Blogs from Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 2

Into Canada at last! Up the Columbia River Valley in British Columbia Tues Sept 8-Wed Sept 9: The day had come to enter Canada! We were ready, we thought. We'd laid in some fresh provisions and pulled our passports out of their hiding place. Not many people were at the border crossing on Route 95 so it looked like a piece of cake. Little did we know we were moving into the realm of illegality. The guard at the crossing wanted to know how long we'd be in Canada. “We're not sure,” I replied, happy to be a grey nomad at last, with no firm commitments. “That's not good enough,” he said firmly. Think, Martha. “We're going up through Banff and then heading to Vancouver, then Denman Island for about a week to visit a friend. ... read more

Day 34. 11,423Km Today it was time to hook up with my friends from Kitchener again. Monica's cousin has a cottage outside Cranbrook, BC so that was my destination today. I got to take the very pleasant drive to Iridium Springs again on the way there. I had forgotten about the hug stone cut just as you descended into town from the East. The rock actually curves back out over you a bit. There was no need to stop along the way because I fueled up in Lake Louise before I left. I also filled my fresh water tank which I emptied over the previous days because the provincial park only had electricity and I did'nt fill it before I parked. Emptying the dump tanks took way too long this morning. I think half of Denmark ... read more

Man, this is frusturating. I finally get to a place with some decent computers to do some internetting.. and the computer wont let me use my camera! Blast! Well, to let you all know, things are going rather.. well. Im having an amazing time, and have loved the beautiful scenery that we've been passing by. Its been awesome riding my bike every day, in addition to living with this awesome group of people. I also have dozens of great new photos, but.. you'll have to take my word for it. We're currently in Cranbrook, BC. Its a pretty rad place, we rolled into town yesterday. And we can finally see the ROCKIES!!!!!! Holy crap! Its awesome.. this massive daunting wall of rock in front of us, I cant believe it. In other news, Im heading out ... read more

Good evening, I traveled from Hinton, AB to Dawson Creek, BC today. It was a lot of driving with a few stops along the way. The drive from Hinton to Grand Cache and then to Grand Prairie was a very relaxing trip as I was pretty much the only one on the road. had to put on my chaps as it started to rain. The area is rolling mountains of pine trees. Industry along the route is logging and oil wells. But I did take time to spend a few minutes in Grande Cache, a little community built on a mountain plateau at 4,200 feet. There are 21 mountain peaks and two river valleys. The town was incorporated in 1960 so it is a relatively new community. The name comes from the French word "cache" which ... read more

. To date we have felt very lucky relative to the weather, again this morning we awoke to a pretty dismal sight—wet fog probably only 50 feet above the ground… Were we going to be lucky and have the weather clear or was our lucky streak going to end?… Statistics Starting Destination: Bow Lake, Alberta, Canada Ending Destination: Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada Ending Destination GPS: N: 49° 31.845’ W: 115° 44.727’ Elev: 3013’ Miles Driven: 345.2 Seen actually driving along the road: A pumpkin orange Lamborghini Most interesting Business Name: Pita Wrap It (fast food) The Icefields Parkway; Take 2 On our trip to Jasper yesterday we had passed signs for Peyto Lake, purportedly the bluest lake in the Rockies—it wasn’t too far from the... read more