On June 8, 1963 Yvonne and I were married in Gary, Indiana. On June 10 we left Gary and began driving to our new home in Seattle Washington where I would be attending graduate school in pursuit of my PhD. Thus began our introduction to, and subsequent love of, the Pacific Northwest.

In September, 1965 as proud owners of a new 1965 Plymouth Barracuda and a new found love for camping we embarked on an extended trip to Canada to experience the glories of Banff and Jasper and surrounding Canadian Rockies. It was a marvelous trip with many fond memories of those majestic vistas. Sadly we have not returned to that region since then….until now!

2023 marks 60 years of marriage and I felt compelled to do something special to celebrate. A very popular trip in this part of the country is a trip on the Rocky Mountaineer, a train trip from Vancouver, British Columbia to the Jasper and Banff area. The beauty of the trip (besides the scenic beauty encountered along the way) is that you travel by day in marvelous vista dome rail cars but sleep in luxurious hotels at night-no camping in tents or cooking on outdoor fires! At our age this is what we consider to be “roughing it”.  The trip has been on our bucket list for years, but somehow never made it to the top of the list….until now! Why not celebrate our 60th by returning to this awesome part of North America, in grand style!

Here is the Rocky Mountaineer trip we selected: “Journey Through the Clouds Discovery Calgary I”, which will find us in the middle of the Canadian Rockies on our anniversary.

https://www.rockymountaineer.com/train-routes/journey-through-clouds-discovery-calgary-i-2023?package=a754R0000008j0tQAA

We leave Seattle on June 5, flying to Vancouver, BC where we spend the night. The train leaves the next morning. Hopefully I will be able to properly document the trip and share it with you as we relive some  of those memories from long ago.