Category: Alberta
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Crossing the Great Plains
After leaving Banff our next destination was Waterton Lakes National Park in the extreme southwest of Alberta along the US border. Instead of driving east toward Calgary we decided to duck back into BC and follow highways 93 and 95 through Kootenay National Park. Backtracking into the interior Rockies through Vermilion Crossing, the highway brings…
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Rocky Mountain High
John Denver sang this song about the Rockies in Colorado but it could equally apply to Alberta’s Icefields Parkway, one of the most scenic drives in Canada. The road passes through a valley with a massive wall of snow capped, sharp peaked mountains on either side. Our favourite section of the road is at the…
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Back to the Mainland
We left Tofino in the morning wet tent packed in the back of the car. The route across the island is slower than usual these days as a result of a major landslide last year at Kennedy Lake. The massive project to rebuild the road to its former self means one lane traffic and scheduled…
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Winter Wonderland Jan 24-27
My partner and I decided to take a long weekend jaunt out to the Rockies when a seat sale presented us with cheap flights. My nephew works at the Fairmont Lake Louise, a famous hotel on a world renowned lake in Banff National Park and we thought it would be fun to pay him a…
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