Due to some unforeseen circumstances of the Kootenay Highway being closed by the Verdant Creek Fire (seriously y’all, we need to stop road tripping in August- even though I had watched this fire insanely closely and right up until the day we got to Banff it had looked fine, the smoke ended up being thick…
Tag: Canada
The Icefields Parkway | 08.03.17
Sometimes on these trips I feel like the universe gets together and decides to give me something really amazing when I’ve had a few disappointments. I was admittedly feeling pretty sad about Kananaskis and Moraine Lake, but it didn’t take more than a few kilometers into the Icefields Parkway before I didn’t feel bad anymore….
#ERT_2015 Day 8 – Whistler to North Cascades – 08.03.15
This morning started off pretty leisurely, and the only bad thing that happened was that I lost my favorite hairbrush. 😦 First world problems, I know. Anyway, we also had a bit of a tough time finding where we were supposed to go for our TreeTrek, which was put on by ZipTrek EcoTours. Side note:…
#ERT_2015 Day 7 – Revelstoke to Whistler – 08.02.15
We started out our morning with our first “big” grocery stop, at the Walmart in Salmon Arm. It was a little strange to be in a Walmart but not find the things you’d find at the Walmart at home in Utah. I’ll be honest though, we bought and drank a ton of Five Alive. One…
#ERT_2015 Day 6 – Kootenay, Glacier, and Mt Revelstoke National Parks – 08.01.15
We started off the morning with a brief little excursion to Lake Louise, which is impressively close to the campgrounds. The most amusing experience of our morning was when I noticed a half-empty cup of coffee sitting on the edge of the sidewalk which ran around the lake. I picked it up (it was cold),…
#ERT_2015 Day 5 – Banff and Yoho National Parks – 07.31.15
Whew. This day was a crazy whirlwind! So much to see in such a short amount of time. Lots of short little stops to see as many cool things as we could. Banff DEFINITELY deserves its own trip! (Prepare yourself- photo OVERLOAD ahead.) We started off the day at Cave and Basin National Monument, which…
#ERT_2015 Day 4 – Waterton Lakes National Park and Kananaskis Country – 07.30.15
The day started pretty uneventfully; we went to the Visitor’s Center and got our stamp, stopped by the post office in Babb to pick up the package lovely Jeralyn had overnighted to us, (with Brady’s birth certificate… that was another whole fiasco! We had paid to have our passports expedited and they didn’t arrive when…
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