Walking Atop 100-stories of 10,000 Year Old Glacial Ice
You haven’t lived until you’ve stood upon glacial ice that is thicker than the Empire State Building is tall, and ice that was perhaps around when Moses was just a young’un. Read on…
Blown Away by the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Banff National Park
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise ~ Banff National Park – I’ve been sitting here for nearly ten minutes trying to figure out how to describe to our predominantly baby boomer audience the mesmerizing beauty that lies not only in this stunning Canadian Rocky Mountain setting, but also the beguiling grandeur, and the sense of history that [...]
Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in the Canadian Rockies
Travel Photography – When baby boomers are bopping around the globe taking in the sights of God’s creation, it is inevitable that you will run into inclement weather. For many years, I had envisioned a trip to Jasper in the Canadian Rockies. I love scenic mountain panoramas, and particularly a white-capped mountain peak’s reflection in [...]
The Historic Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge in the Canadian Rockies
Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge ~ Alberta, Canada – Many baby boomer luxury travelers enjoy taking a step back in time by vacationing at some of the grand hotels and resorts that were built in the early 20th century. This was the time of the Roaring Twenties. Economies were strong, new passenger rail systems and the [...]
Rocky Mountaineer: Two Days of Luxury Canadian Train Travel
Rocky Mountaineer – When the end of 2011 draws nigh, and these two baby boomers sit down to consider all that we have seen and done throughout the past year, our two-day journey aboard Canada’s Rocky Mountaineer luxury rail tour service is certain to be in our top ten list. Named as one of the [...]
The Banff Gondola Ride Brings Breathtaking Panoramas – Canadian Rockies Trip Jounal Day #14
The last full day of our tour of western Canada, and the Canadian Rockies, found us with a sunny day and two eager baby boomers ready to climb aboard the Banff Gondola for what is perhaps the best viewing in all of Banff National Park Alberta Canada. My photograph shows one of the viewing platforms [...]
Luxuriating at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel – Canadian Rockies Trip Journal Day #13
Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel – As you drive through the town of Banff, in the Alberta Canadian Rockies, there will come a moment when you round a corner and are presented with this jaw-dropping view of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. This amazing structure first opened in 1888, and at the time was the largest [...]
Hiking Lake Louise – Canadian Rockies Trip Journal Day #12
Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise – Unbelievably, we have again awakened to another rain soaked day here in the Canadian Rockies. Even the poor bellmen were beginning to show signs of wear as they attempted to keep everyone under an umbrella. Even the locals have commented about the rarity of this amount of rain during this [...]
Walking the Athabasca Glacier – Canadian Rockies Trip Journal Day #11
Columbia Icefields Glacier Adventure – One of the baby boomer adventures that will long stick in our minds was our walk upon the Athabasca Glacier in Alberta Canada’s Columbia Icefields. Our driving tour of the Canadian Rockies has been plagued by lingering rain. However, when we made our way to ride upon the massive “terra [...]
Canadian Rockies Trip Journal Day #10: Columbia Icefields Parkway Road Trip
Columbia Icefields Parkway – The tenth day of our baby boomer tour of western Canada brought us to the Columbia Icefields Parkway in the Canadian Rockies. This stunningly beautiful scenic drive is 230 km (140 mi) long and stretches from Jasper down near the city of Banff. The well maintained two-lane road provides seemingly infinite mountain panoramas [...]
