What a nice day in the swamp!
June 1, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Walking through the swamp
Soaking in Liard Hotsprings
June 1, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
These are natural hot spring pools, they are amazing! The water is clear, the pools are kept natural and nature is sprawling here.
The challenge is to get a rock from the cool end of the pool andRead more
Swamps, trees flowers and a boardwalk
June 2, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Before you even get to the Hotsprings you are greeted with I little walk through the swamps of Liard river. Oh and geese of course.
Elk!
June 3, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
It's surprising what you can find next to the road. A big elk bull and his two ladies just grazing...
Bear in the Barn (and the oats)
June 4, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Bear troubles on the Ranch! A hungry 160kg bear found the oats stash. We chased him off, hope he will stay away!
Chainsaw Carving Competition
June 9, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The 15th International chainsaw carving competition took place over the last few days in chetwin. Each year on the second weekend of June this event takes place. The 12 competitors, 4 American, 4Read more
Kinoseo Falls
June 15, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
These falls are 70 meters high! They are probably the main attraction in the Tumbler Ridge Geopark. It's amazing. There is a beautiful 3km hike to view it from all possible angles.
You better hurryRead more
Boulder Gardens
June 15, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
A magnificent 4,5 km Hiking trail leads through these house size boulders. Some climbing required! It's a climbers paradise. Stunning views await you from the top.
Camping on a mountain
June 15, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Above boulder gardens we found a wild road going up the mountain. Half way up the was a pretty spot to camp, so we spent the night.
Flatbed creek Dinosaur tracks
June 16, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Some million years ago some dinosours forgot to cover there tracks. In 2001 they where discoverd in this creek. Over a hundred prints can be found here, and the 3,5km hike is worth it as well.
Time to say goodbye
June 28, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We had a fantastic time at Kristin's and Lee's place. Your property is beautiful like heaven on earth. I never have lived so close to bears, coyotes and dears. I really liked to be woken up by singingRead more
When rainbows guard your way
June 29, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 8 °C
Back on the road again, we started in rainy weather, went through storms and ended up in sunshine. Must be the right way to go when rainbows guard your way.
Break at Moose lake
June 30, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Jasper is near but we have to take a break at beautiful Moose lake.
Camping at overflow parking Snaring
June 30, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
... we're late as usual, and of course on Canada day long weekend the campgrounds are more than full!
But to be honest. We have seen worse real campgrounds and the view at this overflow is soRead more
Canada Day
July 1, 2019 in Canada ⋅ 🌧 7 °C
We enjoyed the Canada day parade in jasper. It's like karneval in Germany!
After the parade we wanted to go to the party in the park, but it cancelled! It rained so hard nobody showed up...
We whereRead more
Hiking on Pocahontas Mine trail
July 2, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Back in the days there was a underground coal mine here. They named the town Pocahontas after a successful mining town in the states. Unfortunately the mine closed in 1921 as it could not compete inRead more
Uninterested wildlife
July 2, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Who us the boss of the road? Who has always right of way? Who is the most photographed thing in the Rockies?
Its no human, no bike, no mountain.
We were standing in line for 30 min waiting to driveRead more
We're back again at Snaring overflow
July 2, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
After a day full of hiking an relaxing in the Miette Hot Springs we're back at our parking lot at overflow. While I was walking to the washrooms I found a gorgeous spot and the reason why it's so loudRead more
This is Fred
July 2, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Fred is our very kind and calm neighbour, most of the time. Today we hang our clothes line to dry our bikinis and towels. Fred was not amused. He was screaming at us and we didn't understand. FinallyRead more
Columbia Glacier
July 3, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
A sad story. We should save the glaciers and don't drive over them with tourist busses.
Finally Lake Louise
July 3, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
3 months ago we already had seen the town Lake Louise. The town was covered in snow and snowing never stopped. We stayed in the Deer Lodge and had no idea how close the lake itself was. This time it'sRead more
Moraine Lake
July 3, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
There is another lake called Moraine. This lake competes with Louise in its beauty but it's hard to pick a winner.
#everithingisbetterwithouttourists
Calgary Bass Pro Shop
July 5, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Welcome Hunters, Fishers and other liars!
If you need it, they have it. And some delicious fudge to. It's more of a amusement park and trophy collection where you can also buy your cowboy hats andRead more
Canada Olympic centre in Calgary
July 5, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
This Olympic park was build for the 1988 Olympic games, the year in which Jamaica participated for the first time with a bobsled team!
In the years following the games, the movie "cool runnings" wasRead more
Drumheller Badlands interpretive trail
July 7, 2019 in Canada ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
It's called Badlands because a lot of bad people remove all the fossils... not really, but tourist destroyed a lot of heritage.
The name Badlands dates back to aboriginals, the land is bad for grassRead more
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