Summer Vacation - The Voyage home

As we winded down our time in British Columbia we  visited the Revelstoke train museum, enjoyed watching Jess and my Uncle make an inukshuk and stopped Yoho National Park to finish our time before the long trek home.

Jess found our time at the train museum great with all the hands on activities that were possible. They certainly have put a lot of great effort here. On our last full day in Revelstoke the Inukshuk was built. I love how Jess puts herself really into something she is creating. The one stop we made in Yoho was at the Takkakaw Falls. I love visiting here as these are not only very tall; but also you can safely get quite close to the base and get some wonderful mist shots.

 I Hope you have enjoyed our little trip in photos :)

Summer Vacation - Revelstoke Part Two

If you haven't noticed yet I have a real attraction to water. I love taking photographs of water falls of all sizes that I can get to - so you will see a smattering of them through out my posts.

We visited the Enchanted Forest which is a lovely giant ceder forest with representations of different nursery rhymes and other well known characters. We also went to Mount Revelstoke National Park, but were disapointed that we could only go as high as the Snow forest look out due to the lack of snow melting. So we filled our day by visiting the Revelstoke Dam so that Jess could see the difference between this dam and the one at Mica.

Summer Vacation - Revelstoke Part one

Our final visiting area was Revelstoke. We spent a week here so that Jess could get to know her Great Uncle and Aunt. Jess also enjoyed getting to know the area as well as some puppy dog friends. There were so many things we did over the week I thought I would share them with you over a couple of posts. Here we have Hendrick and Jess snorkeling, Katie (the dog) deciding that glacier water isn't her cup of tea yet and our visti to the Mica dam. One of the largest earthfill dams in the world (800 feet high).  I hope you are enjoying a 'snap shot' of our time as family.

Summer Vacation - Travelling from Creston to Revelstoke

 On this leg of our trip we travelled from Creston through the Kootenay mountains up to Revelstoke. Some of the sites and scenes were amazing. The altitude wasn't too high, but we still found some snow at the summit as well as through the Slocam valley. We crossed the river at Nakusp and entered into Revelstoke shortly after.

Summer Vacation - Cranbrook

 

 In Cranbrook we had a great time visiting as well as exploring some of the local sites including Fort Steele. While in this area I was treated to also visit Kimberly and Marysville; both were wonderful. In Marysville we went to a local waterfall that was a part of Marks Creek. We followed that up with going into Kimberly's Comico Gardens - very peaceful; but I really loved the main street. Perhaps you will too with the last image included in this selection. Hope you are enjoying making some great memories too.

Summer Vacation - Frank Slide

 

So I have so much to share from our vacation time last month I decided to focus on a specific area at at time. Our first stop was the Crowsnest Pass; better known for the historical site of the Frank Slide. It was great to take Jess through here as she really took a great interest in the site and stories. Enjoy a few of the images...