July 5, 2024 – Friday We started the morning driving to the Columbia Icefield Center to use their WIFI and update the blog. After that we continued to drive north towards the city of Jasper. We first stopped at the Sunwapta Falls. Next we stopped at an area where the mountain goats come down from the cliffs …
Monthly Archives: July 2024
Glacier Expedition
July 4, 2024 – Thursday (Happy 4th of July) Today we finally had a day with no rain and sunny blue skies. Eva made French toast for breakfast, and we had an enjoyable morning in the sun. Later we left camp and drove to Tangle Falls and took a few pictures. We then took a short hike to …
Jasper National Park
July 3, 2024 – Wednesday We left Lake Louise at 8:30 am and drove north to Jasper National Park and onto to the Icefield Parkway. They claim this is the prettiest mountain drive in the world. Unfortunately, it started raining not long after we left camp. It was a nice drive, but the tops of the peaks were …
Banff and Yoho National Parks
July 2, 2024 – Tuesday Today was a day of driving, hiking and sightseeing in Banff and Yoho National Parks. The area we are in has four contiguous national parks. Banff was the first Canadian National Park. Yoho, Jasper and Kootenay National Parks share borders with Banff. These national parks cover a beautiful portion of the Canadian Rockies. We …
Underground Exploration
July 1, 2024 – Monday (Canada Day) It was another rainy night in Canada. So far it has rained every day we have been here. And it was raining in the morning. Today we had scheduled a tour with Canmore Cavern Tours. Our tour was a 5-hour tour through Rat’s Nest Cave, a few miles outside of Canmore. The entire …