Blogs from Canmore, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 8

After picking ourselves up a Budget hire car and stuffing it as full as a Turkey, Marilyn, Richard, Jono and I set off for a long day of driving. We drove the “scenic way” to the Rockies. Past Whistler up through Pemberton, Lillooet, Marble Canyon, Kamloops… and a whole pile of other towns that kept us busy from about 8:30am to 1am. The actual travel part of travel is the least fun. Actually, unpacking is probably even less fun. But we saw some awesome places on the way, snapped them up and consumed them as we blew exhaust-fuelled kisses on our way past. One of them was Joffre Lake, making it my third visit! It never stops being amazing though. It was strange to stand infront of the same Lake that only a month or so ... read more

I will have work visa in canada! how exciting!!working about tour guide for japanese this summer, probably busy from May to end of Sep . befor that I need training about tour guide . and I need class 4 drivers licence. I have not drive long time. will be hard for me. but I will try it! maybe buy a car?! hopefully everything ok and enjoybul ,fun.... read more

come back to canmore in canada. staying friend house. not so so cold.this morning was -7c. snow on the ground. it is makes veiw looking good around here.this winter,snow is very good powder snow a lot(friend said). but I am not sure going to do ski? I bought 2nd hand ice climbing boots.it is good enough. gloves& ice tool and crampon was borrow my friend's one. thank you so much .last time, I was climbing ice warter fall. WI4,250m. started ealy morning. and ice warterfall looking wonderful. here has WI4 ,400m rout. and WI5 700m rout. sound very interesting!? アルゼンチンで出会ったカナダ人を訪ね、アイスクライミングを体験するべく世界的に有名なアイスクライミングのここカナディアンロッキーに！前回登ったのは　朝日が昇る前から家を出て　アプローチして　２５０ｍの滝。長いものでは、７００ｍってのもあるとか・・・　... read more

Dear friends, Yesterday Cissi & I decided to check out Banff in the evening. WOW!! We walked the streets in amazement at the spectacle of wealthy tourists, kitschy tourist traps, Japanese tourist groups, high end fashion boutiques (who needs black leather stilettos??, is a new purse a new mountain accessory?... does it make you hike better?), Louis Vuitton, Yuppie yoga wear, an all Christmas store...., basically anything that takes you away from the outdoors that surrounds this lit up mountain Vegas. Bought liquor for the cold evenings.... it's actually been quite warm in the days and moderate in the nights. A chinook has been in the area for the past couple days... hope it stays around for the whole trip everywhere we go (wishful thinking , I know!). Today, we woke up after sleeping with howling ... read more

We woke up this morning to a “nice” chill to the air… After spending the night close enough to a stream to hear the running water there was not much lying about once we were awake! The campsite was full of participants from the previous day’s car show—some were looking decidedly seedy! Carl enjoyed looking at the cars, even if most of them had been modified significantly (see the photo from yesterday). Our destination today—Banff National Park! Statistics Starting Destination: Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada Ending Destination: Canmore, British Columbia, Canada Ending Destination GPS: N: 51° 06.225’ W: 115° 21.778’ Elev: 4358’ Miles Driven: 276.3 Miles Hiked: Approx. 9 Vertical Feet Climbed: Too many, perhaps 350 meters! Chased out of town… img= http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/15... read more