Howard Johnson Banff Canmore

... here is that it only takes an hour or two to get to Alpine then once up on the mtn you can walk almost anywhere across the flat tops.

August 11/09

Our good friends from Thompson MB., Tom and Sandra Crawford arrived near the end of July and we had a great visit with them. We did tourist thing around Whitehorse and took off down the Klondike highway to Skagway over to Haines on the ferry and on up to Haines Junction and back to Whitehorse. This is known as the Golden Circle ...

We made the mistake this morning of trying to fill up with water and dump the used water. It had obviously got so cold overnight that the rubber gloves Gary normally uses for this, were frozen! So grabbing a towel he struggled to open the valves (yes the were frozen too), and when the deed was finally done and we were ready to close it all up again, it wouldn't budge. In that little space of time, while emptying/dumping, the ...

... to Lake Louise. We parked up right by the lakeside and joined the throng of tourists gathering to photograph this outstanding vista. We then decided to take a walk to a nearby lake called Agnes Lake, just under 4 kms away and offering a Tearoom at journeys end. The route was a quite a climb and a little more arduous than we had anticipated and turned ...

Hiking in sandals is a silly idea, unless you are trying to smuggle the mountain out piece by piece. Yesterday, since my feet were soaked anyway, it seemed sensible at the time to walk through the creek bed to wash off my hikers. As much water could soak through on a hike, considerably more can pour in when given the height advantage. Consequently, today they were still pools. The point is, today I was restricted to hiking in sandals. Because I would not ...

Its a terrible business....stepping outside your front door. You could get hit by a bus, attacked by a maniac who thinks you stole his sandwich even though you assure him you dont even like sandwiches (its happened)....or in our case...you could be eaten by a bear!! We camped. In the Rockies. It was glorious!! We used our ...

... lehet hasonlítani, de méretében kb három-négyszeres. Elnevezett pályából több mint 100 van, de végülis a terepet képező három hegyen gyakorlatilag akármerre csúszhat az ember (amerre veszélyes az szigorúan le van kerítve). Az elmúlt két napban a 180 centi természetes(!) hóra esett 15 centi friss, úgyhogy hihetetlen élmény volt a csúszás. Hóágyút egy helyen kiállítva láttunk, szerintem idén itt még nem ...

... good games. There was a lot of laughter. I hope that Jonathan and Briana do not get an inflated view of themselves. Rick and Susan even took them to an NHL game (Oilers vs. Islanders). It was a sad/hard separation to watch though. Leaving is always hard. I hope I return there sometime soon. The Schroeder's, Parkland, Edmonton, it's a good place to be. Much love, Gandhi

Today I travelled by Greyhound bus to Banff, where I am going to stay and try to find a job. On the bus I met a guy from Australia, Jason from the Gold Coast. He pretty much had just arrived, so it was good to have a chat with him and made the bus journey go pretty quick - he is going to work at Lake Louise ski resort. I was a nice day today, in Calgary it was only about -1 and the sun was peaking through and blue skies! I didn't feel I needed my big ...

... in. I seriously got all panicky about not having my life jacket on, about running in to something below the boat, sinking in 3 feet of water and all these other irrational thoughts. Water I can't see through scares the **** out of me. I had to talk myself out of it and just look straight ahead rather than at the water. I got over it after a bit and then made it onto the 1st Vermillion Lake. Really shallow with lots of stuff growing up from the bottom. It was nice because the lakes ...

... and I had both been reluctant to do our parts in the contest, but we consented because it was what Adam had most wanted for his birthday.) I followed this with a drawing of an ash-tray and cigarette butts. Lindsey drew a squiggly-mouthed idiot guy flicking a cigarette butt in the forest, a profound statement about the recent goings-on in smoky Canmore. As the game went on, the drawings became drunken**, and the cririquing arguments became loud**. Adam and Lindsey ...