{"id":6931,"date":"2023-05-09T07:45:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T06:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/?p=6931"},"modified":"2023-05-27T19:59:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-27T18:59:23","slug":"amazing-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/2023\/05\/09\/amazing-alberta\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I didn’t have time to type a blog when we were in Canada; we were too busy going “oooh” and “aaah” and “wow”. Very soon after Rodney and I had arrived in England, we flew out again with big brother Neil. I had discovered Hansen relatives in and around Calgary, so we had a darn good reason to take Neil over there for a meet-up and add on a grand tour to Banff, Lake Louise, The Icefields Parkway and Jasper. I had hoped and prayed for good weather and apart from a lttle bit of grey, we were incredibly lucky. There was more snow still on the ground than we had expected but the roads were clear and brilliant to drive on. It was a stunningly beautiful trip through Alberta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We parked Neil’s car under the flightpath at Heathrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Susan kindly met us off the plane at Calgary airport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Peace Bridge over Bow River, Calgary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A fascinating wire sculpture in Calgary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Laura sitting on the glass floor at the top of the Calgary Tower<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Bow River in Canmore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Laura & Neil skating on frozen Lake Louise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beside Vermillion Lakes near Banff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Neil and Laura warming up in the Banff upper hot springs while it snowed on us<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rodney and Neil at frozen Bow River and Bow Falls in Banff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Leaving Banff and stopping again at Vermillion Lakes <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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….and because the sun was shining we stopped at Lake Louise again<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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But be warned…..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Neil taking lots of photos on The Icefields Parkway, Lake Louise to Jasper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Laura and Neil by Bow Lake, Icefields Parkway <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mistaya River on The Icefields Parkway <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Neil & Laura on the Saskatchewan River Crossing, on The Icefields Parkway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Weeping Wall, which wasn’t weeping because it was completely frozen. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Parker Ridge, Icefields Parkway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rodney on lookout near The Sunwapta Pass, Icefields Parkway <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Columbia Glacier, Icefields Parkway <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sunwapta Falls, Icefields Parkway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Athabasca River, Icefields Parkway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The frozen Athabasca Falls, Icefields Parkway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The lake at the top of the Athabasca Falls, Icefields Parkway,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The frozen Maligne Gorge, Jasper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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At the top of the Skytram on Whistler Mountain, Jasper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rodney, Laura and Neil on the Skytram on Whistler Mountain, Jasper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Two Brothers Totem pole in Jasper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Athabasca Glacier , now heading back south on the Icefields Parkway, Jasper to Saskatchewan River Crossing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Huge tourist bus near the Columbia Icefield <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pinto Lake, North Saskatchewan River beside the Dave Thompson Hwy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Canadian geese strolling beside Glenmore Reservoir, Calgary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Street art on 17th Ave SW, Calgary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Laura and Neil on Scotsmans Hill, overlooking the Calgary Stampede Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I didn’t have time to type a blog when we were in Canada; we were too busy going “oooh” and “aaah” and “wow”. Very soon after Rodney and I had arrived in England, we flew out again with big brother Neil. I had discovered Hansen relatives in and around Calgary, so we had a darn […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":6910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6931"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6934,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6931\/revisions\/6934"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petersphotogallery.com\/rodneyandlaura\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}