#CelebrateCanada By Recreating A Vintage Summer

Top of Sulphur Mountain in Banff with my grandfather

In 1984, our family drove across Canada with my grandparents. We did all the big highlights of the country, taking our time weaving from east to west. I’ve gathered scans of the photos from the Alberta portion of the trip and, this summer, I’m retracing many of the steps I took with my parents and grands.

This time, I’m the parent and I’m taking my sons to visit the waterfalls, lakes, prairies, and glaciers I visited as a teen nearly 30 years ago. I’m calling it a vintage summer as I take my boys to the waterfalls, the glaciers, and the mountains of my youth. Check out where we’ve been and what we have left to do:

Prairies with grumps — An old prairie wagon with my brother, sister, and grandfather.

Columbia Icefield - TBAB — The Columbia Icefield then .. and now

My brother and I canoeing on Lake Louise, once with our sister, the other with our kids.

My sister and grandmother amongst the crowds at the Upper Banff Spring

The impressive Takkakaw Falls in Yoho National Park, now .. and then.

My sons and I on the shores of Lake Louise

Walking through the wheat with my grandparents

My sister and grandmother hiking Johnston Canyon, my son following their footsteps

My son and my brother looking for trains in the Spiral Tunnels

If you still have room in your busy summer vacation planning, go and dig through an old photo album and see where you went as a kid and then recreate that vintage summer with your kids.