Some dear on a field in Kamloops.
Scattered throughout the region here we see 'Hoodoos' unique rock and clay formations.
A bald eagle in flight.
The train always slows down at special spots so that photos can be taken. The next spot is the mouth of the Adams River which is the site of the world's largest salmon run. We were too early for this as September is the month when this occurs.
Craigellachie (The last spike of the CP Rail) A cairn now marks the spot.
Scenery before The Resort.
Three Valley Gap Resort, 200 room hotel with a heritage ghost town.
Once again the terrain changes from the dry, sparsely treed and sagebrush covered South Thompson River valley to the densely forested Columbia Mountain region.
Revelstoke, shadowed by Mt Stephen.
Cathedral mountain.
One of the Spiral Tunnels.
The highest point of our journey is the Continental Divide the boundary between Banff National Park in Alberta and Yoho National Park in British Columbia.
We travel through an area where there were supposed to be elk, deer and moose but unfortunately we only saw some deer closer to Calgary and no elk or moose. Much as we tried to look for them we didn't get to see any bears either. We received an email from Brenda telling us the day after we had left there was a spotting of a cougar a few houses up from where we were staying and a very large bear down the road!
Mount Rundl.
Yesterday we had had breakfast first (mind you it was about 9.30am) so the others left upstairs got scones and coffee/tea and then went to breakfast later. We also had lunch first and so the others got cheese and crackers with wine and then lunch later. Today it was our turn to have the later breakfast and lunch so we got the extra snacks too. Between Banff and Calgary those left on the train were also served some hors d'oeuvres and drinks. The hosts were very attentive and water was served quite often and anyone could ask for a drink any time - which of course there are always some that keep drinking the whole time
We pass by Lake Louise but it is hidden to the train by the surrounding Mount Victoria Glacier. We arrived then in Banff at approx 7.30pm with a short stop to let all those getting off at Banff do so.
Between Banff and Calgary, before it got too dark, were also able to see the Three Sisters Mountain (named because they believed they looked like three nuns).
It was good that we had the later lunch etc as we then had multiple delays coming into Calgary. Due to the recent flooding there it had meant a lot of the freight trains were not able to get through and so there were lots of extra ones that we had to give way to as they have the right of way. This meant that instead of arriving in Calgary two hours later at 9.30pm which would be more normal we didn't arrive until 1.30am (6 hours instead of 2 hours!!!). Everyone was very tired and even the staff were taking turns having little naps as they were going to have to get up early the next morning to do the reverse trip all over again. Finally we disembarked and caught a taxi to our room where we collapsed into bed at 2am.
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