/RocKyMounTains2015

Reader's Digest Version of the Trip

Well I haven't had time to go back and finish my blog entries about the incredible trip but Karen has been doing a lot of compiling, so here are two things she created that you can look at to get the synopsis version (both verbally and visually) of the trip.

This is the link to the web page where Karen compiled all of her notes with all of my Facebook postings about the big Glacier/Banff/Jasper (GBJ) trip (same trip/different nickname):
https://www.overall.org/15-06-03-glacier-TLO/

This is a new thing called “sway.” She wanted to mess around with it and try it out so she compiled all of her artsy photos about the trip on this website:
https://sway.com/AXp6B2US9HRLWZUB 

A side trip to Calgary

We drove 90 minutes to Calgary to see the Canada Olympic Village and drop off Rodney  at the airport since the shuttle (like the one Mary took) didn't work out. Now it's down to Karen and me to return the rent car to Kalispell...the long way. More adventures!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Day with Rodney

We found one more hike on the Bow Valley Parkway for Rodney and then drove back to Banff. We had lunch at the Spaghetti Factory (Rodney’s favorite). We went shopping for 20 minutes on Banff Ave for shirts, etc. so Rodney could find last-minute souvenirs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bow Valley Parkway, Take Two

After Mari left, we headed back to Bow Valley Parkway, which was closed last night when we tried to see animals at dusk. Mari's shuttle was late and we decided to wait with her, but now we've missed seeing animals at dawn. But there were still plenty of photo opps and fun times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

A photo of Lambie's ancester. . . a true bighorn sheep.

 

 

 

 

Last Selfies/Goodbyes

Well, we tried to take a selfie that showed how exhausted we all are but we got this photo instead?

 

 So then we took a real last selfie.

 

 And then we put Mari on the shuttle to Calgary Airport.

 

 

Back to Moraine Lake

We stopped at Moraine Lake one more time. It's just beautiful to see it at any time of day. It's not very far out of the way, plus Dr. Mari missed it at sunrise. Check out the "rock pile" (as described by a photography blogger whose directions we followed for photographing sunrise here) that we hiked up to get the really good sunrise photos. It's so picturesque we just kept taking selfies...more sky, more focus on the water, different angles...always a beautiful backdrop.