July 22nd. Left Jasper NP and continued south through Banff NP on our way back to Kimberley. The weather was cloudy and wet initially then brightened to be a glorious day. Stopped at all (or most) of the scenic look-outs and spent time at Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. Dinner at Radium Hot Springs then on to Kimberley to Anne and Michael's house. We will stay here sightseeing until Val and Mike leave for the UK. Pam and George [View Full Entry]

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Early in the morning of our first day in Whistlers and just enjoying a cuppa tea, the crows set up a lot of commotion as they chased a coyote from their territory. The animal ran down the pathway right past the motor home, we would have been able to get a great shot but the guy next to us was busy cleaning his windshield so as soon as the coyote saw him he really sped up, so my pictures are completely blurred. We settled down to breakfast when we could hear a squeak, looked out of the door to see a [View Full Entry]

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So, I'm sure you've all just been waiting on baited breath for my next post. Well you can stop waiting, because here it is! Woo.... It's my last day here in Calgary and I can't believe it's been nearly a month for me here in Alberta. I've had the chance to see a good part of the province, play tourist for a bit and been able to just relax too. I met up with Adam and Amanda in Kelowna and after spending the night with family friends of Amanda's we headed for her parent's place in Whitecourt, a couple hours outside [View Full Entry]

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“The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth” Known as the Calgary Stampede is simply an excuse for cowboys to have a great party! Nine days in July, it culminates in $1.8 million prize money being given away for the best cowboys in various disciplines. Of course it is also a great opportunity for the people of Alberta and Calgary in particular to show off their own brand of ‘something special.’ We are now recovering from our week of non stop partying and look back at our time filled with lots of Yahoo’s, Yeeha’s, dancing, laughing and meeting some wonderful new friends. [View Full Entry]

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Well thats us in canada! we were sad to leave new york, especially the bagel place across the street!! in the end the hostel was quite good. The common area had big screen tv's and comfy chairs so when it was a bit warn for us we chilled out watching Hannibal!!! Paul got chatting to a guy from edinburgh who was in new york for another day and a half with only $13 to last him and he needed ten of those for transport to the airport! We went to the top of the empire state building, all the way to [View Full Entry]

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Woke up to the rooster crows just outside my bedroom. It was only 7:20am. So I had breakfast and jaunted down to Mackenzie Beach, which was rather impressive. The sand is so smooth, moist but not muddy. I walked around a bit, saw starfish on the beach, sea anemones (or some polyp) on the rocks, and barnacles too. People were climbing on the rocks, trying to get a better view of the beach, and some whiny kid was complaining about the barnacles. I sat on the beach for a bit, watching the waves and observing the sand, then headed back and [View Full Entry]

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Hi folks, Vanuit de levende metropool Seattle, aan de westkust, vertrokken we met onze huurauto oostwaarts naar de ruggegraat van het Noord-Amerikaanse continent: de "Rocky Mountains". Langsheen de "Rockies" strekken zich noordwaarts vanuit de USA over de grens met Canada een onophoudelijke reeks van nationale parken en UNESCO biosferen uit. Ons eerste doel was het internationale vredespark Glacier National Park (Montana, USA) en Waterton lakes National Park (Alberta, Canada). Toepasselijk genaamd "Crown of the Continent" herbergt het gebied een goedbewaard ecosysteem voor black en grizzly bears, bighorn sheep, moose,... en een kleurrijk geheel aan alpiene flora, azuurblauwe meren en gletsjers (alhoewel [View Full Entry]

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Summer in Whistler is incomparable to my beloved Gold Coast where it's guaranteed 300 days of sunshine every year. The sun rises around 7am, sets at 10pm and temperatures vary between 10-30 degrees celsius sometimes with sun showers..... remind anyone of Melbourne? The month of June was fairly quiet in town but since 1 July, when the sun was out in full force, it's been getting busier and busier in town. Work has picked up, money's great and the saving has started again since returning from our road trip to Calgary with Georgia and Jed. When I told people we were [View Full Entry]

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A somewhat short drive today, out of Alberta, into beautiful British Columbia and another timezone. It was uneventful driving through the parks no wildlife to be found. We didn't really want to see a moose in the middle of the road, but off in the tree line would have been nice. The Rockies were beautiful as usual with some still snow capped. We had planned to stop in Clearwater for the night but Jordan fell asleep so we kept on going. We arrived in Kamloops, Jordan went for a swim, then supper, then bed. We are ready to end all this [View Full Entry]

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As we entered into Alberta we were surrounded by mountains that slowly gave way to foothills and big open fields with canola flowers. Seas of bright yellow spread for miles! Just before that though we stopped at Lake Louise and got the classic shot of us at the lake that was surrounded with more tourists than one could imagine just to look at a blue lake. It was beautiful don't get me wrong. There was snow still in the mountains and a chill of winter still left in the air as the sun shone upon us. I wished I grabbed my [View Full Entry]

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