[Woodcarver] Back from vacation

[Victor Hamburger]

Hi Gang,

I am back from vacation, our trip to Seattle and then up to Victoria, over to 
Vancouver and by rail across the Rockies to Banff.  We visited several of the 
First nations galleries and I wanted to thank everyone who provided suggestions 
to us for the trip, particularly Mike Komick.

In Victoria, we saw Thunderbord Park, near the art museum.  This is a wonderful 
park with a number of totems and other carvings.  Several local stores carried a 
wide variety of First Nation carvings and other art, while the shops in the 
Victoria Emperess Hotel were happy to discuss the native carvings with me when I 
told them I was a carver.

In Vancouver, we visited the Spirit Wrestler Gallery in Gastown and loved the 
work we found there, although, like the Emperess shops, the prices were far out 
of reach.

Finally, Banff had some native carvings and art as well although nothing that 
was as well done or unique as we saw earlier.  The ferries and train ride were 
wonderful, it is a trip I would recommend to anyone who has not seen the 
northwest and Canadian Rockies.

	Vic Hamburger