Date of Inscription: 2009
Thomas Telford and William Jessop's awe-inspring aqueduct won our accolades as well. It is one of the most beautiful things we beheld, and we recognize that it is an engineering and architectural wonder. Don, Jen (pictured left with Rubye), and Rubye enjoyed a leisurely walk across the 1000 feet long aqueduct which takes the Llangollen Canal over the beautiful River Dee Valley. As we walked we met several narrowboats carrying sightseeing passengers.
On the left was a continuous line of trees and when we came to a break in them, we decided to peer around at the view. We were met with this breathtaking scene as we looked back at the aqueduct over which we had just walked.
The aqueduct is 125 feet high and consists of an iron water-carrying trough on stone piers. There are 19 arches, each with a 45 ft. span and piers 116 ft. high. The mortar was made of oxen blood, lime and water.
And for the non-Welsh speaker, Pontcysyllte is pronounced 'pont-ker-suth-tee'--you may need to practice the famous Welsh "ll" sound! Our cousin, Jenny has mastered it very well.
Glacier National Park, Montana
Date of Inscription: 1995
The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park is the name of the union of the Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada and Glacier National Park in Montana. Their union is a World Heritage site. We visited Glacier NP on which we have previously reported in Post #7. 
The very small island in the St. Mary Lake is Wild Goose Island. According to folklore, a handsome warrior and a lovely maiden swam to the island, one from each side, and there they fell in love and planned to marry. Their families would not hear of it, so the Great Spirit transformed them into wild geese, which mate for life, so that they might fly away together and live happily ever after. While our story isn't quite as dramatic, it is a blessing to have been married almost 50 years. 
Yellowstone National Park - Wyoming (and a bit of Montana and Idaho)
Date of Inscription: 1978
This fabulous "painting" was done by none other than the Creator Himself. This is typical of the bubbling pools or hot springs. We were told that we would feel as though we were in a volcano and we did.
Date of Inscription: 1986
Harlech Castle is a World Heritage site, reflecting its importance and remarkable state of preservation. It was built in the latter part of the 13th century by King Edward I. It is high and far removed but at one time the Irish sea lapped its base.
The castle is open to visitors, but we were viewing it from below. Its imposing presence over Gwynned was impressive.
As far as we're concerned, Mema and Pepa are worthy of "world heritage" status too!
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