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July 2nd 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise Day 3 (June 30, 2008): Made it to Lake Louise
I broke camp this morning at 0530. Not because I needed to be up at that hour but because I was slept out…lots of fresh air causes a person to ... 7 photos[full story]
July 1st 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise So the travel blog finally begins again.. I’m on the Greyhound, about to leave for Lake Louise!
I had the worst night’s sleep last night. It was 30+ degrees yesterday and last night see ... 2 photos[full story]
June 11th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise Imagine how your body would feel flying from 37 degree 99% humidity, straight into fresh powder and gusty alpine winds...... Imagine, and you'll have a slight idea as to the full body shock we've just ... [full story]
May 10th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise Ok so i haven't written in a while and a couple of days has gone by....here's the catch up
i've settled into my new job as the housing co ordinator of Charleston Residence aka Chuck Town. Its a pre ... [full story]
May 3rd 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise Today was slacking off day for me as I start work tommorrow.
Pat and I decided to walk to the Mountain Resort today. It took about 45minutes slow strolling along the highway. The scenary was amazin ... [full story]
May 2nd 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise its now 2230 and the sun has just set about 30minutes ago. Pat and I finally made it to lake louise. First the JOURNEY:
Well this morning we got up in chilly weather in HI Hostel, Calgary. Pat didn ... [full story]
April 16th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise Here's the last of Lake Louise. I feel I already downloaded some of these but I couldn't find them. I have fond memories of this place, I miss it very much. Everyone: go there at least once in your ... 62 photos[full story]
February 22nd 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise I just read back over my last blog so that I could start this edition fresh from where I finished off and the first thoughts that came to mind were how quickly time has gone, how much I have managed t ... [full story]
February 11th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise A brief entry this time as it’s yet another skiing trip and there isn’t much to them apart from skiing, eating and sleeping. But since it was in such a pretty place I thought it was worth ... 13 photos[full story]
February 10th 2008North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise For a bit of fun I have written this blog article using as much ski hill and Lake Louise lingo as possible (my aim, complete confusion). So, if you can not understand any of it, just check out the gl ... 15 photos[full story]
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