On this day I always recall lying in a hospital bed all day and all night, trying to give life to my first born son…it was a very long day, but he didn't arrive until the next morning. Happy Birthday, Scott. Tomorrow. Well, we gained another hour yesterday and that combined with a too-warm hotel room, we were up early and ready to hit the road.   We left at 7:55 and 59 degrees. Brrr.   We began the day driving through more fertile farmland. The...

Long, long days up here in Alberta. We went to bed last night at 10 PM and it was still light out, somewhat. And this is the end of July. The days must be short in December. The word for the day is GLACIERS. And we saw LOTS of them today. We left the hotel this morning at 8:35 and 50 degrees (which bottomed out at 46 and a 20 MPH wind.) We did see 58 at times, but not often. The weather was mostly overcast with some rain. We spent a good deal of time in the clou...

We climbed into the car this morning at 7:45 and 50 degrees, with partly sunny skies and headed for the border. As we drove north, we were surrounded by mountains on three sides, the east, the north and the west. The ridge on the east was couched in a purple haze, as the sun shone from behind and the one in the north had clouds hugging tightly along the peaks. And as we left Kalispel, we discovered that it had grown exponentially since our last visit two years...