Right: We spent New Years in Grimshaw. Jay, Chris, Sherilyn and I went going for a walk with the dogs on a beautiful crisp winter day.

Left: In the spring I went to Toronto for a course. I had the opportunity to visit with Denny and Paula. This was taken in a great Indian restaurant.

In March we went for a 2 week safari to Tanzania

Above: One of the about 80 lions that we saw

Above Right: A leopard with a fresh Wildebeest kill

Right: Practicing stationary jumping in a Masai village that we visited. A traditional sport but one with practical purposes for the Masai as it allows them to see further into the distance.

Below: Kingfisher in flight. One of the hundreds of birds that we saw during our trip

Lower Left: My Garden in early summer.

Below: One of the many flower and insect pictures that I took during the course of the summer. Growing flowers and taking pictures of them are two of my hobbies

In May we made a trip to  Jarvie for Lou Roberge's Birthday party.  We had a great time visiting cousins we had not seen in years.

Right: The Robeges: Paul, Lou, Raymond, Marion, Anna and Rita

Left: In June we took a trip to Grimshaw.  We spent several days helping Bryan clip prune and mulch flower beds. Some of the crew.

In September we took a week off and went touring with Chris's dad.  The first half we spent in Winnipeg visiting Sherilyn.  The second half we spent in Jasper

Right: Sherilyn and Dan on a tour boat on the Assiniboi river.  The water had finally lowered enough the week before to START tours for the season

Below:  The cabin we stayed in just outside of Jasper

Lower Right:  We took a boat tour out to the world famous "Ghost island" at Maligne lake. It is only actually an island for a few days a year.

In October we took a 3 week trip to the Himalayas. We spent time in India, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet and China

Upper Left: Chris and Leo Parent in New York City.  We stopped there for several hours en-route.

Above: A busy street in Old Delhi

Left: Tea plantations with the Himalayas in the background near Darjeeling

Lower Left: The Paro Valley of Bhutan

Below: Some spectacular carving and painting on columns on a temple in Bhutan.  All Bhutanese buildings are carved and painted.

Right: One day we hiked up to the Tiger's Nest Monastery, located a few miles outside of Paro, Bhutan. Sheila part way up the 1,100 meter hike under some prayer flags.  Prayer flags are found everywhere in these Buddhist countries.

Below: . The monastery has 7 temples and is perched on the side of very steep cliff. To get from where the picture was taken to the monastery there were hundreds of very uneven steps down and back up again.

Above: An extremely busy market in Bhaktapur (part of Katmandu) Nepal on the afternoon of Diwali the Hindu Festival of Lights

Left: The Potala Palace the traditional winter home of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, Tibet

Below: Monks Praying (and playing) at a Monastary in Lhasa

Below: The starkly beautiful countryside of Tibet taken from the worlds highest railway (Qingzang) which travels over the Tanggula Pass 16,640 feet above sea level

Lower Left:One of the sights we managed to see on the two days we were in Beijing was a portion of the Great Wall of China

Below: Chris and I taking a Rickshaw ride through old Beijing

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