Alberta

We had a great time at my dad’s house. We drove up to the waterfall in the mountains and took the hike up the river to check out the falls. We took some great pictures of the falls and the stream. Then we drove through the burned out area that happened years ago when the government wanted to do a controlled burn and it got out of control and burned a big chunk of the valley and mountain side out. It was interesting to see because we had been down there 5 years ago or so and to see what a difference that passing time had made. I was surprised at how little it had grown back. There was nice green grass everywhere but the dead blackened trees were still standing without much re-growth. It was not very nice to look at.

The next day we decide to take in a round of golf. Dad dropped us off at the local golf coarse and picked us up 2 hours later. It was a fun time. Edie made us some wonderful meals while we stayed there. We also tried to help out by mowing there lawn and Colton had fun using grandpa’s battery operated wipper snipper.

On Friday Richard and Connie (Dean’s aunt and uncle) came down to dad’s for a BBQ. They stayed the night and we had a great visit.


Crows Nest Pass is a very beautiful place to visit. It is the next place on our journey. Dean’s brother just moved there and we decided to stop in for a night to see him on our way home. We left dad’s after having breakfast with dad and Richard and Connie and headed south. It is a 3 hour drive south from Sundre and we arrived in Crows nest at lunch time. We filled the day with eating, hiking, fishing, horseback riding, touring the mountains, snake hunting and checking out Frank’s Slide. Franks slide is a place where 100 years ago a huge portion of the mountain broke off and crashed into the town below killing almost 100 people. It took 90 seconds for 90 million tones of rubble to crash down the mountain. It is an awesome site. The boulders we drove by and stood on where the size of houses. The slide goes out 2 km from the base of the mountain.

At 7:30 am we left for the 13 hour ride home. I think we are all done with driving. I know I am