StormCrow Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 480 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 74 Topic Count: 267 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2706 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 5091 Achievement Points: 46723 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 37 Joined: 09/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 03/11/1975 Device: Android Posted October 6, 2021 Just got back last night from a trip out to western Canada. My Father is 74 years old, terminal cancer, and never seen the mountains. It started out as just myself my wife and my mom and dad going. We booked everything, then the next day my Dads specialist called with new CT scan results, the tumor in his back is pressing against his spine, 2 choices, 9 hour operation with a 10% survival rate or 10 heavy doses of radiation and being paralyzed in 6 months to 1 years time. While my parents were talking it over the Dr called back, he talked to the surgeon, he refuses to do the surgery as he is 100% sure my father would not make it off the table. With this news in mind I talked to my brother and sister and they joined in on our trip, 1st full family trip in 30+ years. We were out there Saturday till Tuesday. We got a whole lot of sight seeing and family time in. Mom shed happy tears, Pops literally said "Holy Fuck" when we came around 1 corner to a huge mountain in our view. It was an amazing trip filled with memories! People, get out there and do shit with your life now! Dont be like my pops and wait for grave medical news till you start to do things cool in life. You never know what life is going to toss your way, so live it to the fullest while you can! Any Canadians on here, if you have never been to Banff, get your ass out there! We got so much beautiful country within our own borders to see, GO SEE IT!!!! Here are some pics, you may not believe me, but, all these pics are taken with my android cell phone.... NO FILTERS!!! The Murphy Clan Lake Louise Alberta Beef steak dinner with the fam Bow River Bow River Elk Selfie Contemplating life at Moraine Lake Bow Falls Trail Sunrise from downtown Banff Last but not least, getting high way up high!!! Smoking a joint on top of Sulphur Mountain! (Its legal here in Canada!!!) EastCoast50, Sourtap, Dot80 and 24 others 17 10 Awards
BlackRose Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 2208 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 114 Topic Count: 328 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3837 Content Per Day: 0.73 Reputation: 4330 Achievement Points: 39866 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 63 Joined: 02/09/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 06/09/1963 Device: Windows Posted October 6, 2021 awesome,,we do have beautiful country!! sending hugs for your dad!!! StormCrow, major-mark63 and WeednFeed 3 Awards
KicknDatAzz Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 833 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 49 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 769 Content Per Day: 0.14 Reputation: 598 Achievement Points: 5724 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Tuesday at 07:02 PM Device: Windows Posted October 6, 2021 just... WOW. Beautiful country. So sorry to hear about your Dad. Cancer sucks, I lost my Mom to it recently. I am so glad you and your family got to spend this time with him and create those memories. Hope you are doing well, brother! WeednFeed, BlackRose, StormCrow and 1 other 4 Awards
TBB Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 290 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 20970 Content Per Day: 3.72 Reputation: 22778 Achievement Points: 150743 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 407 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Posted October 6, 2021 Sorry about your dad. Beautiful countryside and making memories of you dad StormCrow and WeednFeed 2 Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 130 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 15030 Content Per Day: 2.61 Reputation: 8047 Achievement Points: 92227 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 59 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 37 minutes ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Posted October 6, 2021 Those are great pics, and literally in my backyard. I hope you had a great time. StormCrow, major-mark63 and WeednFeed 3 Awards
StormCrow Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 480 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 74 Topic Count: 267 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2706 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 5091 Achievement Points: 46723 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 37 Joined: 09/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 03/11/1975 Device: Android Author Posted October 6, 2021 36 minutes ago, PimpedOutPete said: Those are great pics, and literally in my backyard. I hope you had a great time. That was our 2nd time out, my wife and I went 4 years ago, did 2 nights in Edmonton and 3 nights in Calgary. Only got 1 day spent in Banff. This time we stayed right in Banff at the Banff Aspen Lodge for 3 nights. Wifey already planning next trip next summer. Fly into Calgary, 2 nights in Banff then drive to Jasper the scenic way, 2 nights there, then cross the mountains into BC and 2 nights there then fly home WeednFeed 1 Awards
WeednFeed Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 433 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 42 Topic Count: 368 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2657 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 4251 Achievement Points: 26927 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 48 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 9 hours ago Birthday: 05/28/1957 Device: Macintosh Posted October 6, 2021 So sorry about your dad! Glad you all had a good trip. Yes we have a great beautiful country to see. Wayne StormCrow 1 Awards
Hunter1948 Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 1850 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 328 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 8620 Content Per Day: 1.60 Reputation: 4222 Achievement Points: 55994 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 5 Joined: 09/29/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 29, 2023 Birthday: 06/19/1948 Posted October 6, 2021 Thanks for sharing and yes it's on my bucket list. StormCrow 1 Awards
Merlin007 Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 71 Topic Count: 1136 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 8599 Content Per Day: 1.63 Reputation: 7571 Achievement Points: 76760 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 67 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 8 hours ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Posted October 6, 2021 Great country eh Storm. Wife and I drove a round trip down through northern US and came up through Alberta into BC then drove across Canada back through northern Ontario. The views and sights in Alberta and BC are awesome. We plan to do again some day once we get our little travelling trailer. From a spot we stayed in Alberta just ahead of the BC border: StormCrow and major-mark63 2 Awards
StormCrow Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 480 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 74 Topic Count: 267 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2706 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 5091 Achievement Points: 46723 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 37 Joined: 09/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 5 hours ago Birthday: 03/11/1975 Device: Android Author Posted October 6, 2021 1 hour ago, WeednFeed said: So sorry about your dad! Glad you all had a good trip. Yes we have a great beautiful country to see. Wayne Will be heading your way with my Mom in a year or two she has informed us. Pops will be passed on by then unfortunatly, but he has made her promise she will go and well she will need a chaperone! LOL going to do the whole east coast run WeednFeed 1 Awards
Deckard Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 1417 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 74 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 154 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 158 Achievement Points: 2270 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 4 hours ago Birthday: 09/20/1965 Device: Windows Posted October 6, 2021 I put in 4 years in the Rockies...2 years in Moraine Lake....love the summers , all 5 weeks of it...LOL Wake Up , Time To Die StormCrow 1 Awards
lTplkey336 Posted October 7, 2021 Member ID: 27768 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 11 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1087 Content Per Day: 0.49 Reputation: 1346 Achievement Points: 8918 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 05/18/19 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 15 Device: Windows Posted October 7, 2021 Beautiful pictures , was nice to see memories being made. So sorry about your dad. StormCrow 1 Awards
Dot80 Posted October 7, 2021 Member ID: 2128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1568 Content Per Day: 0.30 Reputation: 1735 Achievement Points: 26543 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 8 Joined: 01/15/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 12/06/1955 Device: Windows Posted October 7, 2021 Beautiful StormCrow 1 Awards
George :) Posted October 12, 2021 Member ID: 21244 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 2 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 34 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 31 Achievement Points: 267 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/30/14 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 29 Device: Macintosh Posted October 12, 2021 Bow River looks amazing.. StormCrow 1 Awards
rexbowan Posted October 13, 2021 Member ID: 27522 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 15 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 2178 Content Per Day: 0.93 Reputation: 1875 Achievement Points: 15354 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 17 Joined: 01/25/19 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 07/22/1951 Device: Windows Posted October 13, 2021 Great job. Wishing you and your family the best. Thanks for sharing. StormCrow 1 Awards
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