Calgary The Canadian Rockies and Mark Price

The Canadian Rockies on all their glory from afar.

Getting closer!

An animal cross-over. Note the trees and shrubs on top. The Highway is lined by a 2.5m game fence and each exit is a 'cattle grid' to prevent game from entering the Highway.

A cloud puff hiding some of the Rockies. Spectacular rock formations. 

Another of the many Game crossings thoughtfully constructed along this Highway.

Castle Rock. Truly impressive rock butress formations

Beautiful Lake Louise covered in ice and snow, so no view of its spectacular Turquoise Blue water. and then it started to snow again!

The peaks above Lake Louise. Huge and menacing, but spectacular!

Mark Price, myself and John Barrett, Mark's Father-in-law who really loves his son-in-law, a magnificent SACS man

Well, that might be so, but with a foot of ice covering it plus about the same amount of snow, little caution required today!

The 'little' hotel at Lake Louise. Only about 1000 rooms!

One of three gigantic and impressive paintings of the Canadian Rockies in the hotel foyer.

The foyer with the huge chandelier and the three paintings of the Rockies.

Look at the amazing colour of the water in Johnsons Canyon. Lake Louise is apparently the same!

Walking carefuly along the ice covered suspended pathway to the falls in Johnson Canyon.

The Lower Falls in the Canyon. The sound of the snow melt tumbling down was impressive. About 10 meters tall.

Once again, look at the unusual colour of the water.

Mountain goats. We also saw two Elk on this trip and I saw a Pronghorn, a Coyote and a small herd of Elk on my way to Calgary from Destiny Bay.

The Great Chateau Hotel at Banff. Built of stone by Italian stone masons for a Scotsman. It is simply huge in all its magnificence. A cross between a Scottish Manor House and  Germanic Palace.

The peaks above the Hotel in Banff

The entrance portico of the Hotel in Banff. The staff were incredibly helpful and happy.

The falls at Banff just above a spectacular Golf Course. The sound from the water rushing over was majestic in its volume.

Model A Ford Steel back van. Beautifully restored.

Some of around 50 original early Petrol Pumps from Canada with long-forgatten brand names.

The car that put America and the world on the road - an original Model T Ford. The 25th car built by Henry Ford, hence Model T! It went into mass production on a mving assembly line - the first manufacturer to do it, hence the incredibly low price. Down to less than $300 and so reliable too.

A row of Model T and one Model A, Fords

Shopping Centre near Mark's home where I met Rayner Hart's mom and dad at Starbucks

A view of mark's yard from the back of the house.

Mark's home with the deck that they built themselves. Deck chairs still under cover due to late Spring!
It was wonderful to stay with Mark and to meet his family as well as his parents-in-law who have very recently moved to Canada. There are a number of SACS Old Boys living here. I missed seeing Kevin Paine and Gavin Burgess as well as Gary Foulds and Rayner Hart who were away this weekend. Stefan Przybojwski and family came around for Friday supper. Great to see him too and to met up with his family. They are returning to South Africa in September to live in Blaauwberg.