The last days in Canada

Day 7, we traveled down to Cranbrook to look at the Canadian rail museum. On the way, we looped for to Kimberely to see the Bavarian downtown area. It is about 3 blocks long and a block wide. Caught lunch at an Oriental Restaurant. Of course, we had hamburgers and a grilled cheese sandwich. The food was very well prepared. I suspect they do an excellent job on the Chinese dishes. There are valid reasons for the choices but you will have to enquire.

We continued on to Cranbrook. Mom decide to wait in the gift shop and the lobby area since climbing in and out train cars isn't compatible with her knees. So, Dad and I got tickets to 3 of the tours. While we were waiting, I slipped down the stairs and took a picture of the Cranbrook History quilt. I also took pictures of the fireplace in the lobby. Since, I don't feel like editing them right now, I might post them later. The tours are mainly of the cars used by Canadian Royal Pacific and one tour of a dining room out of a rail hotel.

The cars are in various states of restoration. The museum is working hard on restoring and acquiring the old cars. The cars vary in age from before 1900 to about 1960. There is beautiful wood work and stained glass in the cars. The guide had some interesting comments.

Day 8, A small fire had flared up near Invermere with the smoke hanging like a light fog through the valley. We took a short drive up to Panorama Village, a ski resort and stopped by Gerri's Gelatis for lunch. We used up our Canadian money since it doesn't work well in the US.

On Day 9, we head back to Idaho. A light rain was falling almost like the area was sorry to see us go. We were back in Idaho in time for lunch.