Sunday, April 27, 2008

Back to Jasper ,high in the Rockie Mountains






Very,very cold and its Spring. We stayed at a great motel and thought we would do some great walks because it was spring but on our way across from Edmonton a snow storm started.We actually checked the Weather Channel but the weather changes so quickly up there.

Jasper





Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Athabasca falls Rocky Mountains





















Athabasca falls was an amazing place to visit. It was very cold and icy.

Columbia ice field

























The Columbia Icefield is a world heritage site.














Driving through the Rockies in Spring







A few of the locals!

Arriving home from springtime in Jasper





A severe storm hit Alberta in April.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

ARRIVING IN HAMILTON,ONTARIO






Val and AnnaMarie picked us up at 12midnight from Toronto airport. We spent the next day with them .There was lots of snow around their place. Note the squirrels in the Vals backyard and the red Cardinal .

DEPARTING TORONTO



FLYING OVER LAKE ONTARIO WAS A SITE TO SEE AS IT STILL HAD FROZEN SECTIONS SO i HAD TO TAKE THESE PHOTOS OUT OF THE PLANE AS WE FLY DOWN TO THE DOMINICAN AN ISLAND NESTLED IN THE CARRIBEAN

JUAN DOLIO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC






Finally in the sunshine and John very excited to see and hear the surf. Our resort was in a road full of other resorts9big and interesting ,but all unique in what they offered.We could use any of the resorts during the day. So after a 3 hour trip from the airport we arrived for 7 days of fun.

JUAN DOLIO






ALTO CHAVRON






aBOUT 2 HOURS AWAY FROM OUR RESORT WE TRAVELLED THROUGH aL rOMANO TO GET HERE. a BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE ON THE CHAVRON RIVER.