Geo: 49.321, -123.074We left Jasper on Wednesday morning. It rained pretty hard for a while and then cleared a bit. We made pretty good time. Apparently we really beat the crowds. The roads are empty. We go for about a half an hour before we encounter any cars. The roads are great, smooth and quick. The Infiniti is fun to drive. Passing is very easy and quick. We tried to find a moose to photograph, but alas did not find any. We stopped in Savona for the night. We stayed at the Lakeside Inn. It is right on Lake Savona. Because its so slow this time of year, we got a free upgrade to a lake view room with a balcony. The place is really nice. While eating our dinner at a local restaurant, a huge ... read more

Geo: 51.1762, -115.57 Well, we stayed 2 nights in Calgary. We visited Fort Calgary and learned about the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and then went to the Heritage Center. We left the next day and drove to Banff. The weather has improved very much. What a beautiful place! Snow capped peaks are everywhere. We have seen mountain goats, big horn sheep, deer, elk and 3 grizzly bears. We went to Lake Louise and hiked half way around the lake. We drove to several lakes that were fantastic. We have been up 2 gondolas to view the area from on top of the mountain. Tomorrow we are going on a boat tour of Lake Minnewanka. On Saturday we are leaving Banff and are driving to Jasper National Park. ... read more

Geo: 48.3858, -114.06Lets start from the beginning. We left Sacramento on Monday morning at 8:00 AM. We drove all the way to Boise , Idaho. Thats 550 miles. Alot of freeway at first then some nice two lane roads in Idaho. We arrived around 6:00PM. That was a long day. We had dinner and a couple of beers and went to bed. The next morning we left for Le Grande, Oregon, which is where Stacy's family is from. Her grandparents are buried there. We had lunch in town and looked around for a while. She wanted to visit the gravesites and we went to City Hall. They sent us to the records clerk, who printed out a copy of Stacy's parents marriage certificate. She sent us to a cemetary in town and a very nice lady ... read more

Geo: 38.579, -121.491Well, this is the last entry for this trip. We made it home in one piece. All of our luggage showed up and customs was a breeze. So let me back up to Sunday the 17th. As you remember, we arrived in Glasgow on Saturday. So, on Sunday we got tickets to the hop-on hop-off bus tour of Glasgow and took a circuit of Glasgow. We got off at the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and looked around there for about a couple of hours. We then crossed the street and visited the Glasgow Transport Museum. That also took a couple of hours. We then went out for a nice Italian dinner and then back to our hotel. On Monday, we hopped back on the bus and stopped at the Glasgow Cathedral and looked ... read more

Geo: 57.4767, -4.23145On Saturday, we drove up north and visited Dunrobin Castle. It looks like a fairytale castle. We also stopped into a couple of villages. Sunday was a day of rest. On Monday we went west and visited Brodie Castle, Elgin Cathedral, the Moray Motor Museum and Duffus Castle. Brodie Castle is furnished and was great. Duffus was a ruins and not much of it was left. The Motor museum was small, but it had a very good collection of cars and the curator gave us a personal tour. Elgin Cathedral was very nice, too. On Tuesday, we did a loop around Loch Ness. We also stopped at Foyer Falls and did some hiking and pics. Wednesday we were at the Black Isle and toured Cromarty village in the rain. Thursday was a day off. ... read more