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North America » Canada » Alberta » Jasper National Park July 14th 2012

5:25 am -- alarm goes off. Oh, what was I thinking! David and I had a hearty breakfast -- bacon & eggs, and headed out to Maligne Lake. The drive out to the the lake was wonderful! There is nothing like the mountains in the early morning! I just sat in the passenger seat with the music playing and felt like I had been transported to the most beautiful place on the planet!! A few bull elk were feeding by the side of road. They were oblivious to our presence as we stopped and took a few photos. We arrived at the lake at about 7:00 am and were on the water by 7:30 -- the first canoe in the water for the day! Maligne Lake is a 22.5 km glacier fed lake. With not even ... read more
We're going out there ...
Fire, rock & water
Devil's Elbow

North America » Canada » Alberta » Jasper National Park July 13th 2012

Today’s plan was to go canoeing. But that’s the great thing about being on a holiday, you can change your mind!! We were up late and not up earlier enough, so we decided to go to Maligne Canyon. For thousands of years, water has been cutting its way through the canyon floor -- up to 51 meters deep in some places! It’s almost impossible to get a photograph that captures the scale of it. There’s always “incidents” when one travels. And, today was the day. I ducked into the gift shop / restaurant to use the facilities while David waited outside. I came out and .... he was gone!! I thought, “He’s probably just gone up the path to take some photos -- but which path?” I went up both for a short distance, but didn’t ... read more
Blue Bells growing by the falls
Canyon Walls
Maligne Canyon

North America » Canada » Alberta » Jasper National Park July 12th 2012

Standing by the raging waters of two powerful waterfalls is a transcending experience -- the spray shooting up cooling your face, the thunderous roar, and earth-moving rumble. Today we saw two magnificent waterfalls -- The Athabasca Falls and the Sunwapta Falls. Standing by these falls, I was struck by the sheer amount of water!! The source of these falls is far up the mountains in the glaciers. Millions of tiny trickles of melt-water, together with rainfall combine to eventually become these raging torrents. We are so fortunate to live in a country blessed with such an abundance of water -- the source of all life. So it’s 5:00 pm and very hot! -- 29 degrees celsius! What to do? Oh, what about going to one of those “cool” glaciers? You can walk to Angel Glacier on ... read more
David & Michele
Angel Glacier
Sun tanning by the Glacier


Ce matin, on est allé à la ville de Jasper parce que mon père devait faire un fax pour son travail. Bob et louise ont conduit pendant 6h, on s’est arrêté proche du mont Robson, le plus haut sommet des rocheuses. On a changé l’heure en rentrant en Colombie-Britannique. On a continué pour 3h jusqu’à Kamloops en Colombie-Britannique. De là, on est allé sur le bord de l’eau et nous avons mangé du subway. C’était notre récompense. On a pris contact avec l’oncle et la tante de maman que nous verrons demain. Après, nous sommes allés dormir à Vernon et on a encore regardé le film bolt. Une autre récompense!... read more
Yellowhead Lake
Mt.Robson
Mt Robson Jaf & chienne


Sunday - drove the Icefields Parkway from Lake Louise to Jasper, said by many to be the most scenic drive in the world. Before we set off we go to the village bakery to buy lunch. We were told the story of a Grizzly bear who hung around the village and became completely humanised to the extent that one day she walked into the bakery and stood up on her hind legs as if to see what was on offer. Parks Canada decided that she was an accident waiting to happen so gave her to Calgary Zoo. Quite sad really that she is stuck in a zoo after years of being a wild bear. I overheard another story of a tourist smearing her son's hand in peanut butter and offering it to a bear. Apparently the ... read more
Grizzly bear
Trying to reach the lake
12 foot tree

North America » Canada » Alberta » Jasper National Park December 27th 2011

In de Rocky mountains was het geluk weer met ons. We konden in Canmore bij een gastvrij stel (Jody and Nicholas) couchsurfen. Ze hadden nog twee couchsurfers (Ben en Ofer uit Israël) over de vloer en een logé. Gelukkig hadden ze een groot genoeg huis. We deelden de kelder met de andere couchsurfers. Het dorpje werd omringd door bergen met besneeuwde toppen. We hebben er een beklommen. Een hele toer, omdat het sneeuwde en een groot gedeelte van de klim heel glibberig was. We zijn er tijdens de reis achtergekomen dat onze bergschoenen met harde zolen niet ideaal zijn voor sneeuw. We zijn wel doorgeklommen naar de top. Het werd steeds kouder en we werden aan het eind bijna van de berg afgeblazen, maar hadden een prachtig uitzicht! Onze eerste thanksgiving hebben we ook in Canmore ... read more
Thanksgiving dinner
De eerste besneeuwde helling van Hei Ling die we beklommen
Winderige bergtop

North America » Canada » Alberta » Jasper National Park August 25th 2011

Saturday, August 6, 2011. Snaring River Campground, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada. Rained in night. 55 degrees this morning at 9:45 with both blue sky and lots of clouds. Starting mileage at 14270. Heading back down to the main road, we saw the same “pinto bear” at about the same spot eating away at the berries. We then drove up a side road behind the town of Jasper to a couple of lakes that the park ranger had suggested we might like to see. There were several loons on the lakes along with a number of people in canoes and row boats. We drove back into town and went to the library. They charged $2.50 per hour to use their internet connection even with us using our own computers. We figured that this was cheaper and ... read more
AK2 Aug6 Mount  Edith Cavell
AK3 Aug6 Athabasca Falls at top
AK4 Aug6 Athabasca Falls top cascade


We were stunned to hear from Kim about Tom. We feel so far away from our faith family at this time but we are comforted to know that Heather, Linda, Ken, Mitchell, Hannah and Nathan are being surrounded by our faith family in their pain. It is hard to continue in holiday mindset but we know we must because that is where we are. Please know that Ron and I are holding you all in our prayers. We drive down the Icefield Parkway today and it is raining a little but no wind. We had a thunder storm last night which lasted a very short time. Our love to you all, Ron & Pat... read more


Today Dwain got to sit in the passenger seat and let Lorraine do all the driving. Dwain’s job was to navigate, read the signs and yell “STOP” when he saw something worthy of a picture. Problem is, what Dwain thinks is worthy of a picture and what Lorraine thinks is worthy are two very different things. At least we agreed Mt. Robson was worthy and there must be twenty pictures of that highest peak in the Canadian Rockies (3900 meters). Problem was you could not see the mountain because a thick layer of cloud covered the summit all the time we were there. Anyway, Lorraine got a new jacket and Dwain got a couple of mosquito bites. Leaving Mt. Robson took us by Moose Lake, where we saw NO moose, then into Jasper National Park. This ... read more
2011-07-02 Wild Lupins at Mt. Robson visitor's centre
2011-07-02 Lunch at Jasper
2011-07-02  Pyramid Mountain

North America » Canada » Alberta » Jasper National Park June 19th 2011

Két hete indultunk el és a hetek számával megegyező alkalommal jutottam el odáig, h megpróbáljak útinaplót írni. Az esték (és éjszakák és egyéb napszakok) itt sem feltétlenül üresebbek, mert Dávid nem érzi úgy, h ő is szabadságra küldött volna minket. Ez csöppet sem meglepő, de az az eredménye, h általában gyereket töltünk étellel meg szemetest használt pelenkákkal, a helyett h blogbejegyzéseket töltenénk meg szavakkal és képekkel. Szerencsére azért gyerekezés mellett is jutott idő „turistáskodásra” és tudtunk nézelődni, utazni, túrázni. A két hét megtettük a tervezett kör kb felét, most Jasperben vagyunk, ami az egyik nemzeti park névadó városa és központja. A másik Bannf, ahova holnap tervezünk átvezetni. A kör nem kicsi, így jó pár óra vezetést igényel, de igyekszünk minél több darabra osztani, h mindegyik nap legyen valami más is, mint vezetés. Nem mintha a vezetés ... read more
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