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In 2012 Kim and I were asked by one of my sister's if we would be up to taking our '85 year old mother back to see the Canadian Rockies. My parents and I had been through there 35 years earlier on our trip to Alaska. We jumped at the chance to go back. We visited in the spring in a rental car and stayed just outside the parks in motels.
No trip to the Canadian Rockies would be complete without visiting Moraine Lake
Moraine Lake - Banff National Park
Mom sketching in front of the Rockpile at Moraine Lake.
Columbia Ice Fields - Jasper National Park
Kim and I enjoyed this trip so much that we started talking about returning in the fall to enjoy the Rockies in a different season. We wanted to spend more time hiking and photographing and less time driving. The more we talked we decided to look into renting an RV for our return trip. So we returned in late September renting a small class C motorhome from CanaDream in Calgary.
Peyto Lake - Banff National Park
Crowfoot Glacier at the Bow River Outlet - Banff National Park
Bow Lake - Banff National Park
Sunrise at Mosquito Creek Campground - Banff National Park
Wilcox Pass - Jasper National Park
"Keep close to Nature's heart.. and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." -John Muir
Wilcox Pass is one of the top day hike in the Canadian Rockies. We started out in the forest and quickly climbed through the alpine to a mountain pass with panoramic views of glacier and mountains. Kim wanted to bottle up the scent of the flowers to bring it home, and I couldn't help but sing a few lines from the "Sound of Music" while hiking. I'm so thankful that we pushed ourselves a bit and continued on this hike. It was one of the highlights of the whole trip.
Spirit Island on Maligne Lake - Jasper National Park
For anyone considering a trip to the Canadian Rockies all I can say is GO GO GO, you won't regret it in anyway. Plenty of great places to stay and the scenery is second to none.
-James
P.S. The rental experience was great with CanaDream I would highly recommend them if you don't want to take your own RV for the trip. But it did cost me dearly in the long run as we decided after this trip to research and purchase our own Arctic Fox 25Y.
No trip to the Canadian Rockies would be complete without visiting Moraine Lake
Moraine Lake - Banff National Park
Mom sketching in front of the Rockpile at Moraine Lake.
Columbia Ice Fields - Jasper National Park
Kim and I enjoyed this trip so much that we started talking about returning in the fall to enjoy the Rockies in a different season. We wanted to spend more time hiking and photographing and less time driving. The more we talked we decided to look into renting an RV for our return trip. So we returned in late September renting a small class C motorhome from CanaDream in Calgary.
Peyto Lake - Banff National Park
Crowfoot Glacier at the Bow River Outlet - Banff National Park
Bow Lake - Banff National Park
Sunrise at Mosquito Creek Campground - Banff National Park
Wilcox Pass - Jasper National Park
"Keep close to Nature's heart.. and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean." -John Muir
Wilcox Pass is one of the top day hike in the Canadian Rockies. We started out in the forest and quickly climbed through the alpine to a mountain pass with panoramic views of glacier and mountains. Kim wanted to bottle up the scent of the flowers to bring it home, and I couldn't help but sing a few lines from the "Sound of Music" while hiking. I'm so thankful that we pushed ourselves a bit and continued on this hike. It was one of the highlights of the whole trip.
Spirit Island on Maligne Lake - Jasper National Park
For anyone considering a trip to the Canadian Rockies all I can say is GO GO GO, you won't regret it in anyway. Plenty of great places to stay and the scenery is second to none.
-James
P.S. The rental experience was great with CanaDream I would highly recommend them if you don't want to take your own RV for the trip. But it did cost me dearly in the long run as we decided after this trip to research and purchase our own Arctic Fox 25Y.
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