Stampede Grounds and Rodeo

After the Parade that was about two hours long we made our way to the Stampede Grounds to watch the start of the Rodeo.










Here a bull rider is just about to be sent flying.








The Stampede opened on Friday 9th July with the parade and we went back again on the following Monday to watch the sheep dog trials, cowboy up competition, cattle penning, and the Rock N Roll Ice Show with three of Canada's Olympic medalists and the return to the ice of Elvis Stoyko.

The Banff Highway is being expanded to 4 lanes with tunnels or arches to allow the wild animals to cross without being on the highway.

Tunnel Mountain - Rockies

We stopped at the view point for The Spiral Tunnels in Kicking Horse Pass elevation 1647 meters. Trains can be as long as 120 cars and have as many as three or four engines in the front and a couple more in the middle of the train. It is possible to see the last of the train going into the tunnel as the engine comes out of the spiral.

Sprial Tunnel cont.

Bill in front of old railway signal.

A view of both tunnel entrances.

Traveling through the Rockies

We took the trans Canada Highway from Kamloops through Revelstoke and up through the Rogers Pass with it's Avalanche areas and snow sheds at 1330 meters.

Juniper Beach - Walhachin

Our second night we stayed at Juniper Beach Provincial Park on the fast flowing Thompson River, with the CN and CP railroads either side of the camp ground and very long trains going by about every twenty minutes. A very nice setting and one of our favourite camp sites.

Traveling with Brian & Marilyn

We left Pacific Border RV Park on the 4th of July with Brian and Marilyn and headed up to Whistler for the night. Had a good tour around the village and extended Whistler area and Millie came over for dinner that evening.