Category : Travel

Assorted Other Tourist Photos from Banff, Jasper, Yoho, and Kootenay

Posted on: 25 August 2011 /
Categories: road trips

Banff and Jasper are the ultimate in drive-up outdoorsmanship. So few reasons to go more than a hundred yards from your car, all packed into a 200-mile highway. It’s brilliant in its way.     And when I finally left Jasper for the last time, heading west into the unknown wilds of Mt. Robson Provincial

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Mt. Edith Cavell Is Sort of a Hike On Which You Can Go

Posted on: 24 August 2011 /
Categories: Hiking, road trips

Or I went on a hike at least. The hike is to Cavell Meadows and is in Jasper National Park and pretty well encapsulates why hiking in Banff and Jasper is kind of counter-productive. To wit: (1) there are a lot of people on it; (2) it’s very steep; (3) it offers the same view

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Misty Mountain Hopping

Posted on: 23 August 2011 /
Categories: road trips

Walkin’ in the park just the other day, baby,  What do you, what do you think I saw?  Crowds of people sittin’ on the grass with flowers in their hair said,  “Hey, Boy, do you wanna score?”  And you know how it is. I really don’t know what time it was, woh, oh,oh  so I

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Twin Falls Hike in Yoho National Park

Posted on: 22 August 2011 /
Categories: Hiking, road trips

This was a hike on which I went. FWIW, it was the most worthwhile day hike I went on in the greater Banff-Jasper area (although it’s in Yoho NP, a little ways west of Lake Louise). Cool hike, a solid A-minus, etc. I guess this post is a review now. Hike starts at Takakkaw Falls,

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Takakkaw Falls Is a Great Drive-Up Waterfall

Posted on: 21 August 2011 /
Categories: road trips

I think it’s probably top-five among drive-up waterfalls anyway. I’m thinking Niagara, despite all those hotels on the Canadian side. Multnomah probably is in there. Huka Falls in New Zealand was pretty striking. Snoqualmie. Yosemite. Wailua’s nice. Takakkaw is very, very tall. It may or may not be the tallest waterfall in all of Canada!

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Banff without Getting Out of the Car

Posted on: 20 August 2011 /
Categories: road trips

There’s a lot of drive-up scenery in Banff. Conversely, there appears to be next to none that is not drive-up. Here are some pictures of drive-up scenery in Banff. My friend Terry once told me about the reporter who was sent to cover the story of the Hindenberg landing. The reporter came back to his

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Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump and Other Site

Posted on: 20 August 2011 /
Categories: road trips

It’s hard to pass up a sign that says anything about smashed-in heads. For me. This place is a UNESCO world heritage site, but mostly for the sign I imagine. It’s an ancient native American site. Apparently the braves on top of the cliff would get the buffalo riled up, then chase them over the

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Animals Animals Animals Animals Animals Everywhere

Posted on: 11 August 2011 /
Categories: road trips

Also in Southern Alberta. My bear tally for the trip is up to three now. Everyone loves bears. I’m not sure why everyone loves bears so much. It occurred to me this morning, after seeing a bear, that bears are like the polynesians of the animal world in that: They’re big. They’re playful. If you

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Crypt Lake Hike: A Study in Group Dynamics (and Fear)

Posted on: 10 August 2011 /
Categories: Hiking, road trips

I didn’t actually study group dynamics while on the hike, but it sure lends itself to some theorizing. Crypt Lake, then. This is sort of THE HIKE at Waterton Lakes. It’s the Half Dome of the place. I suppose you don’t *have to* do it, but then again you don’t *have to* hike Half Dome

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Waterton Lake Townsite

Posted on: 9 August 2011 /
Categories: road trips

First stop in Canada other than the bathroom just on the other side of the border crossing: Waterton Lakes National Park of Canada. Not sure why they have to have the “of Canada” in there. Seems like the location’s coordinates would imply as much. Waterton Lakes is sort of a National Park after the old-school

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