The Andrews Family on Tour - Canada 1998
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 .