Book Review: Under Cold STone

 Vicki Delany...
I found her books a wonderful escape. Do you recognize the site of the cover? I did.

It's been a fun series. I really like the Molly Smith and Winters pair. You do have to begin at the first book. I enjoy a series as we have insights into various characters along the way. I like going to bed and reading about what feels like old friends!

The setting is wonderful, having visited B.C. to see the grandkids, as well as Alberta. I've been to some of the highlights. Banff, Alberta, as well.

They are a great read, best read in order.




The book takes place in an invented town, Trafalgar, B.C. but she takes us along on some actual hikes, like Johnston Canyon, where we hiked![Canmore and Johnston Canyon, ALberta]


It is published by the Poison Pen Group. The editing is less than perfect. That irritates me. Silly errors, that slow the reader down. I am a fast reader!



 We've come a long way since 1610. There is no excuse for errata anymore! It irks me no end, slows my thought processes and breaks the flow of my reading. Someone on Twitter thought to post this. Sadly, it seems as if things are getting worse wince Scarron (1610 - 1660) printed this in his book!

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6b. Canmore and Johnston Canyon, ALberta

Epic trip!

I am savouring each moment! We've been back a week and I am thrilled each time I play with my photos!

Thursday, May 31st 1.  Getting There Off to YVR!
Friday, June 1st #2. Vancouver and kidlets!
Saturday, June 2nd #3.  Queen Elizabeth Park
Sunday, June 3rd #4. YVR, splashing,  sushi
Monday, June 4th #5. Monday: we went from Vancouver to Calgary, lunch in Canmore, drove to Deer Lodge, Lake Louise
Tuesday, June 5th #6a. Lake Louise

#6b. Johnston Canyon

Hooray for the GPS!

We left Lake Louise, and had lunch in Canmore, again. It's a pretty town. Everywhere you look, mountains in the distance. It was chilly, but we ate on the patio...

Lunch in Canmore, the water was rushing down the mountain in the distance.
Mountain water from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Johnston Canyon

While we were visiting Calgary, the bears at home were down in the forest. Who knew? Happily, there weren't critters here in Johnston Canyon.

It is a beautiful spot, as well. We didn't do the entire walk, it was busy, and this was long enough, a km up to the Lower Falls.

Walter Camp purchased the Johnston Canyon Teahouse in 1927.

Johnston Canyon Teahouse

They discovered six more waterfalls upstream. In 1974, Parks Canada replaced wooden bridges and the trail sees a million visitors each year, they say. There is no admission fee, so I don't know how they track us...

There were people of all ages, dogs, kidlets, families, groups of friends, selfie sticks, photographers with tripods, all hiking along.

Johnson Canyon from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

EPIC! From here we toodled back to Calgary for the night.