Let me know when you are are traveling through Ontario. I travel a lot for work and might be in the same neck of the woods as you sometime.
We did leave some work at Mom's for my brother to do. Moving some firewood down into the basement for the fall burning. He visits her about twice a year maybe more this summer while we are gone.
Glad y’all are able to make your long anticipated trip! Good luck,safe travels and thanks for the pictures
We celebrated Mom's 99th birthday while we stayed at Grand Forks, BC. It was nice to have so many of the family there. Our oldest daughter brought her out and my brother will be taking her home.
Sound like you are having a good trip tell Your mom I said happy birthday and I wish he many more to come
There's so much to see. No need to go stateside. I've done from Cape Breton to Detroit and missed a LOT. Same here with the high school French.
My brother has a place on the Kettle River. Years ago he bought an older house, turned it 90 degrees, put a foundation under it, added to it and created a lovely home by the river. This is his view from the yard and their balcony It is all flood plane across the river so it is wildlife habitat. We left there and headed east through Rossland and Trail. All mountain passes. Red Mountain ski hill in Rossland Down town Rossland, this guy decides to wander through town. Trail, BC Big smelter operated here for years and still does. Many years ago the hills were barren of vegetation but new technology has allowed the vegetation to come back. Before we were married, campinspecter worked for a few months in the smelter. We continued east through the various passes through the Rocky Mountains The passes follow the various rivers so there is a lot of cattle ranches in the valleys. Mountains everywhere Almost missed getting this one Quite the rock formations Again, following the river through the pass Starting into the Crows Nest Pass, the last pass before the foothills of Alberta The site of the Frank slide in 1903 Large portion of a miming town was wiped out when the mountain let go. Frank Slide - Wikipedia Foothills of Alberta have lots of wind farms. My only picture of Fort McCloud. It was the first permanent fort in the area of the North West Mounted Police. History & Heritage
Driving through the mountains can surely be beautiful. Thank you for allowing us to see some pictures of the area. I would enjoy that drive; perhaps some day I will be able to do that.
Beautiful country. What kind of temperatures do you see in those spots this time of year? How warm does it get in summer?
Right now it has been quite nice at around 60 to 65 F in the daytime and down to 40 F in the evening. We just missed a really warm week in Grand Forks at 86 F. In the summertime, this area gets pretty warm during the daytime - between 80 to 90 F, dropping down overnight. There hasn't been the snow pack buildup this winter so it could be quite warm this summer. I think the humidity isn't too bad here in the summer.
Those mountain shots are amazing and I bet they don't do them justice? Wow. Thanks for sharing the view.
