Our Vancouver Trip...

After what seems like a summer of lots of travelling...I was not too sure about gearing up for another trip. We got back from Kilgore after Earle's father passed away and I was ready to be done for now! Earle convinced me that we HAD to go ahead and go to Vancouver. We knew that we needed to do it this month because school would be starting and the weather would not be great for the drive...so I hesitantly said..okay. I am so glad I did! We had such a great time and Earle and I both think that British Columbia is about the most beautiful place we have ever seen. We drove up about half way and stopped for two nights in Salmon Arm B.C. We did some hiking, took the kids to the Enchanted forest..which was really awesome and if you have kids and are driving past Revelstoke you have to go there! It was nice to just go at our own pace with no agendas. We realized that this is really the first trip we have taken as a family by ourselves, for ourselves and it was really good! On Friday we drove into Vancouver which was so beautiful...too bad there is not a Shell Plant there! We went to Stanley Park, and the Aquarium that evening. We really like the Aquarium, mostly because of this awesome 4D movie that they showed...it was neat because they had Whales actually spitting water at us, Snakes poking us in the back..you actually feel all of the things because of the special theater and chairs. It was neat, but Collin was freaking out a little! The next day we went to Granville Island for about half of the day, did the water park, kid's market, and Public Market and then took the ferrie back. That afternoon we did the Calipano Suspension Bridge. Sunday we took an hour and a half long ferrie that you drive your car onto to Vancouver Island. Really, the driving and the ferries to and from took up the better part of the day, but we spend a couple of hours wandering around downtown Victoria. We left early on Monday morning and drove to Banff where we spent the last night. I have to say that the scenery was so beautiful on this trip, that the 12 hour drive was not bad at all. This is definite place that should be at the top of a vacation list!! We are a little tired, but we had a great time! The slide show was hard to pick which pics to put in..I think I took around 400 or so...so I tried to pick the ones with people in them for the most part.
CB