Red Deer Lodge

Figured it was almost 20 years since we've been across Canada and it was time to go again. We took a more northerly route but covered alot of the same turf as our trip in '88. Leo talked to a fellow traveller on a ferry and mentioned that we were ...

... our hotel and waited most of the morning for our shuttle bus to take us to the airport. We went over to the Outback Pioneer Lodge and had a satisfying (though expensive) steak sandwich while we read our books in the shade. I tried to get a beer with lunch ...

... back to explore the General Store and lodge gift shop. The lobby is three story and full of game trophies. The front of the lodge faces the water, was a great place to sit and just absorb the view. We checked out the various tours available and found them ...

... there too. Tonight we're staying at the Ramkota Best Western Hotel in Casper, Wyoming and it looks just like the Red Deer Lodge inside with a big indoor courtyard and restaurant surrounding a pool. We were going to stay in the town of Kaycee, Wyoming ...

... to stay in danum, the Field Centre which takes a few visitors but is mainly for research scientists, and the Borneo Rainforest Lodge (BRL), which is a first class resort located on the banks of the Danum Valley river just outside the DVCA. The BRL is ...

... different kinds of maples...RED sugar maples, yellow and orange maples and birch and oaks....mother nature at her best...... The eco-lodge was a kind of large hunting lodge...think of a boy scout lodge...there was ONE shower for the guys and another for ...

... others. After we checked in, Vivian took us on an orientation walk along a wooden boardwalk through jungle immediately behind the Lodge. He explained the different types of trees, showed us a variety of wildlife from leeches to giant millipedes to ...

... a warm feeling. The Canyon was very overwhelming and we had a long drive that day, so we decided to continue toward our lodge for the evening. After a few wrong turns and close calls with the locals (lots of deer crawling out of the woodwork!) we ...

... Harbour and reserved a tour to see Western Brook Pond, a fresh water fjord. We headed north to our next lodging, Wild Berry Lodge.  After checking in we took a ride about 15 KM farther north to the town of St. Anthony's for dinner at the ...

... like wild dogs. They are quite cute. Next we found some Kudo in the bushes. They look a lot like larger sized deer with big ears that are lined with red fur on the inside. Spectacular to see. When Jackson told us what they were - Kudo - one of the old ...

... all odds, allowing us to observe animals on our hikes. We are lucky enough to see a number of primates, like Red Leaf monkeys, Gibeons and Macaques. We see some deer, a wild pig, a turtle and a number of birds. We also see all kinds of critters (ok, ...

... lodge is well done with great bathroom and internal and external shower. The main area had comfy sofas and adjoined the restaurant. The lodge has wonderful, far reaching views of the Chobe River and on many occasions we used the binoculars to observe the ...

... of times, but we eventually pulled in to Jackson just in time to watch the sunset while having drinks at the gorgeous Amangani Lodge...unfortunately, drinks were all we could afford there, but the views were free! We saw hundreds if not thousands of elk ...

... cheese from Smith's market.  We thoroughly enjoyed taking the easy way down, which consisted of two chairlifts back to Snowpark Lodge (riding downhill is free!) and then we were off to our new dinner spot, The Loco Lizard, for sweet corn and roasted ...

... up down by the river again and the elephant was happily splashing away and slurping water up his trunk.  There was a group of red deer and I'm ashamed to say I was hoping the tiger would be after them.  We walked along the opposite side of the ...

... is about $8,000/acre.  Deer farms are prevalent down here.  It began about 100 years ago.  Red deer were introduced for receartion hunting but their populations exploded.  Eventually professional hunters were hired to kill the deer ...

... . Hier ging mir auch die leere, langweilige Einöde zum ersten mal so richtig auf den Zeiger. Auch das kurzzeitig beeindruckende Red Deer Valley konnte mich nicht wirklich aufheitern, im Gegenteil. So merkte ich, dass ich die Scenic Route verpasst hatte. ...

... it only cost $16 for the car and us for a round trip, so that was a relief. The river wasn't at all wide (skinnier than the Red Deer river we'd say) so we thought it was odd that they hadn't built a bridge. But it might have something to do with the fact ...

... . The scenerly has suddenly become wet and lush again. And there on a small ridge between two sapphire lakes and a river sits the red-roofed lodge of Fazenda Barranco Alto. And I'm the only here. The fazenda has been shut for the last 4 days, and the ...

... meat), plus horses, sheep dogs, pigs (for meat), chickens, wapiti (a kind of elk that Teddy Roosevelt first gave to New Zealand), and Red deer (which have huge antlers and are hunted), plus lots of wild birds. It is a great place to be a sheep! The ...

... spots are and be comfortable enough to figure out what to do with an afternoon is something that I really took for granted living in Red Deer. However great the Tauranga and Mount area's were, they will be just as good when we go back for a visit near ...