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North America » Canada » Alberta » Jasper National Park September 14th 2007

With only a few days to prepare, Alan and I unpack from our photographic journey on the Oregon Coast and re-pack for a gourmet food and wine weekend at Jasper Lake Lodge in Canada. What a switch! We’re going from rugged adventure to luxury eating and drinking. Alan and I fly to Edmonton on Wednesday, where our friends, Hank and Lorraine, introduce us to their city. With its parks and walking trails along the river, it reminds me of Adelaide, Australia. And, although Edmonton is about the same size as Tucson, it seems much more cosmopolitan with a dynamic city center. On Friday, Hank drives us to Jasper Park for a weekend sponsored by the Edmonton chapter of Le Chaine des Rotisseurs, a worldwide group of professional chefs and gourmands. The route through the park includes ... read more
All decked out for the gala dinner
Two tennis friends having fun
A veiw from our "secret destination"

North America » Canada » Alberta » Jasper National Park August 15th 2007

It was a long drive from Banff to the Columbia Icefield, but well worth it. The road there, known as the Icefield Parkway, has some absolutely stunning scenery. The constant trail of RV4RENT’s clients gave us plenty of time to enjoy the scenery, but that didn’t stop them from winding us up. It was tempting to stop at every view point, lake or trail that we came across, but we decided to drive to the icefield without stopping and then use the return journey for the continuous stop-offs. Once we got to the icefield it was clear that we had hit a major tourist trap - coaches, cars and camper vans everywhere. We got our tickets for the drive on the glacier, which was about an hour and a half later, so we had a look ... read more
Columbia Icefield
Ice-coach
Lake Peyto




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