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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (144)entrance to the national park
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (145) on the trail in Elk Island National Park
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (146) Attention ! Bison in Elk Island National Park
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (147) Elk Island National Park
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (148) Elk Island National Park
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (150) Plains Bison in Elk Island National Park
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (151) bison have the right-of-way in Elk Island National Park
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (152)this young man made delicious British-style fresh scones every morning in the lobby by the dining hall at the Macdonald
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (153) our great hotel, the Macdonald, an original Canadian Pacific from the great 19th c. era of hotels
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (154) our hotel, the Macdonald, re-created in a 3D mural of the city at the airport
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (155)above Edmonton and the North Saskatchewan River. note the typical great Canadian zoning, where downtown meets miles of parkland.
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (156) heading toward the Rockies over the Alberta prairies
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (157)the Salish Sea where Canada and America merge amidst thousands of islands
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (158)Seattle and Puget Sound. south of channel is our largest and wildest park, Discovery. the Channel has the locks and connects the Sound with Lakes Union and Washington
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (159) Alki Point of Seattle with the harbour at the Duwaimish River estuary onto Elliott Bay
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (160) the view from our hotel room !
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (161) from our room, the Muttart Conservatories' 4 biospheres
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (162)casual dining at the Macdonald in the Confederation Room under a painting of the Fathers of Confederation setting up Canada in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island and in Quebec Cite
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (164) bas-relief at our hotel
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (165)our lovely hotel, the Macdonald, named for the first prime minister
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (166) true north, strong and free
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (167) our hotel downtown
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (168) Maclemore's GLBT inclusive message and song at City Hall - and he's even a fellow Seattleite !
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (169) the Royal Alberta Provincial Art Gallery-Museum was very near our hotel
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (170) just-opened Royal Alberta Museum, now the largest in Canada west of Toronto
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (171) a few blocks from us. we spent an entire day in here
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (172) they symbol of the Royal Alberta Museum
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Edmonton Alberta Canada 2018 (173) piece of gneiss, this is the oldest dated rock on Earth at 4 + billion years old, found in Canada. Royal Alberta Museum
