It seems like this has been quite the summer of travel for Chad and I. It's really just been a huge blessing and nothing we could've or probably would have done on our own doing. A couple of months ago one of Chad's clients, who lives primarily in Canada, asked if we would be interested in going up there for a few days this summer if he paid our way. Our initial though was "of course!" that being that someone (grandma Lynne) would be able to watch Ty as we didn't really want to bring him up there with us. LOL, sorry Ty! Well Lynne agreed (THANK YOU AGAIN LYNNE!!!!) so we let Russ know. I figured he would pay our flight and we might be staying in his house or one of his rentals up there or something along those lines. Well just hours after talking and agreeing to the trip with him, we start receiving flight, hotel and rental car confirmations from him!!! Everything, and I mean, EVERYTHING, was taken care of!!! We flew up there first class (a first for both of us!!), stayed at the Fairmont Palliser in Calgary for 1 night and then headed over to the Rimrock in Banff (about an hour and a half away) for 2 nights. It was an incredible, once-in-a-lifetime vacation for us!! Russ even hooked Chad up with Big Jim for a day of flyfishing on the Bow River while I enjoyed the ambiance of the spaaaaaah at the hotel! The hotels were AMAZING, food was awesome, our view was breath taking, our alone time together for 4 days was indescribable - the entire thing was a huge blessing!! THANK YOU RUSS!!!! ALL WE CAN SAY IS "WOW!!!"
* on the plane and ready to go! *
* in front of the Fairmont in Calgary *
* Up on the Calgary Tower *
* SCARY! *
* From our room in Banff *
* Going for a walk - Chad was determined to see a bear - ummm no thank you *
* The view from our room - stunning *
* Chad flyfishing trip - treckin through the Bow River *
* 1 of the 5 he caught that day - not big but he was excited! *
* going up the Gondola *
* At the top *
* Going back down - that's our hotel in the middle *
* One stop at Bow Falls before leaving to the airport :( *
4 comments:
WOW!! That is amazing!! What a view from the hotel!! You guys totally deserve that, what a blessing!
what a huge blesing! glad you guys had fun.
Unexpected blessings are the best. God is so good!
Love the pictures!! What a fun trip, I haven't been the Banff... that's on our plans for next time we go up there for sure, BEAUTIFUL!! I'm so jealous, what would a 4 night paid for trip with no kids be like.. WOW! :)
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