Nana's Northwest Trip Notes

June 17, 1995
Andrew Ramsay tour guide on Brennan Tour driver Bob Marshall. Saw three deer on the way to Spokane. A long sunny day.

Spokane translated "Children of the Sun"
Idaho - first saw mill. Montpelier - bank robbed by Butch Cassidy. Blackfoot Indians - sheep eaters all from around Spokane area. You distance at any time Cuddy will shoot for you. John Jesuit missionary. Mount Idaho tourists swimming. South agriculture - potatoes - the North and South very different. Idaho is Indian name "Heart of Drill". Golf course - remarkable green - chauffeur takes you to course and drives you around. Gold teas with club name - laser gun guide.

19th Today we drove through part of Idaho and Washington and Montana. From 4600 at Look Out Pass to rolling hill in Montana. Lonesome hills in Montana. Lake McDonald.

Silver mining - cobalt, lead, mining pollutes area. Mining tunnel near Kellogg. Look Out Pass fire in 1910 150 miles flame could be seen as smoke in Chicago, Illinois. Saw elk and herd of buffaloes. Whitehead Montana, Misty Mtn, Flat Head Lake. Mission. Montana Grill.

Options Lake Cruise or rafting ride. Helicopter morning and afternoon restaurant.

21st British Columbia, Canada - Outpost -Columbus Lake - the head of the river. Sand form formation the Indians called Hoodoos - stopped in Kootenay National Park to see Range saw a split peak elevation 8000 snow at tops of mountains. Color of water in glacier fed streams sort of gray from rocks washed down - rocks so dine the dist is call glacier flour takes as long as 7 years to dissipate out of streams. Vermillian Pass 9000 across the continental divide - divides water flow from east to west Pacific - Atlantic. Saw 1st glacier at Stanley Peak 10000 high the glacier is as thick as 500 in places. Castle Mt, Mt Ball, Mt Radndal - the one in front of hotel. Gondolas goes up - sulfur mtn.

22nd Banff Springs Hotel (Canada) was all they said it would be. Went through main street shops in town - expensive shops - lots of tourists - young "casual" attire with a dirty dog. Bellhops hadtaken bags to our room before we got there. Dressed for dinner - large dining room - many, many Japanese music for dining a Super flute player. 8 at my table. Had lamb, Irish coffee and wine got to our room and to bed. Helicopter ride was unreal - snow sharp peaks flew through clouds - smooth ride - 4 in my copter. Doorman, girls at desk, those working for hotel in kilts and girls in kilt shirt. Along roadway large metal elk with horns as a sign with Attention on sign.

New condos for year round employees. Saw sheep, big horns, momma sheep with babies, tall skinny pines with purple flowers and same pink flowers in Chateau - saw many elk eating in yards and on golf course. Most southern pass of Canadian Rockies - railway - explorers first with furs then railroad. Van Horn bought railway for pass. Bow River - goes through Banff and on the way to lake saw tooth Mt. jagged top. Pine beetles ruining pines - Castle sides erode away giving top and sides horxzontal lines - TransCanada goes across Canada all the way to Vancouver. Mt Temple.Lake Louise Village - Tom Wilson worked on rail and never left - pictured as he drove last spike. Glacier. Brewsters grandson still up here. Victoria Peak - chimney in room. Outside Lake Louise you can see Victoria Peak and Victoria Glacier - the largest glacier we've seen except for the copter trip.

22nd - Peyto Peak and Lake all blue - many snow capped mts in back ground saw an osprey.

23rd - Friday - Ice field parkway. Jasper - ice field on slope fills the entire bowl glaciers come our of ice fields once the bowl is overflowed. Waputik ice field means white rear end of an elk. Hector glacier 10000 Belfore Peak Mt Hector Glacier. Big Horn saw sheep lots - Bridal Veil Falls.

Took another bus to Snow Bus onto glacier blue. Ice crystals, dirt, flour from rock a large amount of melting water in small pools and by edge of glacier. Large swift flow going down a hole and back under and with the glacier thrilling trip. Tangle Falls is 5 individual

falls joining together to make 3 falls. Thick layers like frosting - Indian Snow Apache - steel wool sheep licking rocks for the iron. Saw elk with red plastic collars. Lovely dinner. Walked around lake, relaxed, had cocktails. Dinner as a group with music and dancers. Large ravens around cottage and goats with babies. Went rafting before we reached lodge - some white water - everyone got soaked. We have a lovely cabin in the woods, lots of elk walking around

eating everything.

25th Leaving, very dark. Getting supplies. Saw 2 large elk with large rack - 6 horns on each side. Saw a black bear. Farewell dinner. Farm lands, rolling hills, farmers cutting and bailing hay - rode alongside a river most fo the day and saw mountains. Lots of green pine forests.

26th Dinner - leaving - lunch in Vancouver after tour. Brown bears, eagles, black squirrels, raccoons Stanley Park in Vancouver with waterfront room.

Museum, little boat tour, tour Victoria Harbour - visited Seattle Pike Place Market for lunch - bakery.

Found a card in book - Rea B Ragatz (person listed as a tour companion) 512 las uvas artist green valley, arizona 85614 phone 6026258361.