We had our first meal in the Van parked on the side of a road by a cow field. We ate fresh volunteer potatoes that Tom dug up from our garden on Cortes and fresh veggies bought a road side stand
The next morning the cows looked on as Ruben did his Ki So Do forms.
In Revestoke we went to Canda's tallest dam, it was very Impressive.
We then had a great time rafting down the Illecillewaet which is a tributary of the Columbia River.
From Revelstoke we headed to Glacier National Park. There the kids saw a Marten with a Chip monk in its mouth as they waited for dinner by the camp fire. First thing in the morning we we headed on a 4.2 km mountain hike. The kids were determined to reach snow, they persevered and we were lucky enough to see in addition to the snow, two squeaking Pikas, a Grouse and many wild flowers including Indian Paintbrush as well as Devils club. All of us were amazed by the slabs of shiny cool rock (slate) and beautiful big chunks of Quartzite. The four and half hour hike tired us out and we cooled our feet in the icy glacier fed stream before continuing east and heading over the Rockies.
We made our way to Calgary for showers and a comfortable sleep at the Woolgar's. Here in Calgary we finally saw the latest Harry Potter film. Mia and Ruben are learning to make Yorkshire puddings with Mary Jo to go with our Alberta beef for tonight's dinner.
Note worthy about Calgary is that the traffic lights are sideways.
Tomorrow we head for Dinosaur park.
