TransCan - Lethbridge

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Hi All,
It was time for some time off the bike, so Christoph and Iris and myself rented a car here in Lethbridge and headed north into the Canadian Rockies. Stopped at Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump park to view a cliff edge in the foothills where for 6 thousand years aboriginal peoples have stampeded buffalo herds over a cliff to provide their winter food supply. From there, we drove to Jasper and then to Banff. Beautiful country with lots of wildlife; bear, coyotes, mountain sheep, elk, marmots and badgers. A few short hikes including a hike up the Athabaska glacier to get a view of the Columbia ice field. Unfortunately we didn't get the best views as we had low clouds and rain all but the last day.
After a week sealed in climate controled steel and glass, I'm ancious to get back on the bike. Tomorrow we head southwest to Waterton and then on to BC.

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