Blogs from Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 7

Well what an experience this was. Our guide Dieter took us through the canyon which was now frozen and the river and waterfalls frozen with it. It was so cold, -23c, that two of the camera’s stopped working. Words can’t describe it adequately so click here to see the photos of the url=http://swimmingaroundtheworld.com/Swimming_Around_The_World/My_Albums_-_Canada/Pages/Icewalk.htmlicewalk... read more

On Monday we left Banff headed towards Jasper on the Icefields highway. This route is considered one of the most picturesque in the world and there are literally hundreds of places to stop and take photos along the way. We pulled over at half a dozen or so roadside views to admire a glacier or a water falls, a river or a valley, before we reached our main destination - the Columbia Icefields. We took a tour of the Athabasca glacier on a Brewster Sno Coach, a hybrid bus with enormous tires, that travels out onto the ice. The tour guide was very personable and informative. The road onto the ice is incredibly steep as it travels down the lateral moraine (the rock pile created by the glacier along it's sides). At the bottom is a ... read more

Heute ist freitag der 13., das hat allerdings keine auswirkungen auf glueck oder stimmung der reisegruppe ahornsirup. Oder auch kommune reisesirup, wie wir jetzt heissen :). Den morgen starten wir mit dem verzehr des hefezopfes mit echtem nutella und marmelade. Um das nutella wieder abzutrainieren, gibt es eine ausgedehnte runde kommunensport. Ben ist unser drill-instructor. Zur belohnung wird sich hinterher wieder in dem see gepflegt. Man gewoehnt sich an ein badezimmer mit so einer luxurioesen groesse und atemberauebendem ausblick. Sophie verliert in der minibrandung ihre zahnbuerste. Hat der 13. doch seine finger im spiel? Um die kulisse noch mal auszunutzen, machen wir ein fotoshooting. Auf dem rueckweg, springen wir noch schnell in die schweizer baeckerei und dann geht es ab nach Jasper. Wir ueberqueren die grenze der provinzen British Columbia nach Alberta und somit auch eine ... read more

It’s been a while since I’ve been able to get internet access, so this might be longer than usual... After leaving Fort St John I headed west along the Peace River valley to visit the W.A.C. Bennett hydro-electric dam, and the Peace Canyon hydro-electric dam. Overnight at a very busy Moberley Lake campground just outside the town of Chetwynd, then headed east again, to Dawson Creek. No sign of James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson or the blonde one whose name I can’t remember. (Oh, apparently that was Dawson’s Creek. And it was set in Boston, not Canada) Anyway, Dawson Creek is the start point of the Alaska Highway. Apart from one 20-mile long section (which I missed out because of my trip to the hydro-electric dams), I have managed to drive all of ... read more

It's a super simple idea... Sell all of your things, move to South Korea to teach english! except no one predict the bumps in the travel road between moving out of Calgary and actually reaching our destination at Gyeonggi English Village. So, while we try to avoid confrontation with the in-law's while crashing in their home, we've decided to take short trips around Northern Alberta, to pass the time! PART 1 Since, I have never been to Jasper National Park and Shauna hadn't ever been to Miette Hot Springs, we packed up the rental car (which will cost two arms & a leg in the end) and drove the 3 1/2 hours West, to enjoy the views surrounding the Northern Canadian Rocky Mountains! Jasper, is a small tourist town, with it's tourist season being in the ... read more