We joined appapa and ammama in Banff for a 2-day trip to take in majestic mountains and pristine lakes. And meet family. And soak in hot springs. And hike to a waterfall. And see friends en route in Seattle. A bit of a tightly packed schedule but a whole lotta WOW.
We drove to Seattle and met the latest additions - 1-month-old David and 3-month-old Avi. Super fun cuddling with the new babies (but we are glad we're over our feeding, burping, pooping phase! Hehe). Mika and Yo reconnected with their little buddies for a few hours before we said our farewells and arrived in Calgary.
Spent night one in Susan aunty's house and headed out the next day to the Athabasca glacier. The Canadian Rockies were beyond majestic in their vastness and beauty. After a ride on a very cool mega ATV-like bus, we walked on ice (300 feet deep packed ice for miles on end). From the glacier, we went to the opposite end of the spectrum to Radium Hot Springs. R did more driving than he ever has and thankfully the munchkins slept most of the drive. At 10 pm,we trooped down to a 104 degree F hot spring pool and did nothing but soak.
Day 2. We drove to Lake Louise which was crammed with tourists like us :) Then it was a beautiful Morraine Lake and Johnston Canyon before driving down to Banff. There we had another spectacular ride - up, up and almost away on our gondola which took us to an elevation of almost 8K feet. A little closer to God. It felt like that :)
Back to Calgary. And then the next morning (post mega breakfast at Madhu aunty's) we retraced our steps to Portland.
(embedded slideshow and video)
We drove to Seattle and met the latest additions - 1-month-old David and 3-month-old Avi. Super fun cuddling with the new babies (but we are glad we're over our feeding, burping, pooping phase! Hehe). Mika and Yo reconnected with their little buddies for a few hours before we said our farewells and arrived in Calgary.
Spent night one in Susan aunty's house and headed out the next day to the Athabasca glacier. The Canadian Rockies were beyond majestic in their vastness and beauty. After a ride on a very cool mega ATV-like bus, we walked on ice (300 feet deep packed ice for miles on end). From the glacier, we went to the opposite end of the spectrum to Radium Hot Springs. R did more driving than he ever has and thankfully the munchkins slept most of the drive. At 10 pm,we trooped down to a 104 degree F hot spring pool and did nothing but soak.
Day 2. We drove to Lake Louise which was crammed with tourists like us :) Then it was a beautiful Morraine Lake and Johnston Canyon before driving down to Banff. There we had another spectacular ride - up, up and almost away on our gondola which took us to an elevation of almost 8K feet. A little closer to God. It felt like that :)
Back to Calgary. And then the next morning (post mega breakfast at Madhu aunty's) we retraced our steps to Portland.
(embedded slideshow and video)
Day 2 video
No comments:
Post a Comment