The Fall Foliage Excursion

... leaves of red vine cascading down a hill
at Annis Bay  .

Going on a few cruises put a new twist on the way I see the world.  At every port there are excursions that people take.  Some are arranged by the cruise vessel.  Other people get in contact with local tourist companies.  Greg told me that there is an excursion to Banff from some ships that land in Vancouver.

I was thinking about stops that such an excursion would take.  And I was realizing that my trip back from the lake this year was surely a time to look at the fall foliage -- the cedar trees now burnished with red, the autumn yellow of the deciduous trees, the ivory fluff still hanging at the tops of the fireweed -- every mile was a joy.

Greg is the one who said that the three of us were on the fall foliage excursion.

Wyona was busy taking pictures that she might like to paint.

There are certain views that Greg always thinks are magnificent. Perhaps next time we will make those places a stop.  Right now we drive on by.

At the foot of the peak of Mount Rundle, the lights of Banff were twinkling in the distance.  "That view has a fairytale quality," Wyona said.

Just as dusk was fading into night  and driving through the rolling foothills, already passed Old Woman Buffalo Jump I saw a grey coyote walking along the side of the road.

I thought about excursions and how easy it is to take them.

Arta