Last week we were in the West. Alberta, to be pre­cise. We boarded a train on Fri­day evening, and were in Edmon­ton Sat­ur­day morn­ing. We rented a car, drove south to Cal­gary, and spent a few days vis­it­ing with my sis­ter and her hubby. Tues­day we drove back up to Edmon­ton, hung out with Kathleen’s sis­ter and her fam­ily, then got on the east­bound train on Sat­ur­day evening. By 9 AM Sun­day we were home again.

That’s a cap­sule sum­mary, of course. Over the next few days I’ll drill down in more detail, but for now I’m tired (I think I picked up a cold out West), and so here are some selected pic­tures from our trip (some of which will surely be repeated in the next few posts).

My sis­ter and her hubby.

You can tell I’m a prairie boy; every time I’m near any moun­tains, I feel the need to record all of them. This is a set of six or so pho­tos, stitched together with Autos­titch.

Some of the plants in Edmonton’s Mut­tart Conservatory.

Kathleen’s sis­ter and her hubby.

Not far from home, I found myself alone in the dome car with my cam­era and my lit­tle mini-tripod.

More to come!