A Soft Landing in Vulcan - Star Trek Capital of Canada

A Soft Landing in Vulcan - Star Trek Capital of Canada

As long as we were checking out the world’s largest dinosaur, we figured we should check out other possible interesting sights in the area. There were several, but the world’s largest bee, the world’s largest dragonfly and the ‘World Famous Gopher Hole Museum’ (yes, really!) were all too far away and in the wrong direction. Vulcan, however, the self-proclaimed ‘Star Trek Capital of Canada’ was right on the way (sorta).

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The Dinosaurs of Drumheller

The Dinosaurs of Drumheller

Our original plan was to continue south from Banff to Waterton Lakes National Park. As usual, we got a little sidetracked. I ran across a reference to the World’s Largest Dinosaur… in Drumheller about 160 miles east of Banff via Calgary. How could we pass up such an opportunity?

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Lake Louise - The Ultimate Wow

Lake Louise - The Ultimate Wow

We’d never visited Lake Louise before so we weren’t quite ready for the absolute awe we felt when we first saw the lake… brilliant blue-green and crystal clear with a backdrop of mountains. We were gobsmacked. We snapped photo after photo from all different vantage points. It was beautiful no matter how you looked at it.

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