October 8th

1pm: The spectacular trestle railway bridge at Lethbridge, Alberta : I had to make the 3 hour drive down to Lethbridge for work today. It was another gorgeous Fall day & actually pretty hot down here in the South (25C at least). Lethbridge is a nice town,  maybe a bit windy/dusty for my liking but surrounded by lush countryside, with the pass that leads you into Southern BC a 150kms to the west. Still a good drive & with a stop off in bustling Okotoks on my way back, a long day.

August 20th

4pm: A long, long drive back through Oregon & Washington states to Spokane - our halfway point on the way back home. It was the best part of 12 hours, but of course as it was through for me, mostly virgin territory - pretty fascinating. Highlights were the wonderful Whole Foods store we got our lunch supplies from in Portland!! & then the drive over the high mountain passes of the Snoqualmie National Park in Washington. Very scenic & a beautiful stop-off to observe the snowy peak of Mount Rainier (above). Again backwoods America, we stopped at some very iffy service stations for the never ending kids toilet breaks. The drive then from Yakima, over the high prairie to Spokane along i90 was enjoyable as the sun set over the fields. Man was I tired though by the end of the day.....!

July 18th

4pm: I was well enough to drive slowly home today, 6 hours again up & over the Rockies and back to Canmore. Here we stopped again at Rogers Pass, Tabby & Charlie stretched their legs, squashed some ants & were spoilt with nasty sweets from the gift shop. Not as much pain today, but now very, very tired.

March 19th

4pm: Smokey the Bear, just on the outskirts of Revelstoke, BC. A beautiful but tiring drive back over Rogers Pass & home to Canmore. Smokey can be found guarding a campground near Revelstoke, he's a pretty impressive beast, even if he has been used for target practise by local egg chuckers by the looks of it.

February 25th

5pm ; Heading out of Calgary on my way home from work, westwards to the mountains, one of my favourite views as you crest the Old Banff Coach Road just east off Springbank. The whole vista opens up with stunning views of the Rocky Mountains & that big old Alberta sky.

February 9th

4.15pm. Me & my shadow......on the Highway upto Edmonton I noticed the car's shadow ahead, alongside and behind us depending on the heading of the road. It was a 3 hour straight trip from Calgary, no traffic, perfect driving conditions but little scenery of note to take pictures of & I knew it would be dark by the time I got to E-town, so this was a good way to depict my day of driving.