Through the Rockies!

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revelstoke!

We've made it to Revelstoke! Keep posted for a full entry and some more photos! I have to go to sleep.

-andy

see a rough map of our route so far at http://www.travelblog.org/gmaps/map_299.html

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Photos

Here they come!
This is one of the many beautiful views approaching the mountains. It was hard to keep my eyes on the road!

approaching the rockies
this is one of the many pics we took of the mountains as we approached them from calgary. very exciting stuff.

we're getting closer!
as the rockies appeared over the foothills the trip ahead became a reality. we were very excited.

mountains all around
one of my favorite pictures of the whole trip that day... check out the three different images in our mirror.

first steep grade
this is the first ascent in the foothills just east of the mountains.

another beauty view
awesome!

tunnels!
a couple of tunnels. we eventually went through them, and then came out the other side!

can't stop taking pics!
it was hard to keep the camera away for two minutes at a time.

a steep descent
the truck handled the ascents and the descents very well. we had to be careful to use the engine to slow us down as much as possible.

runaway lane
i wouldn't ever want to see a situation where this might have to be used! wowzer.

a new route?
there was some pretty serious construction going on... perhaps an alternate route? It looked like they were re-routing to avoid having the highway dip down into a valley, and have it cross it instead

Are those people up there?!?
a close up of one of the supports for the new bridge going up... if you look closely you can see some workers up there. how'd they get up there?

a cut in the mountains
there was a lot of evidence of logging in the mountains... cuts like these, as well as big logging trucks carrying the freshly cut lumber to the mill.

we're in bear country!
evidence of our fluffy friends in the region. found at a lake louis gas station. i couldn't open it.

rogers pass
a contraption marking the summit of roger's pass

it's a steep and windy one!
one of the most challenging part of the drive through the rockies. it was exciting!

bendy road
a bit more of a bend than we're used to coming across the prairies!

cool bird
we saw this bird at lake louise when we stopped for lunch.

cool bird
we saw this bird at lake louise when we stopped for lunch.

razors anyone?
geoff getting samples fromt the truck for the clerk at the gas station. most are very happy to receive the razors! we've got friends across the country now.