"Here are the pictures from my last trip in Canada. On our way to Vancouver Island we stopped off to see Lynda’s brother, Bruce, in Aldergrove BC where he raises and trains border collies to herd sheep. At present he has 13 dogs ranging in age from 3 months to 14 years. The first couple of pictures show the dogs running the sheep, while the third is a picture that Bruce sent us of a young puppy being introduced to his first sheep.
We then got on the ferry for Vancouver Island. The ferry had to run some tests while it was under way, so it was going a little slower than it usually does, and we ran into a small pod of whales. We got shots of a couple of them coming out of the water. It was wonderful to see them swimming and jumping alongside the ferry.
We then got to our hotel in Parksville where we spent the day just watching the tide go in and out. As you can see from pictures 6 and 7, there is a great tidal beach there that must go out for a kilometer or more. From our window we could also see a couple of bald eagles, and we got this shot of them by their nest.
We then went over to the west side of the island, near Tofino. This is as close as you can get to Japan and still be in North America. Pictures 9, 10 and 11 show some of the scenery in the area. On the way back to the hotel we stopped at a place called Cathedral Grove, which is an old growth forest of Douglas Fir. A peaceful and quiet place for contemplation. Because it is part of a rain forest there is green and moss everywhere.
On our way back to Calgary we stopped again in Vernon. You may recall a picture we took a couple of months ago when we were here, one looking down the valley towards Swan Lake. The last picture shows what it looks like now with all the smoke from all the forest fires in the area. We went up on one of the higher hills, and from there we could see smoke rising from 6 fires along the lake.
This seems to be the end of my travels in Western Canada. Tomorrow we leave for Las Vegas, and from there to home.
See you soon,
F. Stanley"
Here are the pictures:
Gorgeous pictures! That is some amazing scenery, and the border collies are fun to see! We are in love with the puppy being introduced to the young sheep!
We also took our hometown Flat Stanley along with us to the DaVinci Science Center recently. Here are some pictures from there:
That last thing was pretty cool, we stood in front of this white wall, jumped or moved or whatever we wanted when they told us too, and then we got to see images of our shadows frozen in place on the wall even after we moved away :)
I do have another update to make as a couple more Stanleys actually came home, I will do that very soon! :)
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