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David Thompson Highway – Alberta Vacation

// May 4th, 2011 // No Comments » // Holidays / Traditions, Recent Posts, Rocky Mountains, Scenic

Perhaps you will decide to visit Alberta this summer and if you do a great road to travel is Highway 11 – the David Thompson Highway. There are many sights and attractions along this route.  From Red Deer, this highway will take you to Rocky Mountain House, Nordegg and will end at the Saskatchewan Crossing  where it meets the Icefields Highway.  You can then go either direction to Banff and Lake Louise area or to Jasper.  The Columbia Icefields are found here also.  Today, a few photos from the Nordegg area along the David Thompson route.  The enormity and beauty of the Canadian Rockies cannot be put into words and the colours of the mountain lakes are spectacular. We stayed at Aurum Lodge, an eco-friendly lodge overlooking Abraham lake – very peaceful and relaxing location away from the high tourist zones.

Below: Abraham Lake

Enjoy!

~Sharon

Seasons Greetings to All !

// December 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // Holidays / Traditions, Winter

To everyone who is visiting this site I want to wish you all the best for the holiday season.  We celebrate Christmas at my house but there are many of you who likely celebrate different holiday traditions at this or other times of  the year.  However you choose to celebrate the holidays I wish you Happy Holidays!  Today a few seasonal photos in the spirit of the season.

Above:  This is Oliver posing nicely by the tree  – my cousins beautiful and lovable dog.

Below:  A Christmas Teddy by the tree.

Merry Christmas !

Sharon

Remembrance Day

// November 11th, 2009 // No Comments » // Holidays / Traditions, Scenic

“During the First World War Winnipeg was the headquarters of No 10 Military District and it contained six military hospitals of 972 beds. Winnipeg (Brookside) Cemetery contains 299 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 149 from the Second World War, most of them in the special military plot.” (Commonwealth War Graves Commission website) For more information on memorials, Remembrance Day materials and teacher resources (available free of charge) you may click on the following link. Perhaps you have heard stories of family members who served and were killed in one of the great wars. If so, there is a search function on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website that may be of interest to you. If you live in Winnipeg and have never visited Brookside Cemetery I would encourage you to do so. While the entire cemetery is beautifully maintained by the City of Winnipeg, the Military Section is especially beautiful with the headstones row on row, gardens, mature trees and monuments. Ceremonies open to the public are held there each Remembrance Day. “Right click” on any image to view a larger size.