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Senior citizens tour Pacific Northwest[Contributed]9Monday morning, July 25, the second annual bus tour for senior citizens«of the area left on a chartered bus to►tour the Pacific Northwest.Those making the trip were Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Anderson, Mrs. Dorothy Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Benna, Mrs. Harriet Benna, Roy Bjorklund, Myrtle -Fagerlund, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Fors-. trom, Mrs. Mabel Fredrickson, Mrs. Evelyn Gustafson, Carl Kindwall, Mrs. Agnes Peterson, Laura Peterson, Ele-nore Pearson, Mr. and Mrs. Don Ritchie, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Russell, 'Mrs. Alice Spragg, Mrs. Edythe Young and Mrs. Mildred Fredricks, Others on the tour were Mrs.' Gladys Larsen, Aurelia, Mrs. Alvina Johnson, Mrs. Alma Minden and Mrs. Joyce Clausen of Storm Lake; Mrs. Elizabeth Palozeke, Leota, Minn.*, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Stanek, Fort Dodge; Mrs. Clara Kindwall, Stella Kindwall, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Kindwall and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Pierson of Alta and Mr, and Mrs. Ludwig Ruhs of Sioux Rapids.The first day of travel took the group to Chamberlain, S.D., and the second day brought them to Mount Rushmore National Park. Althoughmost of us had been here in years past,we agreed it has been made a beautiful shrine that attracts thousands of tourists. We were privileged to attend the Passion Play at Spearfish, which everyone enjoyed very much.We had beautiful scenery as we drove through the Big Horn Mountain area from Sheridan to Gray bull, Wyo. Laura Peterson, who had taught school at Powell, Wyo., for 26 years, related many interesting details of the state of Wyoming and her experiences.Fourth day.On the fourth day of travel, we entered Yellowstone from the east gate. A park guide came aboard the bus for a guided tour. She gave us many interesting details of the park. The park closes in October and opens the end of May. There are 250,000 square miles of wilderness. Yellowstone Lake is .a beautiful lake of 150 miles circumference. Its deepest depthis 320 feet but averages 120 feet in depth. In the winter it freezes over to a depth of 30*. The temperature of the lake is 45° and human survival in the lake is only 10 to 15 minutes.'We viewed the paint pots and could not leave the park without viewing the eruption of Old Faithful.We left Yellowstone and drove northwest until we arrived .at the east gate of Glacier National Park. We transferred to another bus which took us to Glacier Lake Lodge. It was a beautiful mountain lodge. We didn’t see much of any snow on the mountainsnow last winter. We traveled parkroads in one of the most scenic areas in America.Sunday we passed through customs and into Canada. We enjoyed devotional service with Jo Forstrom having charge of the service and Edythe Young led the song service.We drove through Calagry, a beautiful Canadian city of 500,000. We went up the Calagry tower, 62.5 feet high. The land was flat so we could view the area which became very rough toward Banff.Sunday evening we were surprised when our director told us we were to have a birthday party for those celebrating birthdays on the tour. The honorees were Clara Kindwall, Gladys Anderson, Doris Russell, Evelyn Gustafson and Joyce Clausen.MondayMonday we had been on the tour a week. It was a bright sunny day as we arrived at the Banff, Alberta, Canada, ski lift on Mt. Norquay. Gliding just a few feet above the ground, the 3,240’ long cablecar lift rises through a vertical distance of more than 13,000 feet and brings sightseers safely and comfortably to the 7,000 foot level in only seven minutes. Those who took the ride loved the excitement.Banff is only 40 miles west of Lake Louise. The lake is too cool for swimming as the average temperature is around 50°. The lake is named for Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria. It is only IV2 miles long and aboutmile wide and about 225 feet deep. It is one of the world’s most beautiful lakes.We traveled along the Fraser Riverftvia the Trans-Canadian Highway No. 1 to Vancouver. We had an escorted tour of the city including a salmon hatchery, conservatory, a garden in Queen Elizabeth Park. It was a breathtaking beautiful floral garden.Thursday we took off for Seattle,Wash. The closer we came, the higher the mountains were. We arrived at Seattle, Wash., and had a guided tour of the city.British ColumbiaWe took a boat at Seattle for 4lA hour trip to the Buchardt Gardens at Victoria, British Columbia. We had a guided tour of the city of Victoria and -then took the boat back to Seattle, Wash.The highlight of Seattle was seeing the Space Needle, which is 605 feetstand where there was a variety of fruits and vegetables. We purchased fresh peaches and apricots 'for 29c a pound. There were large rural commercial cattle feed lots everywhere.We saw fields of hops and grapes in the area also.We spent the night at Boise, Idaho, and then pressed on to Salt Lake City, Utah.This being Sunday we enjoyed fellowship with devotion and song ‘under the direction of Jo Forstrom and Edythe Young. We had a bus line tour of the city of Salt Lake and toured the beautiful capitol building as wfell as . an organ recital by the Morman organist, Alexander Schreiner.We had about 175 miles to Little America, a junction in the road near Rock Springs where there are luxurious accommodations in the desert.We traveled the next day to Cheyenne, Wyo. The 17th day we were on our way to Omaha, Neb., where we had our farewell dinner and arrived home safely in Albert City about 6:30 p.m. after traveling over 5,100 miles.We said goodbye with the hopes we can all enjoy our next annual .tour to the northeast Atlantic in the fall of 1978.1 Nellie Anderson.peaks because there wasn’t much ‘high and presents a view over the city and the Olympic and Cascade Moun-A * *tarns.We took off from Seattle to Yakima Valley, which is famous for its orchards. There is irrigation in the valley. We stopped at a roadside fruit
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Albert City Marathon Republic
Albert City, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 18, 1977
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