Siffleur Falls, June 2016

After a board workshop in Didsbury, we drove past Nordegg to the Dry Haven campground.  Cooked smokies over the fire and slept in the tent.

It was really raining when we got to the siffleur falls staging area the next morning.  We decided to walk a couple k to the suspension bridge across the N Saskatchewan river.  Then there was a pretty boardwalk through the Kootenay Plains.  Then the rain let off and we just kept going to the falls.  No camera but the falls are awesome.

So is Michele!

Denver, April 2016

We went to Denver for PLA 2016, or I should say Michele went for PLA 2016.  Ken went as a conference spouse.  And quite liked the role.

First day we checked into the Warwick Hotel and walked downtown for Michele to register.  Saw a couple of people and had dinner at Grimaldi's, which features a coal fired pizza oven.  Sounds gross but it was really good.

I rode the Warwick Hotel bicycle all around Denver while Michele attended the conference.  We rented a car and drove to the mountains and Boulder.  Had a nice lunch and saw Mork and Mindy's house.

Denver is a really nice town.  Lots of solid tidy little homes.

Jasper, sept 2015

We wanted to use our camper more so we planned a fall trip to Jasper.  We ended up in Wapati campground and Friday night we had a nice relaxing walk into town.  We got fries at A&W so we could get ketchup and mustard.  Back at camp we had a nice roaring fire and delicious smokies for dinner.

Next day we rode from Medicine Lake to Maligne Lake, about 22k one way.  It was very challenging, windy and cold and hilly with lots of elevation gain.  We made it to within what I later determined to be about 2k of the end when we decided for M's safety to turn back.

It smelled of smoke where we started riding

We stopped in town for food and bad music at the Whistlers Inn, then met some elk back at camp.

He charged the truck about 2 minutes later

Then back to town for more food and beer and a Riders game!

That night and the next day it rained.  We hit the lovely Miette hot spring on the way home.

Big BC 6

Next we went to the North Island.

Big BC 5

Now I've lost track of the days, but I think I can keep the sequence straight.

On the South Island, we did a few day trips.  We went to a beach on the east side of the island

And then to a beach on the west side of the south island, on the open ocean.  It was beachcombing paradise, with a lot of stuff from Japan.

After a lot of effort we got a fire going and roasted some delicious weenies.  The fire finally took after I threw in a bunch of business cards I had in my wallet.  This seemed appropriate at this stage of the holiday: abandoning my white collar persona and all that.

Big BC day 4ish

Did we spend one night or two in our Prince George B&B?  I can't remember.  In any case, we next got on the ferry to Haida Gwaii.

The rail terminal at Prince Rupert.  A whole lot of containers go from the docks onto the rail line

Kelly, Shelly and Michele on the ferry deck

Walking around near the ferry terminal in Skidegate, waiting to go to the South Island 






























Out in front of the bed and breakfast we stayed in at Sandspit

Big BC day 2

Had a walk on the Jasper Town Trail the next morning before boarding the train, got rained on for a bit.  The train dropped people at the first stop then it was much quieter and more intimate.  Met Diane the service manager and only employee to see everyone - she was great, friendly and tireless.

It was hot and hazy in PG when we arrived.  Had good sushi, believe it or not.