StormCrow Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 480 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 250 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2644 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 4818 Achievement Points: 45829 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 28 Joined: 09/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 48 minutes ago Birthday: 03/11/1975 Device: Windows Share 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!!!) lazymarcky, YACCster, Deckard and 24 others 17 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BlackRose Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 2208 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 110 Topic Count: 305 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 3617 Content Per Day: 0.75 Reputation: 3937 Achievement Points: 37717 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 54 Joined: 02/09/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 hours ago Birthday: 06/09/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted October 6, 2021 awesome,,we do have beautiful country!! sending hugs for your dad!!! StormCrow, major-mark63 and WeednFeed 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KicknDatAzz Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 833 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 41 Topic Count: 48 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 765 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 591 Achievement Points: 5688 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/04/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: Sunday at 01:26 AM Device: Windows Share 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! StormCrow, WeednFeed, AbuXI and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TBB Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 989 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 25 Topic Count: 264 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 18123 Content Per Day: 3.47 Reputation: 20132 Achievement Points: 132801 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 263 Joined: 01/07/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 12 hours ago Birthday: 01/27/1946 Device: Windows Share Posted October 6, 2021 Sorry about your dad. Beautiful countryside and making memories of you dad WeednFeed and StormCrow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
PimpedOutPete Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 174 Group: +++ COD2 Head Admin Followers: 129 Topic Count: 387 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 14878 Content Per Day: 2.78 Reputation: 7818 Achievement Points: 91026 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 52 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 04/23/1970 Device: Macintosh Share Posted October 6, 2021 Those are great pics, and literally in my backyard. I hope you had a great time. WeednFeed, StormCrow and major-mark63 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
StormCrow Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 480 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 250 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2644 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 4818 Achievement Points: 45829 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 28 Joined: 09/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 48 minutes ago Birthday: 03/11/1975 Device: Windows Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
WeednFeed Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 433 Group: ++ COD4 Admin Followers: 39 Topic Count: 344 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 2328 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 3796 Achievement Points: 24006 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 35 Joined: 09/17/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 13 hours ago Birthday: 05/28/1957 Device: Windows Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Hunter1948 Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 1850 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 98 Topic Count: 328 Topics Per Day: 0.07 Content Count: 8620 Content Per Day: 1.74 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 Device: Windows Share Posted October 6, 2021 Thanks for sharing and yes it's on my bucket list. StormCrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Merlin007 Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 2068 Group: +++ COD5 Head Admin Followers: 69 Topic Count: 1072 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 8429 Content Per Day: 1.73 Reputation: 7288 Achievement Points: 74877 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 64 Joined: 12/25/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 1 hour ago Birthday: 05/23/1973 Device: Windows Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
StormCrow Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 480 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 72 Topic Count: 250 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2644 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 4818 Achievement Points: 45829 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 28 Joined: 09/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 48 minutes ago Birthday: 03/11/1975 Device: Windows Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Deckard Posted October 6, 2021 Member ID: 1417 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 67 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 147 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 147 Achievement Points: 2116 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 05/15/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: 18 hours ago Birthday: 09/20/1965 Device: Windows Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
lTplkey336 Posted October 7, 2021 Member ID: 27768 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 10 Topic Count: 4 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 935 Content Per Day: 0.52 Reputation: 1133 Achievement Points: 7741 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 05/18/19 Status: Offline Last Seen: 29 minutes ago Device: Windows Share Posted October 7, 2021 Beautiful pictures , was nice to see memories being made. So sorry about your dad. StormCrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Dot80 Posted October 7, 2021 Member ID: 2128 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1070 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 1096 Achievement Points: 22526 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 2 Joined: 01/15/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 12/06/1955 Device: Windows Share Posted October 7, 2021 Beautiful StormCrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... 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: 1 hour ago Device: Macintosh Share Posted October 12, 2021 Bow River looks amazing.. StormCrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
rexbowan Posted October 13, 2021 Member ID: 27522 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 13 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1910 Content Per Day: 1.00 Reputation: 1559 Achievement Points: 13362 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 01/25/19 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 12:40 AM Birthday: 07/22/1951 Device: Windows Share Posted October 13, 2021 Great job. Wishing you and your family the best. Thanks for sharing. StormCrow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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