Today we drove 10 hours from Banff, Alberta to Dawson Creek, British Columbia (yes, I thought the same thing...like the TV show?). It really wasn't that bad of a drive because we stopped a lot to take pictures and eat. The drive through Banff and Jasper NP's is one of the most beautiful drives on Earth. Called the Icefields Parkway b/c you drive by several "icefields" (which are giant areas of ice that have glaciers coming off of them). The Columbia Icefield is the largest and it has like 8 or 9 glaciers th
at come off of it, and the icefield is something like 120 square miles--fairly large. We got out for a hike after passing the icefields and saw a couple of waterfalls. We have some amazing pictures--but our internet has been either slow or non-existent in the last few places we've stayed and it takes forever to upload pictures to this blog. So we'll get pictures up asap after we get good internet. After coming down out of the mountains, Canada is like rolling hills of evergreens, usually until you get within reach of a town, then you see a bunch of farms, much like the plains and mountain west in America. So far we have seen almost every big game animal except a moose and a caribou. We saw a bear this morning in Banff, and mountain goats and big horn sheep yesterday in Glacier. We saw elk farms today with huge elk just sitting in the fence, hanging out. One last thing, it's too expensive to place/receive calls on our cell phones in Canada, so we won't be able to call until Tuesday when we get into Tok, Alaska. If you need to tell us something, send us a text message, we can send/receive those. Hopefully get pics up soon also!
at come off of it, and the icefield is something like 120 square miles--fairly large. We got out for a hike after passing the icefields and saw a couple of waterfalls. We have some amazing pictures--but our internet has been either slow or non-existent in the last few places we've stayed and it takes forever to upload pictures to this blog. So we'll get pictures up asap after we get good internet. After coming down out of the mountains, Canada is like rolling hills of evergreens, usually until you get within reach of a town, then you see a bunch of farms, much like the plains and mountain west in America. So far we have seen almost every big game animal except a moose and a caribou. We saw a bear this morning in Banff, and mountain goats and big horn sheep yesterday in Glacier. We saw elk farms today with huge elk just sitting in the fence, hanging out. One last thing, it's too expensive to place/receive calls on our cell phones in Canada, so we won't be able to call until Tuesday when we get into Tok, Alaska. If you need to tell us something, send us a text message, we can send/receive those. Hopefully get pics up soon also!
