The long and winding road, in which my iPhone becomes an ad hoc dashboard cam

I love the mountains. I love visiting them; I love walking by them; I love driving through them.

This year for our vacation the family hopped in the van and drove from Edmonton to Calgary, Alberta to visit my sister and then on to Kelowna, British Columbia. After a four days in Kelowna, we headed up to Hinton, Alberta to visit more family and then back home to Edmonton. A lot of driving was done, including a 15 hour marathon drive through the Canadian Rocky Mountains along the Icefields Parkway (not recommended). As we initially approached the Rockies on our way to Kelowna, I decided to take a couple of photos of the mountains ahead of us. I’m not sure what made me decide to continue, but what follows is a driver’s eye view of our journey.

What is not included are the delightful sounds of the two young children in the back.