The Broken Group Islands, on the west coast of the Island, is a very special kayaking destination, and we were fortunate to spend 5 nights on a lodge-based trip there, at Broken Islands Lodge. We went there last year, and had a fantastic trip, so when friends mentioned they were going again this year, we […]
We sadly said good bye to Yoho NP yesterday. What a gorgeous park, and not as busy as Banff. We had a great time. We got back on the road and made our way to New Denver on Slocan Lake via Golden and Revelstoke, both lovely towns nestled in the mountains. The roadwork to enlarge […]
Not sure how we could top yesterday’s paddle but we almost did it with a fantastic ride and hike today. We wanted to hike Iceline trail on Yoho Valley, which we did in 2005 with the boys, but we also wanted to bike to the trailhead, since it was only 13 km and 300 m […]
Boy have things changed in the Rockies since we were here last. We discovered that access to Lake Louise and Moraine Lake in the peak of summer are now essentially only by shuttle. The parking lot fills up by 6am apparently. We haven’t looked at the web site to see how the shuttle bus works, […]
We left Redwater very early today because we decided to change our itinerary, and try to get a ‘first-come-first-served’ site at a Yoho NP campground near Field, BC. We could not get any reservations in the national parks, but we were told that if we were there by early afternoon, we could be reasonably assured […]
On Friday we made our way to Redwater, about 70 km northeast of the northern edge of Edmonton. The drive through Jasper was stunning with snow-capped mountains, green mountain rivers, rock cliffs and beautiful lakes It reminded us that it has been a long time since we have been in the Rockies, and that we […]
We have embarked on a Circle Tour of the Rockies. It all started when I said to Bill: “we need to go to Redwater to see your family”. So we cobbled together a 2-week itinerary to drive 3000 km from home, up to Redwater, just north of Edmonton, and back home again. Finding campsites with […]
Islanders were getting very grumpy at the ‘bad weather’ we have had in the first half of the year. We noticed a marked difference between this year and last year, with a lot more rain, cold weather and grey skies. Those with many more years of residency confirmed it: it’s been a crappy spring. But […]
We are home after a week off the grid, and what a wonderful week it was, as we were fortunate to realize two dreams. The first dream was to come back to Buttle Lake after seeing it last year (https://islandstewarts.ca/2021/07/21/mountain-fix/) and paddle on a fresh water lake among the mountains. The second was to explore […]
Thus endeth our dreams of adventure. Even though Bill’s test was ‘almost’ positive this morning (the second line was VERY faint), and we had dreams of rejoining the group on Friday, we were suddenly told we had to have 2 consecutive days of negative tests. So the chances or rejoining are now slim, nil and […]
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