Big Horn Inn
Travel Blogs from Grande Cache
No Where To Go But West !
... from Montreal and had spent the last 30 years in the PEG. Given the Montreal/Winnipeg
connection, I asked him if he was a railway man and he said yes. Turns out Harold Murray was a VP for CN
and more recently VIA Rail, and low and behold knew my Uncle Bill very well,
attending the Staff College in the eastern townships together, apparently
having memorable “parties” night after night. What a small world.
He asked us ...
Leaving the Rockies behind.
... 120 miles we pulled in to the visitor center parking lot in Grand Cache, Alberta. We inquired if the campground in town would accommodate rigs 'our' size and after being told yes headed a short distance down the road.
The campground was actually quite nice. The only problem was that the 30 amp power wasn't exactly 30 amps - it registered more like 17 amps. We weren't able to ...
Day 6 Wednesday
... mountain that we have seen on the trip. took a few quick pics and we where back on the road headed for the 140 mile long Ice Field Parkway. We where only on it for a few miles till we had to stop for pics because of the amazing moutain scenery. A few stops later we ended at Columbia Glacier. We had a small hike to the top that has us wore out by the ...
June 6 Alaska Trip
Sunday, June 6 Across the street from the Buckinghorse River Restaurant was a camp that catered to gas-patch crews. They looked like barricks, that would house approx 500 people. We saw charter buses, so I guess it was taking the crews to their perspective sites to work. We see many families in double wides, ...
16 Grande Cache
Had a large cooked breakfast at the first provincial park in Alberta to help turn a previously rainy day into sunshine with eggs. Then we set out for Grande Prairie to get a new fishing license and lures for Bogie, never ending shopping for food plus a well needed hot shower at their leisure centre.
We then picked-up Highway Forty which heads towards Grande Cache and lots of places to camp in the Rockies prior to Jasper National Park. The first couple of parks were too close to ...
Amenities
- Restaurant
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Free parking
- Kitchenette