The whole family trying out the new "ripstiks". Even grandpa tried one!

Trip to Hell's Canyon, Oregon July '09

We went to Hell's Canyon to visit Candy's uncle, Jim. He showed us where he drives cattle down some pretty steep hills! This canyon is the deepest in the USA!!
Arriving in Joseph, OR
Start of the Canyon
Some of the following buildings are taken at Imnaha, a small Indian town in the Canyon.

This is a pretty informative sign about the area if you can read it....! Click twice to enlarge
Some of Candy's relatives owned the property this post office was sitting on!
Dale, Candy, and her uncle Jim at his place.
Getting apricots ready for drying
Some of the rugged cowboy country that Jim herds cattle in. Imagine riding down these canyon hills!
Jim, Bonnie, and Dale
Quite a few pretty flowers here!

The tower at Hat Peak.

An original sign!
Lots of pretty Indian Paintbrush all around the area
Some of these roads are pretty "freaky"!!
Jim took us to the rodeo at Joseph, OR

Ouch, glad I'm not him!

Fairmont Hot Springs, June 26th-July 3rd 09

We spent a week at the end of June at Fairmont Hot Springs, B.C. We took Candy K. with us. She had her own suite, complete with kitchenette, bedroom, and living room! She like having her own space!

Mountains (part of the Rockies) behind Fairmont Resort.

Mouth of the Columbia River

Dale standing over the beginning of the Columbia River! There are springs here that start it. The place it's near is Canal Flats, just south of Fairmont, B.C.

Lake Louise, AB , Canada

This man has played the alpenhorn here for many years. He loves it! So do we, it sounds cool!
The chateau at Lk Louise.

The foyer in the chateau.
Another foyer.....

Banff, AB, Canada

Driving in downtown Banff. Gorgeous mountain in the background!
The chateau (Fairmont Springs Hotel) in Banff, B.C.
A bagpipe player playing outside the chateau. Sounded very original!
A hall in the chateau. Building built in the 1800's.
A sitting room in the chateau.

Johnston Canyon

The beginning of the river before you see the canyon....
We walked 1/2 mile uphill along a walkway overhanging the rock wall. Long ways to the river below! Good thing for a hand rail....
Candy going through an open cave to the falls.


Above the lower falls. The trail continues another 1 1/2 mi. to the upper falls, but we were pooped!