Back home!

Smooth arrival back from Heathrow. Round the M25 and home via Tesco for some shopping!

Both a little tired ... but a lovely holiday.

Washington D.C. and home

Last view of the sites and then home. Then on to the airport and the BA lounge for home!

Washington in the rain

Open top bus first.

Tulsa to Washington DC

Next stage of the journey. Only way to get home via air miles and Washington D.C..

Avoiding the strange tipped cows (a fridge magnet!). Arrived at the Willard Hotel in the evening where we had a light supper and early night..

Tulsa in the morning!

Tulsa Fridge magnet

In the Willard Hotel

Resting in Broken Arrow

With a small visit to Wal-Mart!

San Francisco to Tulsa

A flying day today. Starting from the Admirals lounge at SFO.

Admirals Lounge SFO

Lazy days

Shopping in the Westfield Centre and Bloomingdale. First coffee of the day.

Followed by the last Cauliflower in California!

Morning

Evening

San Francisco sightseeing for the day ...

Lovely sunny day of sightseeing.

We did an open top bus tour seeing all the sights, ate at the Hard Rock at pier 39, took a boat through the Golden Gate and round Alcatraz ... a very full day!

Alcatraz

Art Museum

Bridge Views - across the Golden Gate

Towering Inferno!

Francis Ford Coppola!

Bun on The Golden Gate

Tramway wires!

City sightseeing!

Chocolate Factory

Pier 39

Greenhouse in Park

Sea Lions

Down Tenderloin way ...

City Hall

Trams!

Banff to San Francisco

Airport bus to Calgary from Banff

View from room 2020 at the Intercontinental in San Francisco

Going via Calgary airport and then flying direct to San Francisco, taking a taxi to the hotel.

Evening at Zero Zero for Pizza (and Helen with Cauliflower starter ...).

Cauliflower with Cauliflower puree and garlic!

Wildlife tour in Banff

Starting from the Fox Suites we went on a wildlife tour and other sights with Banff Tours.

Saw a moose (very young by the road side) and Boo the Grizzly Bear ....

Boo the Grizzly Bear

Boo the Bear

Us at Takakkaw falls

Lake Louise

Gondola arrival at the top of Kicking Horse

Moose by the roadside

Restaurant at the top of Kicking Horse mountain (Highest restaurant in Canada)

View from top of Kicking Horse

Fox Suites

Kamploops to Banff by Rocky Montaineer

On the train with an early morning start. Took the route ending up with the Rockies and Banff.

Saw eagles and elk, lots of rivers, glaciers and a little snow. Changed to Mountain time and we are now in the Fox Suites in Banff, with two levels, bedroom and bathroom on the lower, sitting room and kitchen on the upper floor!

Starting off in the morning on the train