We are really enjoying the second coming of nephew Simon Bandy, Liz's eldest son, who visited here in 1992! He and partner Julia are having a great time with us, enjoying Calgary and the mountains. We had a historic dinner with these two train buffs in Lord Strathcona's private Dining Car at Lake Louise (see photo.) The food was superb but the 3 huge freight trains passing and stopping right outside the window made it even better! This may be closing for good except for private parties so we felt honoured to be there. They didn't do a regal wave to the colonials out of the cow-catcher balcony at the back of the train! But it felt like we should. They are a fit pair, off cycling around the Glenmore Reservoir today. Tomorrow they will take our car west and spend a few days in Vancouver. We had stunning mountain views for two days with temps of 22-24, but today a more normal weather system's arrived, so we could see snow in the mountains overnight this week.
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