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3 oktober 2020
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First stop Edmonton!
3 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We had a pleasant and uneventful drive to Edmonton. We arrived at Barb & Mikes in time to enjoy a snack and drink out back on the deck. I forgot how nice the neighborhood is that they live. Established with mature trees and easy access to everything.Läs mer
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Lost & Found
4 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Today we enjoyed breakfast and headed out for a walk along the river path. Yup we got lost; and found again. We managed to rack up 10km. Lost might be an exaggeration considering we never knew where we were going from the beginning. The whole plan was to go for a walk, and we did that through some nice neighborhoods and we eventually found the car again.

Matt and Megan joined us for dinner and conversation!Läs mer
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Look at Us!
5 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Mike set us up with bicycles (nicest bikes we have ever been on) and the 4 of us went on a city tour led by Barb!
We went by the river, over bridges, up the funicular, down some hills, in and around downtown. We stopped for lunch and Megan & Matt stopped for a visit. Then we had the ride home. Just over 20k. Exercise done for today,Läs mer
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Heading west!
5 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Heading to Spruce Grove to visit Brenda, Les, Trevor, Niomi & Jesse

About 3 pm we packed up and headed to Les and Brenda’s. Had a short but wonderful visit. Niomi and her boyfriend Jesse and Trevor caught us up with all their news. As for most; school is challengingLäs mer
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Onto Jasper
6 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Dianne and I have never been to Jasper together. We are going now from Spruce Grove through Edson and Hinton to the mountain destination of Jasper. Nice drive in good weather past lakes and forest in fall colours. A pretty day with the occasional deer to see.Läs mer
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Jasper Exploring
6 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
After checking into our hotel and paying a damage deposit we made our way to our room “the presidential suite” nothing Presidential about it. The space was large but very dated and only paper or plastic cups to drink out of. This, we were told when requesting cups was because of covid?
Next was a walk about to see the sights of the town. We stopped in to the information centre and talked about where to hike and bears in the area. The local who worked there said that the bears were all on holiday now so don’t worry about a thing. That was welcome news as we had left our newly acquired bear spray at home.
The town of Jasper has a number of essential services like a bakery and coffee shops. The Bears Paw bakery had excellent cinnamon buns. We had been told this by our nephew Trevor before we left Spruce Grove, so we took advantage of this knowledge in the following two days.Läs mer
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Maligne Canyon
7 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 0 °C
The last time I was at Maligne Canyon was with my parents and I was about 11 years old. It is a bigger walk than I remember, but that might be because my parents were not big hikers.
Together we hiked for about 90 minutes and we both loved the views from the five bridges over the canyon.Läs mer
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Resenär Wow, beautiful view!
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more Maligne Canyon
7 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
too many photos to choose!
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Maligne Lake
7 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C
Continuing on from Maligne Canyon to Maligne Lake by car goes by an old forest fire area and Medicine Lake. The road climbs for most of the 36 kilometres and the temperature at the lake was definitely colder than the lower mountain.Läs mer
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Medicine Lake
7 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
On the way back to Jasper we stopped at Medicine Lake. Not much water in the lake this time of year. You could walk across most of it, as did some fisher people. I couldn’t tell if anyone was catching anything even using binoculars.Läs mer
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Resenär Wow, beautiful!
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Valley of Five Lakes Trail
7 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
10k hike. It doesn’t have to be 10k, you can take a short cut, but we decide to go for the full meal deal, and then supersized it.
It all started with a picnic and cinnamon rolls for dessert. We hiked to all five lakes, over hill and dale through rain and sun. Nice way to spend the afternoon.Läs mer
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Still finding Lakes...
7 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Valley of 5 Lakes. We needed a picture of the fifth lake so we backtracked a bit and got what we felt was a good one.
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Resenär Really like this photo 👍
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ResenärThank you, the colors were wonderful.
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So long Jasper
8 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
The adventure continues...after breakfast, check out and a stop at the Bear Paw bakery we headed down the 93A to Mount Edith Cavell . The road was a series of windy switchbacks. We passed Mount Astoria on our 12 k climb!Läs mer
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Edith Cavell mountain
8 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ❄️ 3 °C
This excursion was Dianne’s idea, and it was a good one. A switchback road up the mountain brings you high up to a spectacular view. Here is a glacial lake fed by a waterfall surrounded by steep, almost vertical mountain sides. We hiked around in intermittent rain on well maintained paths.
The area can be treacherous as we came upon a memorial dedicated to a pair of hikers. Matt Kozak and Zabrina Ferrier died in late September 2020 while hiking in the area.Läs mer
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Athabasca Falls
8 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ 🌧 11 °C
A roadside stop along our way.
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Along the Columbia Icefields Parkway
8 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ 🌧 6 °C
Wow!
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Bow Lake and Glacier
8 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Beautiful setting...
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Resenär So nice with all the autumn colors 🍂
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We are at Lake Louise!
8 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
We tried to book Chateau Lake Louise a couple of times, but each time we booked on line the rate they published was not available. We called reservations and found that it was the old bait and switch routine. So instead we are at the Lake Louise Inn. We noticed earplugs as part of the amenities when we got to our room. I wonder if we’ll need them.
We walked around the village and got to the tourist information just before closing at 5 pm. Turns out, the park employees are not adept at telling time because they had already closed. Stopped at the market for water and cheese and returned to our room for a picnic.
The train tracks are very close to our room so that’s what the ear plugs are for we’re guessing.Läs mer
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Hike to the Teahouse
9 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
Busy area and a busy trail. It has been raining so the trail is a little slippery and we are being careful. The elevation gain is just under 400 metres.
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Off to Moraine Lake
9 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
Even busier at Moraines Lake. Got turned away twice but made it through the gauntlet on the third try.
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Breakfast at Chez Francois!
10 oktober 2020, Kanada ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
The Canmore Inn and Suites is where we are. It is a short walk to everything. Originally we planned to have dinner with Curtis and Civia, but due to their dog of 14 years getting sick and dying, dinner was cancelled. Mac was a good dog who will be missed.

Instead we rendezvoused at Chez Francois for breakfast. We all walked there and back and had a fine breakfast together talking about loss and covid and trips and tragedy.Läs mer
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ResenärSo nice to follow your trip. We’ve rented a housecar next week to do a something similar. Going to the south of Sweden, not so dramatic nature though, but can be nice anyway 😊
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ResenärThanks Gunner, we look forward to following your Car trip.
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Resans slut
10 oktober 2020