We all got an early start and drove to the Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, a World Heritage Site, located where the foothills of the Rocky Mountains begin to rise from the prairie. The buffalo jump was used for 5,500 years by the indigenous peoples of the plains to kill buffalo by driving them off the 36 foot…
Category: Canada
Gliding at the Cu Nim Gliding Club, Black Diamond Alberta
We are off to Cochrane today to visit Pat and Harry Koehler in Calgary, Alberta. We arrived at the Bow Rivers Edge RV Park early and made it to Pat & Harry’s by 4pm. Great to see them again and to meet their family. Excited for the 2 weeks that we are going to spend…
Kananaskis Country
Today we did a driving tour on a gravel road from Canmore to the Kananaskis Country, we wanted to get away from the “maddening crowd” and figured there would not be too many tourists on a gravel road. The drive was very scenic following the Kananaskis River and at one point we had to stop…
Moraine Lake and Lake Louise
Moraine Lake Today we drove from Canmore to Banff National Park and through the quaint Village of Lake Louise to Moraine Lake and the Valley of the Ten Peaks. The best view of the Lake is from the Rockpile, where you can see its amazing distinct shade of blue-green due to the refraction of light…
Icefields Parkway and Jasper Alberta
After leaving BC we and headed to Canmore, Alberta staying at the Spring Creek RV Park for three days. Early Monday morning we left at 6:30am to drive to the Columbia Icefields about 2 1/2 hour drive from Canmore. The whole way there it rained really hard and we were afraid that we wouldn’t be able to…
Glacier NP, Canada
The next day we were allowed to hike up Abbot Ridge in Glacier NP Canada. Due to the abundance of bears in the area we were not able to do a lot of the hikes unless you traveled with 4 or more hikers. The Abbot Trailhead starts at the Illecillewaet Campground and is 4.3 miles…
Revelstoke, BC
We arrived at the KOA in Revelstoke after missing the turn-off from the highway, and unhitching the Jeep before turning around to get to the road to the KOA. Then we went into the town of Revelstoke to explore and have dinner. Great small town atmosphere in the heart of BC, where we happened to…
Kelowna, BC
On our way north from Vancouver, first stop was Kelowna, staying at the Holiday Park RV Resort for two nights. The drive up the Coquihalla Highway has great views and is the main highway link between Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley and Vancouver. The next day we decided to visit the magnificent wineries in the…
Salt Spring Island, BC
Our favorite place to visit is SaltSpring Island where we can stay with my sister, Sue and Denis Russell. We always have fun playing pickleball, fabulous home cooked meals, and Sue even hosted a party at her place with all her friends on the Island. This was the start of my golfing adventure. We took…
Chemainus and The Cowichan Valley Trail
On June 30th we took the Vesuvius Ferry over to Crofton and drove south to the town of Lake Cowichan. Here we rode our bikes on the Cowichan Valley Trail all the way to the south end of Shawnigan Lake. The trail follows the gentle grade of the former turn of the century CN railway…