The Andrews Family on Tour - Canada 1998
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Why Canada?  Like many people we have distant relatives in Canada. In our case Alberta and British Columbia. This means we have seen and heard a great deal about the place. Mary's parents visited the area over 20 years ago and the scenery looked spectacular. We had decided to do a "memorable trip" before the family began to split up (our eldest daughter being about to start University). Canada was the obvious choice
 
Specific Requirements  The Athabascar Glacier, because Mary's parents had stood on it all those years ago
Scenery and walking - in our case this meant the Rockies
Whale Watching - hence Victoria
Chill Out - there was to be a lot of driving so a few days rest towards the end was required - hence Whistler
And finally . . . . Shopping (for 2 teenage daughters and a wife) - hence Vancouver.
 
Itinerary  Fly from Manchester to Calgary

Calgary to Banff

From Banff to Jasper stopping off at Lake Louise and the Athabascar Glacier on the Icefield Parkway.

Start the journey to the coast - Jasper to Clearwater

Clearwater to Harrison Hotspings

Hotsprings to Victoria on Vancouver Island via the ferry

Ferry from Vancouver Island to mainland for journey to Whistler

R&R in Whistler then travel down to Vancouver

Final 2 days in Vancouver before the long journey home
 

The Diary  This was our first BIG adventure abroad, so I decided to keep a set of notes to help me remember the events of each day. On my return I enjoyed creating a typed Scrap Book together with all the memorabilia - tickets, brochures, postcards and photographs. Each web page is a diary day, using the original words (but laid out for browsing) and may contain links to photographs that will pop up in the middle of the screen like so. I have tried to provide a simple navigation system - only you can tell if it works.
 
The Photo Gallery  I have provided a Photo Gallery of Thumbnail images. Clicking any of them will pop up a larger version
 
The Links Page  Links to sites of places we visited or I found during my information gathering before and after the holiday.
 
Contacting me  Should you have comments or suggestions about the layout or content, feel free to contact me.
 
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