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Had another going away party out at Jameson's Pub to say bye to friends and some family. It was a fun night and I made up a quiz and divided everyone up into 2 teams and there was a ton of cheating going on haha but it was fun! I will miss each and every person that was there that night and I'm so happy that I got to see you guys before I left! Love to all of you!!! [View Full Entry]

Laurene - Laurene in the South Pacific | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 26th 2009 | 34 Views | [diary=431274]

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la vieille du départ
Bonjour à toutes et tous, Après un excellent souper avec nos enfants la veille de notre grand départ que Roxane nous avait si bien préparé et les très, très, très beaux cadeaux qu’ils nous ont faits, nous sommes finalement partis le 8 août tel que prévu. Nous étions un peu fatigués mais surtout très émus de ce souper surprise. En plus, nous partons sachant que notre maison est sous très bonne garde grâce à nos généreux voisins Guy et Carole. Il nous a fallu 3 jours pour traverser l’Ontario ''longtario'' . Sous la pluie, les nuages et un peu de soleil. [View Full Entry]

Francoise Legault - Françoise Legault | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 22nd 2009 | 74 Views | [diary=430074]

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By Laurene
August 21st 2009
Globalfest!! North America » Canada » Alberta » Calgary
My parents and I headed down to Globalfest at Elliston Park to watch Canada put on a wicked fireworks display. There are all kinds of cultural pavilions set up and everything for a bunch of different countries. We saw Brazilian dancers, Ukranian dancers, native dancers and some bollywood. It was cool. We ate some Indian food and Filipino food, yum yum!!! Canada put on a great display of fireworks after we all stood and sang the national anthem haha. Enjoy all the pics and videos!! [View Full Entry]

Laurene - Laurene in the South Pacific | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 26th 2009 | 28 Views | [diary=430996]

Brazil
shaking what their mamas gave them
the guys liked them

By Francoise Legault
August 21st 2009
Blog #2 North America » Canada » Alberta
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Mont Whistler
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Francoise Legault - Françoise Legault | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 22nd 2009 | 43 Views | [diary=430078]

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Ok so it's another National Park but there was so much to see and do up here - rather than me ramble on about it I thought we should add a few more photos and videos than usual that tell the story a little better. So, first there was the icefield's parkway - one of the World's great drives up from Lake Louise (one of the seven natural wonders of the world - although I don't know how they work these things out - I've heard of there are hundreds of them) to Jasper. The weather was mixed but we soon [View Full Entry]

GeorgeB - George Browning | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 20th 2009 | 64 Views | [diary=429791]

Black bear eating berries
Athabascar Glacier
Polar bear sighting

Kananaskis lakes
Kananaskis lakes
View from Mt. Indefatigable
We recently spent 10 days in K country with my boys, Andrew and Peter and my wife Gloria. We had some rain on and off over the time but also enjoyed campfires, hiking and some wildlife. I think we live in a special part of the world. Our Rocky Mountains are unlike the Himalayas, Alps and other major ranges. [View Full Entry]

Yogaman58 - Neil Haggard | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 18th 2009 | 13 Views | [diary=429236]

Mt. Lorette

Ice Fields
Ice Fields
Crow''s nest glacier
Bill woke me up just before 9 am to let me know breakfast was almost ready! What a treat to have someone else cook breakfast and the coffee already on. After breakfast, Bill headed into town for work and Maggie and I had a great visit, while Otis had fun chasing all the cats outside! After the laundry was finished, off to Golden, to visit with Bill before heading out on the road. Left Golden around 1 (happy with reconnecting with Bill and Maggie), and back up to Banff and onto the Ice Fields road! Glacier after Glaciers! It was something [View Full Entry]

julie and otis - julie phillips | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 19th 2009 | 42 Views | [diary=429466]

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Wild animals
The sky

After a couple of hours of decorating in the sunshine and then a stupid rain shower I was ready for family to come over for a backyard bbq to say goodbye to me. It was a really great time and some relatives all the way from Saskatchewan were able to make it for my party! The theme was obviously Hawaii, NZ and OZ inspired. I had an inflatable palm tree up as well as an 8 foot tall hanging palm tree up. It was big potluck deal so everyone brought food inspired from those 3 countries. The food was AMAZING!!! We [View Full Entry]

Laurene - Laurene in the South Pacific | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 23rd 2009 | 53 Views | [diary=430373]

More decorations
All the decorations on the new deck
Palm trees

Had a late start - slept in until 11 am! A very quiet campground! After talking to one of the camp rangers, I headed up to Lake Louise where I spent almost ½ hour driving around to find a parking space! (lots and lots and lots of people). Hiked, walked leisurely up to the 6 Plains Glaciers. The hike started gently along Lake Louise. Quite a bit of switchbacks across the mountain. Forgot about the altitude! Kept running out of breath, needed to sit and rest...got to the tearoom in 2 hours. Met several people along the way, especially enjoyed talking [View Full Entry]

julie and otis - julie phillips | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 17th 2009 | 42 Views | [diary=429020]

the hike to 6 plains glaciers
The hike
The hike

The tent
The tent
Otis taking over my bed!
Woke up to sun and it still a bit brisk, with gloves on to make the coffee this morning! Tent down, car packed, dog walked...off for another journey...drove to Mouraine Lake this morning, and once again, cars, cars, cars, campers, campers, campers and no place to park, drove around once, and drove right back out! WOW! Tourist everywhere from so many different places, all taking in the beauty of the Rockies and Banff. Back out on the trail and trough the pass and down to Golden, BC to have a night with my dear friends Bill and Maggie! Bill cooked up [View Full Entry]

julie and otis - julie phillips | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: August 19th 2009 | 30 Views | [diary=429462]

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