Second leg of the road trip

We left Calgary, heading for Vancouver. Our trip took us through or should i say our first side trip was into Banff. A beautiful resort town nestled in the Rockies. This side trip was necessary for two reasons: we needed a pit stop, we needed a coffee. We accomplished both tasks by stopping into...Starbucks. Grande house blend, grand pit stop. Back on the road it was through the Rockies we went. We were fooled though. We searched in vain for wild life, hoping to see an elk, maybe a mountain goat, anything. We obeyed the signs on the road..."wild life for 3kms, 10kms, looked left and right, scanned the river beds, the mountains. The only thing moving was the odd car in front of us. The Rockies are absolutely fabulous. As we cruised down the road i wondered what it was like for the explorers, coming across these mountains.How did they manage or better yet survive. I'm grateful to those who built this highway for it gave me great pleasure enjoying the scenery and snapping more pictures. Our second stop on this leg was at Field, where of course we needed another pit stop. Thank-you Starbucks. Field is a connect point for the C.P.R., not much in the town and we felt it wasn't worth a drive through. I had been there before, like 50 years ago, when i was a kid. My uncle was a superintendent with the C.P.R. and i had the privilege of going there with him, by rail, in his private coach. Now that was a road trip. Imagine, being in your own private rail car, with your own waiters, personal cook, silver service...life back then was good. In any event, Field is Field, and we continued towards Vancouver, continued looking for wild life and there it was.Approaching Golden, as we turned a corner...WILDLIFE!!...some mountain goats on the side hill. I'm glad i wasn't driving, for when I'm a passenger, i have my camera ready for action and just in time, got a shot of a mountain goat, or is it a ram, standing guard atop the hill. Awesome!! Wild life at last. Our next stop would be Revelstoke, just in time for lunch...