Western Canada Trip
Itinerary:
May 25, 2002
06:45 EST - Tango flight departed from Pearson International
09:00 PST - Flight landed in Vancouver Airport
- Picked up car from Discount, bought stuff and checked into hotel
- Spent the day in Vancouver area, drove through UBC campus, Stanley Park and Chinatown
- Half of us attended mass at Holy Rosary Cathedral
- Visited/dined with relatives/friends
May 26, 2002
- Checked out of hotel and began driving towards Golden, BC
- Drove through Glacier National Park and stopped at Rogers Pass
- Stayed the night in the tiny town of Golden
May 27, 2002
- Lake Louise - still frozen
- Banff Gondola ride up Sulphur Mountain
- Lake Minnewanka - ferry ride closed
- Banff Springs Hotel
- Checked in at hotel and wrote postcards
- Walked through Banff and dined in the town
May 28, 2002
- Columbia Icefield - Snocoach ride to Athabasca Glacier
- Sunwapta Falls
- Jasper - bought groceries and made spaghetti for dinner
- Watched the Toronto Maple Leafs elimination from Stanley Cup Finals
May 29, 2002
- drove from Jasper back to Vancouver
- dined at a Japanese Restaurant
May 30, 2002
- took ferry out to Vancouver Island
- Butchart Garden
- Mile 0 - beginning of the TransCanada Highway
- Downtown Victoria
- dinky Craigdarroch castle and dinky lighthouse
May 31, 2002
- Vancouver Marine Science Centre (Aquarium)
- Capilano Suspension Bridge
- Queen Elizbeth Park - highest point in Vancouver
June 1, 2002
- Granville Island
- drove around aimlessly
- dined at a Thai restaurant
- returned car and got to airport WAY too early
- bought souvenirs for trip (keychain watches)
- played euchre to pass time
- boarded plane just before midnight and had a nightmare of a plane ride
June 2, 2002
07:00 EST - flight landed in Pearson International