Oh it’s an early morning, even when you’re 2 hours behind your home timezone.
Unfortunately , due to Bill’s mother’s condition, and the uncertainty about him having to travel to Ottawa (painful irony), he’s not joining Barb and I for the weekend in Jasper.
That said – Barb and I make a quick jaunt downtown to … Downtown Camera to buy another CF memory card for me, since I thought one of my 4GB Extreme IIIs was dead (later I determine random, non-repeatable errors are a fact of life with $6 USB Card readers – whodathunkit?)
What impressed me about this store tho, is that as you walk in the door, there’s a Nikon 800mm lens standing on a pricey Gitzo Tripod… and none of it’s tied down – at all! Not much for security, but then you have to realize that setup would take about 3 minutes just to disassemble to be fit out the door. Impressive inventory, excellent customer service and the staff also knew the product very well. I watched a guy pickup about $20K in glass while I bought my ‘measly’ $67 Extreme III card; Alberta FTW – no sales tax. Just GST.
Mission accomplished. Doubly – I may have bought 2 cards 🙂
Let’s hit the road… into the Rockies!
… Okay – the road hits back! After the hoodoos, you’re pretty much getting into the Mountains and … wow. Nothing does The Rockies any semblance of justice – other than to experience them.
We stop to see Lake Louise… since we can’t park, Barb lets me go ahead and says she’ll come find me. Unbeknownst to me while I’m snapping away – an hour passes and my phone doesn’t work while Barb is calling me… Ooops
The rest of the drive I spend with my mouth agape. Really – there’s no way to describe the Rockies.
Some mountain goats by the side of the road punctuate my ceaseless imagery.
We arrive at Becker’s Lodging, have a delicious Filet Mignon dinner and settle in for the evening, relaxing while we watch Die Hard 2 on the TV.