Afternoon at the Jasper Park Lodge, June 13th

https://goo.gl/photos/HghnW6Jbd55naW2w6 Magical surroundings for a hotel.

Elk. Jasper, June 13

One of three female elk just feet from our camp.

Interesting garden architecture, June 9th.

https://goo.gl/photos/cvEyQyP6aMmDYmyp9 These are at the Cascade Gardens at the Banff National Park Headquarters. An interesting use of recovered timber.

Sunwapta Falls. June 10

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  The Sunwapta Falls on the Icefields Parkway from Banff to Jasper. The river comes through a narrow Canyon. Impressive.

Jasper, AB. June 11

An interesting sign at our campground in Jasper. Fortunately, no sign of Grizzlies in the campground. We did see a grizzly and a black bear on the road to Maligne Lake.

Picking up the RV trailer in Pasco, WA

Many boxes from Amazon to be unpacked and get set up. May 18.

Setting up, Portland May 15 to 19

The first stop was to Portland, Oregon. The Chevy Silverado was ready for us in Sandy, OR. First time driving such a big vehicle.

Coming from Hawaii, we could only buy a limited amount of items. So a major shopping trip to IKEA was necessary along with trips to Lowes, Home  Depot, Whole Foods and Walmart. Frenetic!

We were able to undertake some activities on our first visit to Portland. In the suburb of Hillsboro is the Bag&Baggage Theater Company. A newish professional company, they put on For Our Country's Good, based on the book The Playmaker by Tom Keneally. The stage was not really set up for theater and the company did an excellent job. The play resonates for those with any connection to Australia.

More professional is the Artists Repertory Theatre in the center of the city. The play was Four Thousand Miles. Again, excellent. We miss good quality theater in Honolulu.