Gateway Inn Canmore

... Wanted to sit along the lake, but it was cold. 55 and the wind blowing and of course we had on our shorts so we found a nice sunny table in the woods so the wind wouldn't hit us. We turned around before we got to the Icefields. We will visit them from Jasper's end. It has been a good day and all is well. We are off the Jasper tomorrow.<br><br>Catch you later.

... That is the beauty of travelling at this time of year - the roads are quiet so you can slow, look for wildlife, stop and take photos, and you don't have to mind the person behind you quite the same. Sometimes, we drive along, and honestly feel like we're the only people on the road. And of course, at the 'tourist stops' , there are just a handful people to share the experience with, not the throngs where you have to fight for a ...

... to a couple of good friends I had made while in Banff, surprisingly both are from England. Cath, who I worked with at Starbucks and met through my mate Glen and Ellie who was working at Hidden Ridge Resort doing night audit when I returned from my trip to the USA. While all this was happening I moved staff accommodation as I was not enjoying where I was living, luckily for me this meant having a room to myself for a few weeks, which was ...

... system she might be used to. So...on the new path were taking, if she expressed doubt I assured her it was Clearly a trail. Most of the time I did not actually believe this. I'm sure someone or something had gone that way sometime, but not recently. Eventually, there was so much dead fall on the path that we just couldn't get by anymore. Back we went again. No worries; we still managed a 3 1/2 hr hike, so not bad, especially considering the rain. Did I ...

Destination 255: km133'378 I habe in Hinton 2 Tage auf besseres Wetter gewartet! Jeden Tag haben sich die Wetterprognosen wieder geaendert, jeden Tag hat es Gewitter und Regen gegeben. Daher und weil die Temperaturen ueber Nacht bis auf 5 Grad C zurueckfallen, nutze ich die letzte Gelegenheit und fahre bei aufkommende Gewitter durch die N.P. Ich habe glueck und erwische kaum Regen und dieses National Parks sind wirklich etwas vom ...

... wir haben unser bestes gegeben und maechtig Spass dabei gehabt! :) Chapter 11: Banff National Park 1. - 2. May 2008 Also this time we recommend to look at the pictures. Unlike in Jasper we spent an afternoon in the town of Banff. Highlight of this afternoon were the western photos we got taken. Totally in style of saloon girls we got dressed up in corsages and frills and posed on the bar! we gave our best and had a lot of fun! :)

... with a few challenging bits! We were falling over on purpose, it was so soft! In the afternoon we went up a really long chairlift, nearly to the top of one of the mountains. I have never been so cold in my life, there was a biting wind which whipped through every piece of clothing we had on and there was no escaping it. We did a few runs up there, but it was too cold for us in the end and some of the runs had too many flat bits which I couldn't get up ...

The last day of my vacation was spent in the charming mountain town of Banff hiking through the Canadian Rockies. The scenery was as impressive as I have grown accustomed to here in the PNW. The lakes were the most amazing turquoise color. Banff has always been a select destination of the wealthy Canadians and the stores and restaurants were very upscale. Would have loved to gotten pics, but unfortunately they were replacing all of the sewer mains on ...

... the Trans Canada to open or we could sit there. Because of the mountains, our radio information was not happening so we decided, along with many, many other cars and trucks, to sit there. Out came the lawn chairs and we all got comfortable. Luckily, the weather was great and we just lounged around. I had a little power nap and that was a good thing. About three hours later we started moving slowly toward Radium. We arrived at the accident site about 6 km ...

... Rocky mountains rose up to the left and right. The lake snaked mistily between the far ends of these mountains, to the base of a huge grand-daddy snow-waf** moun-glaci-tain. Ev**ything was misty and a beautiful p**iwinkle blue. It was a sight to behold. Thanks for having us, Alb**ta. - Mod**n Oddyseus with Johnny, Adam, and Julie Thanks to Christine &amp; Cathryn; B.J. &amp; Lynn; Mitch; D.J. &amp; Patrick; and Kevin for the rides! Much thanks to Cory for the place to crash!