Friday, Aug 26

WOW...what a beautiful day!  After breakfast in Fernie, we headed for Kimberley and enjoyed the beautiful bvalleys of British Columbia along the way. Our first stop was at the Bavarian City Mining Railway, where we experienced riding on an actual mining train into a mine.  YUP...even claustrophobic me!  We had a great tour by an old timer - we learned a lot.  From there we went into Kimberley and ate lunch at a German Gasthaus outside in the warm sunshine. We had weiner schnitzel, pan fried potatoes, red cabbage and Krombacher Beer...Doesn't get better. Bill even found himself some apple strudel with vanilla custard and cinnamon sugar on top for dessert. Walked down the German streets and listened to street music. Watched the big clock in the city center yodel on the hour and then an accordian player sang and yodeled for us in the middle of the cobblestone street. He entertained us by doing hat dances and we even did a little dancing the street. Just fun.  After traveling northward, we went across the continental divide into Banff National Park. What gorgeous scenery. We stayed night at the Ramada Inn in Canmore. No glitches today and always an icecream stop...