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By Everett
August 2nd 2005

Picturing Halifax from Kingston North America » Canada » Alberta » Calgary

After shifting another pile of clothes into the washing machine, Grandma and I sat in the living room. I had three days in Kingston, Ontario, before heading on a long voyage to Vancouver by train. As Grandma thumbed through the photos from my trip to Halifax, she remarked, “Pictures are deceiving sometimes.” I think she was right. Grandma and I were admiring photographs of the cool and misty landscapes of Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia. Against the oven-heat of Ontario, I could understand why the crashing wav [View Full Entry]

By Kryways
July 29th 2005

Heading off to Malaysia North America » Canada » Alberta » Calgary

Well, I'm just heading off to Malaysia to see Nadene and Lisa. Looking forward to the trip!! See you all when we get back!! [View Full Entry]

By The Bernard Brothers
July 28th 2005

Getting over my fear of heights… North America » Canada » Alberta » Waterton Lakes National Park

Montana Skies

I’m retroactively blogging a trip my brother and I took around to some of the National Parks in the US in August of 2005. I wanted to put some information out about these amazing places, as they are, in my opinion, the highlights of the US (and Canada in this case!). We drove from Minneapolis, Minnesota westward to reach Mt. Rushmore on the first day. It was an insanely long drive, but it was just the beginning of the thousands of miles we were to drive that month. We continued on to Great Falls, Montana on the second day and hit [View Full Entry]

By VW Vagabonds
July 24th 2005

Homeward bound North America » Canada » Alberta

On the homeward trail, July 24, 2005 We set out from Bow Valley about 11:30. We headed west on Highway 1, bound for 93 south. Katherine started the driving, but got tired quickly, and went to take a nap in the back while Roberta drove until about 1:30. Then we stopped at a rest stop, just back into BC, right beside a charming rushing stream, and both of us slept. I think we were both really exhausted from working so much in the sun the day before. Katherine didn’t start to feel entirely normal again until mid-afternoon, after we passed Radium. [View Full Entry]

By VW Vagabonds
July 23rd 2005

Winding down North America » Canada » Alberta » Bragg Creek

Becca's Big Blow Out

Bragg Creek, July 21-23, 2005 We arrived in Bragg Creek mid-afternoon on Thursday, July 21. Things are incredibly green here after all the rain Alberta has had this year, and the mosquito population has undergone quite an explosion. I believe they are even denser here than they were in northern BC, which is really saying something. Katherine was still knitting furiously on the sweater which was to form part of her birthday present to Rebecca (yes, she finished the knitting on time, though it was only basted together until Friday, when she got time to finish sewing the pieces t [View Full Entry]

By VW Vagabonds
July 23rd 2005

Bow Valley, July 23, 2005 North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park

Picnic in the Park

Saturday morning, we left around 11:30 for Kananaskis Country, where a work party had been organized to help prepare Don and Becca’s new house in the park for them to occupy it. Don’s family all came to help - his parents, his brother Doug and Michelle, and their four children. I have no idea what all got done because most people were working inside the house. Michelle and I (Katherine) and the kids worked in the back yard, sanding and painting the shelves from all the closets, and the kitchen cupboard doors, with plenty of help from Jenna, Britta, Ben, and [View Full Entry]

By WoznBec
July 21st 2005

We're out of here!!! North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise

so our time in Lake Louise has come to an end. Basically it wasn't all it was cracked up to be and basically we were miserable, So why bother staying if we are miserable right???? Thats what we figured so at 3:15am we are hopping on the bus and going to Toronto, we will be on the bus for about 2.5 days but we will get to see the countryside as we go!! Here we are going to tour around Quebec and Ontario for a couple of weeks and then hit the states for a month or so on the trains [View Full Entry]

By Eskimo Jo
July 19th 2005

Stampede North America » Canada » Alberta » Calgary

Working hard

Hey Hey The Stampede is now all finnished. It was a full on ten days and heaps of fun. I was working at a bar in the grandstand where they have the rodeo and the Chuck wagon races so it was always busy with heaps of people drinking and having a good time. I meet some great people and had a wicked time. It's hard to describe the Stampede it was masive, just think of American movies with country fair's in them and then times it by ten.....MASSIVE. All the days have kind of merged in to a hazzy blur of [View Full Entry]

By VW Vagabonds
July 19th 2005

Icefields Parkway North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise

Athabasca Falls

Although we had originally planned to stay one more night in Jasper, we woke up this morning with itchy feet. We got a refund on our campground fees, and took off down the Columbia Icefields Parkway, which runs between Jasper and Banff. This highway is designed to be a scenic drive, not a transportation corridor. Large commercial vehicles are forbidden, and you must have a park pass to drive on this highway. The scenery all along the way is just one spectacular view after another, and there are abundant stopping places, ranging from pull-outs, through viewpoints, picnic grounds, all the wa [View Full Entry]

By VW Vagabonds
July 18th 2005

In the beautiful Canadian Rockies North America » Canada » Alberta » Jasper

Elk moving through the Wapiti campground.

Putting many days into one entry here, so this will be a long one. Will try to break it up for easier reading. Jasper, July 15 We were really pleased with our decision to push through to Jasper on Thursday. Initially, it was largely motivated by our desire to get a campsite in the park, and we figured coming in on a Friday might make that difficult. The first pleasing aspect about this decision was the amazing view of Mount Robson we were surprised with when rounding a corner eastbound on Highway 16. I’ve had this surprise a couple of times [View Full Entry]

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