Blogs from Canmore, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 7

Hi everyone It is Tuesday am at our lodge at Banff Gate....so there is a bit of news to catch up on. First - flight was very good - and I liked the downstairs toilets- got a bit of exercise going up and own the stairs there! Arriving at Calgary airport - evryone is so friedly with folks in cowboy hats calling Welcome to Calgary etc - not quite like Heathrow - and tho' I didnt spot him Suz and Tracie said there was a real hunky guy on the passport control. My B+B in Calgary was lovely - a women only place - so very good for me on my own - hosts Glo and Sandra were very welcoming and "my own space" consited of a bedrm, liv rm and kitchen and use of super ... read more

At about midday on Friday, Jamie and I decided to go on a roadtrip for the weekend. Originally he was supposed to be taking part in a triathlon, and I was going to the movies with friends, but both plans fell through (Jamie has shin splints, the movie hasn't started yet in Jasper) and so we decided to take off on another adventure. Even better, we both get amazing perks with our job! The company Jamie works for own two hotels in Canmore so we got 2 nights in a nice hotel for less than half price. And when I was talking to my boss about going away for the weekend, she gave us her car! Score! Friday afternoon we finished work, packed up the car and headed for Canmore. We had a great trip down ... read more

Well it's been a while since I've written and so much has happened so I thought it was time to update everyone. So I moved to Canmore, Alberta from Vancouver in October to take up a job as a travel agent and spend the winter in the Canadian Rockies. I spend a week travelling the 900kms from Vancouver to Canmore. Along the way I stopped at a couple of small towns. The first was Shuswap Lake just outside Chase. It was an interesting hostel - made from old railway carriages converted into dorms, each with a bathroom and kitchen. Unfortunately it rained the whole time I was there so I didn't get to see much. There was a beaver lodge on the shore of the lake but the beaver couldn't be convinced to leave and let ... read more

Geo: 51.09, -115.358I may write more later, but I just wanted to be sure I added this particular trip to my TravelPod, so that it shows that I've been to Canada. :)Can report on Lake Louise, Canmore and Mountain High B&B.... read more

We woke up to a sunny day with no fixed plans, so Jonno and I did what Jonno and I do, and returned to the scene of yesterday's awe. Marilyn and Richard went driving and walking about checking out new places as you are meant to do, Jonno and I just went and climbed up and down a bit of rock all day. I think M and R went to Banff. But I am not quite sure... memory gets hazy very quickly. We made the mistake of trying to "warm up" on the less steep wall. While leading some 5.9 which felt substantially harder due to the fact that I lost ALL feeling in my hands, and they just felt like fat flaps of cardboard hanging at the end of my arms, I decided it was ... read more