Posted on 12/06/2017 4:40:37 PM PST by mairdie
Just husband and I and we travel infrequently so it’s worth the occasional splurge. When I was very young I remember sleeping in the MGB to save hotel costs. They actually have quite decent leg room. Today? Never. We’ve pretty much left our traveling days behind.
I have some weird “You Were There” memory, so I still get flashes of actually being in those places - seeing what’s around me, hearing and smelling the place - standing at the base of the Athabasca Glacier or standing on the Plains of Abraham looking up at the Quebec City fort or dangling from the grammar school jungle gym, so I can still pretend I’m traveling without leaving the comforts of home.
My mother had an almost photographic memory, but mine is only a pale imitation of hers. Never thought to ask her about the You Were There part.
See a tour of Ralph Engelstad Arena. Probably the finest college Arena in America.
By the way bro, I will take more videos tomorrow, and send to you on Viber.
Did you make the hikes back to the two different tea houses?
No, and until I googled that, I hadn’t heard of the tea houses. When we went, we took a small tour bus that was filled with Japanese tourists and couldn’t understand a word of the explanations made by the guides. So it was just viewing the wonder of nature, while listening to the interesting murmur of ununderstandable human sounds.
What was the experience like?
One of them is quite a vertical hike but the views are spectacular. The other is a trail that basically follows the lake and the tea house is at the base of the glacier. I actually prefer the azure blue colors of Moraine Lake to the pale blue of Lake Louise.
>>azure blue colors of Moraine Lake
Oh, that does sound wonderful. Nature, like art, just makes me want to cry with awe at the beauty.
Thanks my Asian bro!
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