We indulged in wild extravagance by taking the Rocky
Mountaineer train trip from Banff
to Vancouver. Gail booked the Gold
Leaf class – the most expensive and wildly luxurious of the three classes on
offer. The carriage has two levels, the upper one having a glass dome roof and
the lower one being the dining room. The trip took two days, with an overnight
stop in Kamloops. The pics below
show Gail about to board, Don on the train pretending he is happy, Gail in the dining
room and one of our hosts in the domed carriage.
We saw some wildlife from the train. Pics below show a black
bear and a group of Big Horn sheep. We also saw bald eagles and ospreys (which
are birds).
The scenery seen from t the train would be spectacular on a
blue sky sunny day, but we got generally cloudy days. The pics below show the
train passing beside the Kicking Horse River, the location where the east and
west branches of the continental railway joined (called the “Last Spike”
memorial), the bridge at Cisco Crossings over the Fraser River which we passed
over in the train, and the airtram over the Fraser River Canyon at Hell’s Gate.
We had one last night in Vancouver. We spent the next day walking around the downtown area and along the harbour where the cruise ships dock. Pics show Canada Place on the harbour, a view of floatplanes on the harbour, and Granville St, which is one of the main downtown streets.
In the afternoon we flew Alaska Airlines from Vancouver to Los Angeles, and then took a VAustralia flight to Brisbane.
So farewell until next trip.
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