A New Day Dawns We know we are headed out of the mountains today. It is sad in a way but we know our venture to a different terrain will bring a whole new outlook to our lives. The weather is still cloudy with hopes of sunshine later in the day. Sweatshirts and slacks are a requirement. We can see our breath as we head out in the morning. We had intended to get to Kelowna yesterday but there was so much to see, we start today with the intent to get there before day's end. The GPS Gypsy Guide folks [View Full Entry]

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We are not Lost We were upducted by aliens who didn't give us time to post. Ok, that was a lie but sounded like a good excuse for not posting the last few days. Honestly, we keep trying to find time to catch up on the days we've missed but quite frankly, we are having too much fun making the memories and thus, too tired at night to post - fresh air and all you know. Alas, we decided to forego catching up and just tell you about today following a brief talk through of where we've been. After spending two [View Full Entry]

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Leaving Jasper We take in a home-town breakfast and take some town pictures before taking off for the day. Our goal is simply to get to the down side of the Icefield Parkway again. Where that will leave us for the night is anyone's guess. We believe it will take less time because we did the drive up taking advantage of many of the viewpoints then. We do rent a GPS device that gives the history of the area and talks to specific viewpoints as we make the drive. Rita is hopeful that it is similar to the cassette tapes you [View Full Entry]

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Jasper, Alberta, Canada Today was a declared laundry day so we took a very leisurely morning, went for a late breakfast, and dealt with the tasks at hand. We purchased laundry supplies at the local grocery store, continuing to be surprised at the cost of things here in Canada. We met some people from Switzerland who had rented an RV. They were having a wonderful time but felt paying the price they were paying for an RV site was not fair given a train came through every half hour through the night. So, they too, felt pricing in Canada was high. [View Full Entry]

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Calgary to Jasper, Alberta (Canada) Today we would travel from Calgary, through Banff National Park, Lake Louise, Columbia Icefields, Jasper National Park and stay the night in Jasper. Weather predictions were varied across the parks so we weren't quite sure what we would run into. One thing for sure, it was time to put some slacks on rather than shorts. The drive out of Calgary featured rolling, tree covered hills and then some flat areas before hitting Banff National Park. We were still getting used to meters vs. miles and kilometers vs. mph. We were glad to [View Full Entry]

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Leaving Glacier National Park Glacier National Park was very special for both of us. Yet, there were other memories to create in our ventures further north. It was a cooler, cloudy day. We decided to deviate from our original plan and skip Waterton International Peace Park in order to get further into Canada, toward Banff, Lake Louise, and the Columbia Icefields. We would stay the night in Calgary, a city Jerry wanted to see, and then move into the Canadian Rockies tomorrow. We took our time, taking full advantage of morning coffee on the balcony of our room and g [View Full Entry]

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What a room! We awaken to find out exactly why the room we acquired last night, under our dire circumstances, cost what it did, even with the discount they gave us. As we step out on to the balcony, there is a creek running along that side of this Great Bear Lodge. We heard it through the night but seeing the clear water run over the stones and rock was a morning greeting. There are trees in full color immediately beyond the creek and then, the trees are surrounded with a full back view of Glacier mountains. We have coffee on [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday We left everyone yesterday with just a photo journal of our travel. Just wanted to provide a few catch-up notes on that. If you ever have the chance to drive through Theordore Roosevelt National Park, by all means do so. It is a very worthwhile venture. Medora exists almost solely for tourists so expect the usual touristy things in town but the drive is beautiful and we hope you enjoyed the picture show for yesterday's post. We had intended to drive up to the North Unit but the Rangers at the South Unit told us the 14 mile ride up [View Full Entry]

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Theodore Roosevelt National Park We drove late into the evening, not wanting to stop at any of the little tiny town motels (yes, we saw the movie Psycho). So, we'll let the pictures speak a thousand words as we are absolutely done for the day. [View Full Entry]

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Sometimes you just have to find the fun The terrain change was obvious as we headed into North Dakota from Minnesota. We were almost overcome by the traffic as you can see by the pictures. We made up driving games, talked and laughed about the constant miles long of sunflower fields, wheat, and soybean. We must admit though, it was great to see the cattle roaming freely across miles and miles of range rather than the farms of Wisconsin. It was kind of ironic to see them all while Jerry munched on his beef jerky. There is beauty everywhere - in [View Full Entry]

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