Banff High Country Inn

... camping down at Grasslands and since it was raining decided to go to the local bar for dinner, the place was full on country bumpkin with everybody wearing cowbow hats and what not, there was an open mic night there and some guy was playing the spoons!<br>From Saskatoon it was off to Vancouver for awhile, Vancouver is actually a really nice city with a big park on the water but it was constantly raining there so I didnt do a ...

... we had a great debate whether we should continue our trip or beat a hasty retreat to the trailhead. The weather reports were not promising (another day of steady rain). Although the snow was beautiful, some of our gear was wet and of course it was cold. All ...

... We opted to skip this activity. We just couldn&#8217;t see paying $40 each to walk on ice and look for ice worms. Yeah, I know, you&#8217;re all calling us idiots for passing up the opportunity, but we just didn&#8217;t see much merit in this particular tour.<br><br>Instead, we stayed behind and visited the Icefield Centre which features interpretive displays about the Columbia ...

On Day 2, we drove south towards Athabasca Falls, then headed up a rocky, unpaved road to hike the Geraldine Lakes trail. We made it past the first lake and midway towards the second, finally turning around at a massive rockpile. Afterwards we went into Jasper for a dinner of Japanese food. Details in the photos!

... entries and beautiful photos. [/shameless plug] Anyway, my mom had been an empty nester for a few weeks when I came back. Then I left, and a few weeks later my younger sister Kim arrived home from Vancouver. At the end of August she moved to Toronto to do her Master's program here. So now my mom is finally getting a taste of freedom! Anyway, here are the beginning of the road trip photos. We left early in the morning, got to ...

Dean: Travelled from Edmonton to Jasper, which is one of the Canadian National Parks in the Canadian Rockies. Got the Greyhound here, which was meant to leave at 13:00 but left us all standing in a queue until gone 14:00 - no explanation, no apology - really **** service from Greyhound Canada. Anyway, Jasper is really great. We really like it. The first night (Tuesday) was spent in the hostel, but once again ...

... we got to see the Mexico City streets almost completely empty. We got our early morning plane to San Fransisco where we were to spend the next 9 hours. I really wanted to go to the pier and see the Golden Gate Bridge and the Aquarium but the airport ****ed up our baggage and we ended up waiting for those for almost 2 hours then we had to check them in all the way at the other end of the airport. By the time we had any time left it was too late to go anywhere. I was pretty mad ...

Well I am almost packed. I went out and got a waterproof disposable camera, tons of film, a new camera case, rechargable batteries and some mp3 headphones. Dont worry - nothing is worth too much. I am only taking 4 bikinis...the absolute minimum!!! We are going to mec before we leave so Jesse can get some sandals. I have to keep telling myself that I cant spend too much money here- I would rather spend it over there. Only 2 more days ...