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* Canadian Rockies – is it really possible to have too much of a good thing?
* it had to be done * Nearly forgot, some dodgy tourist attractions * Backpacking in Mt. Robson Provincial Park * Never run from a bear….unless you are faster than the other people around! * Back to BC, Animals Everywhere! * Back to Canada, Kluane Again * Leaving Alaska * Wrangall-St. Elias Again * Denali Hwy * Wrangell-St. Elias National Park * Matanuska Glacier * Anchorage, Revisited. * Portage/Whittier
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August 31, 2006Canadian Rockies – is it really possible to have too much of a good thing?Since we’ve been in the Canadian Rockies we’ve hiked well over 100 kilometers. The National Parks up here Jasper, Banff, Yoho, and Kootenay along with a few connected Provincial Parks offer almost unlimited opportunities for day hikes and backpacking. Also,...Read this update August 22, 2006it had to be doneWell, we've seen so many people traveling wearing just the most inappropriate clothing imagineable. Finally, when we saw this I decided these people should be put up for everyone to appreciate along with us. :) Here is the first addition...Read this update Nearly forgot, some dodgy tourist attractionsThese photos were actually taken before we left BC and came over to where we are now, the Mile 0 is in Dawson Creek and the giant beaver is in, where else, Beaver Creek! Here is the famous mile 0...Read this update Backpacking in Mt. Robson Provincial ParkThe Berg Lake trail in Mt. Robson Provincial Park is a famous, beautiful backpacking trail. Unfortunately, it also gets about 200 people a day hiking the darn thing so we went to nearby Mt. Fitzwilliam trail instead. When we...Read this update August 18, 2006Never run from a bear….unless you are faster than the other people around!So, we arrived here in Jasper National Park ready for a lot of great hiking. Thanks to a book Andy McConville bequeathed to me when he left Core Lab ‘Classic Hikes in the Canadian Rockies’ we were prepared. Thanks, Andy....Read this update August 11, 2006Back to BC, Animals Everywhere!We left the Yukon and are back in BC now, we've seen wild buffalo, caribou, Stone sheep and moose since we've been here. No bears this time, though, which is strange. I miss my bears! It's been weeks since a...Read this update August 10, 2006Back to Canada, Kluane AgainThe day we left Alaska and headed back into Canada we had a strange occurance. We were headed for one of the campgrounds in Kluane National Park but our navigation and driving did not match up and we ended up...Read this update Leaving AlaskaLeaving Alaska So, the day we left we went out for sourdough pancakes for breakfast for a last bit of tradition before we head into Canada. We sure have had a good time up here. You know, when we bought...Read this update Wrangall-St. Elias AgainSo, after spending my birthday in the relative luxury of an RV park (electricity and showers that are not 2 feet wide!!!) we got to go back in to Wrangell-St. Elias National Park. It has two areas with trails and...Read this update Posted by Sissy and Dave on August 10, 2006 01:59 PM
Category: August 05, 2006Denali HwyDriving and hiking along the Denali Highway is one of the coolest things to do in Alaska. We were lucky and had sunshine for the start of the trip, although it rained on us before the day was over (big...Read this update August 02, 2006Wrangell-St. Elias National ParkAlaska National Parks are not really like a lot of the National Parks in the lower 48, like the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone. Wrangall-St. Elias National Park is the largest National Park area-wise with only two short roads going into...Read this update Matanuska GlacierThis is a privately accessed glacier, so you pay the people who own the access. It was worth the $15 bucks, though. Glaciers are really so amazing, moving rivers of ice. Let's bring back the Ice Age! I want glaciers...Read this update Anchorage, Revisited.We had to go back through Anchorage after our time in the Kenai. We finally got some good photos of moose, these were right in town. We hiked a trail to the top of this mountain ‘Flat Top’ which offers...Read this update Portage/WhittierWe had a lot of fun in the Portage area, despite of (or possibly because of) the weather. We arrived from nice mild weather only 50 miles away. The closer we got the harder it rained, the more windy it...Read this update |
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