Friday, 16 October 2009

canada part three

floating down the elbow river once again, only this time outside calgary. a bit more action packed than expected...but after 6 hours and one less raft (due to a pucture)...we made it.

weekend out at dorian´s family cabin.

dorian the proud father.

day hike with mike, jen and kids to the plain of six glaciers, lake louise.


stunning.

uncle wolfgang, aunt nancy, neils and anita visit from germany.

back to our favourite campsite...this time for some cliff jumping into the ice cold water.

geoff on his reading perch.

jenny doin´ dishes.

on the road to visit the family in saskatoon. here, an old grain elevator in dorothy.

at oma stehwien´s house, admiring all the art/puppets on display.

puppet made by great grandfather oka.

oma´s hand made puppets.

photo of opa and oma stehwien.

opa´s studio bursting with his work. theres more in the basement and garage...some dating back to his art school days in germany.

funny painting by great grandfather oka.

one of opa´s many grain elevator paintings.

one of oma´s many amazing scherenschnitt (paper cutouts).

our favourite opa self portrait.

our favouite portrait of oma.

family gathering at aunt barbara´s! from the left, evan, florian, anita, aunt nancy, neils, uncle wolfgang, aunt barbara, jenny, uncle dave, amanda and andy.

saskatoon´s broadway bridge over the south saskatchewan river.

another shot of oma´s gallery.

thanks for having us oma!

geoff picked us up from saskatoon and we went further east, just outside wadena to fishing lake.

fish from fishing lake. nice catch jenny.

sunset.

geoff is on board.

jenny the water skier.

i was eventually on board, its not as easy as you might think.

geoff´s lovely grandpa made us dinner.

our fish...jenny´s was bigger.

the flat prairies.


back home to calgary through the ´badlands´...carved out of the prairies and filled with dinosaur fossils.


gettin´down at the leishman´s garden party.

we jammin´.

bev, jenny and ross from scotland!

polynesian themed regulars party at the ship and anchor with good friends = fun.

the ramblin´ambassadors.

geoff and sara happy slappin´.

hula girls bev and jenny.

a little farewell gathering at ours...thanks to all who helped out and thanks to all who came!

the sunnyside crew.


mmmmmmm.


autum colours.

tasty lunch with the folks at the river cafe.

we´ll miss you ma and pa...thanks for EVERYTHING.

farewell friends...

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