Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Riding High

Well what are the odds that CP Rail can run an old steam train ride across the High Level Bridge without my brother finding out?
Not likely considering he's a train engineer (which is another story in itself). Regardless, we got tickets to ride across the famous Lethbridge landmark. Apparently it's 314ft above the water and 1.6km long. The largest bridge of it's design. We made it a family affair with a whole crew getting on board. Dora's family joined us, as did my train driving brothers family. Luckily he wasn't driving, as I'm sure he would have made it memorable for all the wrong reasons!
As we drove across the bridge it was neat to see how low the water was and to check out the kayakers floating down the river. I thought it would look higher, but having some climbing experience, it just didn't seem that high.
I guess that's what happens when you get stuck climbing on some rock face with a name like "Joy". It gives you a pretty good perspective on height when your looking at a 60ft whipper if you fall!
Regardless it was a pretty good family outing and Logan enjoyed chillin' with Grandpa!

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