Don't be surprised if you see one of these pictures in your mailbox around Christmas time. These are pictures from Canada, and were taken by Mark's camera with a delayed shutter. The kids all laughed hysterically watching Mark run to get in the picture in time. This was especially challenging, because right now, Mark's lens has 70mm as its widest, so he has to get really far away to get a picture of the whole gang of us.
The top one is at Mt Edith Cavell and Angel Glacier. It was a beautiful little hike to get there, and so cool to see actual iceburgs breaking off of the glacier. The story of Edith Cavell is very fascinating, and I know why Canada went to the trouble of naming one of its highest peaks after her.
The second one is at Lake Louise. It is such a pretty place, but so over-run with tourists, that it's not very peaceful. The Chateau Lake Louise is a very fancy and expensive hotel right on the lake. We will never stay there, but we love to go in for the show. There is a girl with the world's puffiest sleeves who plays a golden harp, and it is so funny. She plays glissando after glissando, making simple songs sound fancy, and all these Japanese people stand next to her and have their pictures taken while she plays. She just looks at the camera and keeps running her hands up and down the strings. We were all laughing, imagining Aubrey in that spot trying to keep a straight face while people snapped vacation photos of her playing her harp. Anyway, Lake Louise is beautiful, but get there early, early in the morning if you want to see the lake and not the masses of tourists.
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Such great family pictures and memories in a beautiful setting! Maybe Aubrey could get a summer job there in a few years and you could stay at the fancy hotel : )
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