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By Martha Van Mollison
October 3rd 2009

Johnston Canyon and Moraine lake North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park » Johnston Canyon

Johnston Canyon
Suspension walkways clung to the canyon walls.

Johnston Canyon and Moraine Lake Twinning The National Parks people and the government of Canada know that one of the major draws to the Canadian Rockies and the national parklands is the chance for people to see wildlife. So it's a worry that the reproduction rate of some of the big animals has been dropping. In response, there are efforts to buttress up the wildlife habitats and educate people on staying away from critical areas during spring calving and the autumn rutting season. On the highway between the townships of Banff and Lake Louise, the policy of “twinning” is [View Full Entry]

By Cate85
October 2nd 2009

end of summer North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff

Photo 2

hi all. We are settling into Banff and looking forward to the next few months, learning how to snowboard, snowmen, snowball fights, eggnog, etc. Last week it was 32 degrees but today it is 6 and we are surrounded by clouds and 'flurry' snow that melts before it hits the ground, and the mountains are all snowy and needless to say it is very cold and it is only going to get colder. Beck and Pip are here with us now which is really nice, we are currently all sharing a room at the hostel, which has been fun, like having [View Full Entry]

By Martha Van Mollison
October 2nd 2009

Why Lake Louise? North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park

Lake Louise in the early morning
Just like a mirror

Why Lake Louise? Once upon a time, a newly married couple were having breakfast in a tiny motel dining room overlooking the Pacific Ocean at Diamond Head—in AUSTRALIA, a bit north of Myall Lakes. Though the view out the large picture window was the main attention getter, on one small patch of wall there was a gorgeous poster of Lake Louise in British Columbia, Canada. “I was there once -- it's so beautiful,” she gushed. Then, airily, “One day I'll take you there.” That was 35 years ago, and Martha is FINALLY able to keep that promise to Phil. The newlywe [View Full Entry]

By Sparkling Earrings
October 1st 2009

Day 19 North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park

The Road to Banff

October 1, 2009 A quiet day that began with a ride to the town of Banff; another beautiful trip with mountain views that left us breathless. The town reminded us of Europe…quaint shops lining streets that sit at the base of mountains that stand like giant sentries…but my goodness how expensive things were. Donna and I had an interesting experience in the grocery store. We were trying to buy a pound of ham to make sandwiches for our lunch on the road tomorrow… (Being frugal) but everything here is in metric and being the ugly Americans that we are…we don’t kno [View Full Entry]

By CN Travels
October 1st 2009

Royal Tyrell Museum North America » Canada » Alberta » Drumheller

Self Portait in the Badlands

We went to the MEC store in Calgary to get backpacks and some other travelling gear. On the way home Carla just had to stop at the Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, since she'd never been able to go before. We spent about two hours looking around, which is not near enought time to really get through and appreciate all of the exhibits. [View Full Entry]

By Sparkling Earrings
September 30th 2009

Day 18 North America » Canada » Alberta » Lake Louise

Lake Louise...

September 30, 2009 Where the heck are the bear? Today, after breakfast, we left for a ride up to Lake Louise. We’ve said in the past that we all naturally prefer the US to Canada and how happy we were to be back in the states earlier in the trip…but we all agreed; the Canadian Rockies out do the American Rockies, hands down! These mountains are higher, deeper and grander than any we’ve seen before! They seem to be everywhere. At any given point, we were surrounded on three sides by incredible vistas. And arriving at Lake Louise, we were simply [View Full Entry]

By DontPanic
September 30th 2009

Jasper National Park North America » Canada » Alberta » Jasper National Park

Bow Lake

The trip from Lake Louise up to Jasper was supposed to be one of the best drives in Canada in terms of mountain scenery, and did not disappoint. It was made even better by Trent and Stacey, the couple on their way home to Hinton (northeast of Jasper) who not only stopped and gave me a lift all the way, but went above and beyond the call of duty. They bought me lunch, and stopped at the points of interest on the way, such as Bow Lake and the Athabasca Falls (which, had I gone by bus, I would have missed). [View Full Entry]

By Sparkling Earrings
September 29th 2009

Day17 North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park

Views of Canadian Rockies

September 29, 2009 From The Bloggers Without Borders!!!!!! “Rocky Mountain High”! After driving all day we arrived at our destination in Banff National Park. The ride from Shelby to the border was about 40 miles. The Canadian border guard looked like a 6 year old with a pony tail but she was a feisty one…not at all funny like our friend from the U.S. border who called us hippies. I don’t know why but as soon as we approach these border crossings, I immediately feel like some sort of criminal…guilty of some infraction. Maybe we ARE carrying weapons or illegal d [View Full Entry]

By Martha Van Mollison
September 28th 2009

Banff North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff

Campsite Backyard
We had an expanse of open forest behind our campsite, which was full of filtered sun and pathways.

Banff Fri Sept 11-Tues Sept 15 We liked the Banff campground, the local library (for internet work) and the beauty of the area so much we stayed there for several days. Bears Bears continued to be a major concern for the National Parks Service, and every camper was required to keep a “bare” campsite. If you were travelling without a hardsided vehicle, there were lockers in which you were to put all your foodstuffs, cooking implements and cosmetics whenever you were absent from your site. According to the ranger, they had few incidents with bears because of this policy. B [View Full Entry]

By DontPanic
September 27th 2009

Banff National Park North America » Canada » Alberta » Banff National Park

Banff Avenue

Having left the farm in the Kootenays, I headed for Banff. But lifts were harder to get than I'd found previously, and I only made it as far as Revelstoke on the first day. This was a fairly small town that looked like it came alive in the winter, and was a big ski/snowboard destination. My experience of it was a hostel full of young australians, and a sports bar where I had dinner and watched Liverpool beat Leeds without any commentary. The next day wasn't much better in terms of lifts, but I did manage to get to Banff, and [View Full Entry]

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