Magestic

"Oh my"! "Ooh-h-h-h look at that!" "Oh, look at THAT!!!"
Those were the most used words yesterday as we entered the foothills, and continued on through the Great Canadian Rockies. I still can hardly process that we're in BC, in a delightful B&B, listening to the sounds of the train yard and gazing out at snow-capped mountain tops that defy description from my mere and simple words.

It's been a fantastic journey so far. Lake Louise, even though the lake itself was still frozen over (and if I don't mess up you'll see for yourself from the pics included), the awesom handiwork of God in that place was breath-taking. What more can I say. Let's hope the pics display that for you today.

Yesterday was a day out of a dream for me. I mean, really, little girls from Carleton County, N.B., never invision that they'll one day be standing in a spot, surrounded by glorious peaks rising out of the clouds, and snapping photos left and right, literally. I mean, little girls like me who were born 53 years ago in a small farming community with gravel roads running by her door.

I kept saying to Arend, "Thank-you for bringing me on this magnificent trip!". And his response, "Of course I would be bring you Hon, you're the only wife and best friend I've got--who else would travel across the county with a Dutchman like me?"

It is almost time for a lovely hot breakfast of eggs benedict and cups of coffee, enjoyed at a large wooden dining table, surrounded by windows. And you know what the view is like already!

Oh yes, where are we you ask? Well, let's give you a clue. This area is home to the major switching yard and repair shop for the CPR. Can't guess? Okay, here's a bigger clue: In 1858 a gelologist named Sir James Hector's horse kicked him in the chest and knocked him senseless (so the brochure tells me). The men named the river that runs through here, The Kicking Horse River. That's all the clues for now--do your research and you'll see the "best kept secret in BC". That's where we are this morning and it's time for breakfast now. More later today, so do drop by again.
Blessings, Barb