Kristin and I spent this past weekend visiting her brother and his family in Alberta, including three nephews whom I was meeting for the first time. Although they consistently called me Uncle Donald, I was unsuccessful in dubbing them Huey, Duey, and Luey.
We spent a day at the
Royal Tyrrel Museum, in Drumheller. This is set among the badlands in Alberta, and is the home of a large collection of fossils, ranging from the Cambrian period all the way through the last Ice Age.
The next day we went to
Banff, a town in the Canadian Rockies, which is well-known for its hot springs. And its touristy small-town vibe, with lots of shops crowded by tourists over the long weekend. There's also a beautiful hotel, called the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel, that you probably can't afford to stay at. After a hike up the falls, we ate in town, and then went to the hot springs, which was actually a pool fed by the hot springs.
A few pictures for your enjoyment:
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I have way more pictures of these prairie dogs, outside the Royal Tyrrell Museum, than I have of anything inside the museum. |
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The lower falls, on the hike.
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The upper falls, which is as far as we hiked. |
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My brother-in-law, his wife, and three boys--5, 4, and 5 months--on the way back from the hike.
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