ShaneandAmanda

Another chance for a been there in the summer now lets see what its like in the winter trip. We were told we must go see the amazing ice sculptures at Lake Louise, and amazing they were. It was really cool to see how much detail they are able to put into the sculptures and the hard work that must go into them. We were unable to go to the sculpting competition but went to see the finished products. You could also skate or walk out onto the lake and go through a sculpture that resembled a castle, it was very neat to be able to get up close and actually touch the sculpture and take photos. It was a fantastic day, the lake and mountains looked amazing, as always. =) Almost forgot to mention... Amanda ... read more

One day in December, and literally it only took one day, and there were lights everywhere, it was like everyone had got together and decided this day is the day we are going to put up our lights. It was awesome, we realised why lights are such a big deal over here compared to NZ, because you get to see them so much, it is not light until 8am and dark again at 4.30 there is so much time to see these awesome light displays. We did a lot of driving around the streets looking at lights. We also found out about a couple of public displays and went and had a look at them. Our favourite one was at Confederation Park. They had ice sculptures and lights flashing in time with music, it was awesome. ... read more

Heading South about an hour we get to Nanton where there is the Nanton Air Museum and the Nanton Candy Store. We stop and have a look through the museum and buy some lollies (or should we say candy). The museum was interesting, they had a lot of different planes to look at and you could go inside a few of them too. The candy store had lots of cool candy we could remember from when we were little but don’t really see anymore, our purchases consisted of poprocks and sherbert. We carried on to our destination, Head Smashed in Buffallo Jump, It was an interesting place to visit, the building was built into the side of a hill, we stopped at the theatre and watched a video of what the Buffallo Jump was and how ... read more

The drive to Edmonton was 297km long but felt soo much longer, the road was straight and all that was around us was nothing, it was just flat! On our way through a small place called Gasoline Alley we saw a dounut store, we stopped and got some, they were delicious. We arrived at Devonian Gardens and looked around. The gardens were really cool there was a butterfly house full of beautiful butterflies. There was a lot to see with woodland gardens, wetlands and Japanese gardens. We liked the Japanese garden best, there were dragonflies everywhere, it was like walking through midges at the beach and there was a peace bell, so we both had a turn at ringing it. The weather was fantastic on our way to Edmonton and at the gardens but when we ... read more