Monday 29th May The next main stop on our journey after Lake Louise was Kelowna. I’d initially marked this place in as it’s the location of a designer influencer I follow on Instagram and her description of her home town sounded so appealing that I’d thought a short stop here might be nice. However, since… More

Saturday 27th May It was a glorious sunny morning for our drive to Lake Louise and we got away from Calgary by 8.30 am. It was 9.30 am by the time we arrived in Canmore so we stopped off at Communitea for breakfast. This was a great little cafe and worth a visit if you’re ever… More

Thursday 25th May It was a lovely sunny, albeit cool, morning for our journey to Calgary. We got away from Banff just after 9 am and made our first stop shortly after at Canmore to get a coffee for Mark. I’d been keen to check out Canmore as I’d heard it was a great alternative… More

Tuesday 23rd May It was an early start for us today with a morning tour, Discover Banff & Its Wildlife Tour, so no early walk as our pick up was 8.15 am. It was our coldest morning for our trip thus far, at just 4oC, but the wind chill made it feel colder and we… More

Monday 22nd May It was a good day to be leaving Jasper as the clouds and rain had arrived. We’d been very lucky with the weather thus far, a bit too lucky with the heat in some places, so we can’t complain at all but just hoping there wasn’t going to be too much rain… More

Saturday 20th May It was another glorious morning and there was much less smoke today, something we were both pleased by as we were heading up on the Jasper Skytram for a bit of walking and sight seeing. Mark didn’t head out on a ride this morning as his latest research showed lots of warnings… More

Friday 19th May It was another beautiful morning and, thankfully, much of the smoke haze had cleared. It was a 5 1/2 hr drive ahead of us today so we set off from the hotel by 7 am. There is a lot to see along the way from Kamloops to Whistler and we used this online… More

Thursday 18th May Today was a travel day from Whistler to Kamloops as an overnight whistle stop on the way to Jasper. The sky was hazy again this morning and we had learned at dinner last night that it wasn’t mist or fog but smoke from the Alberta fires. It was rather strange though as… More

Monday 15th May Our journey to Whistler from Victoria was via a bus, ferry, bus, bus and car. The weather was, yet again, glorious making for another delightful ferry crossing. In fact, it was a little too glorious. As we drove into Whistler, near 6 pm, the temperature was 31°C and our bags were packed… More

Saturday 13th May We experienced several rounds of good fortune today. The first was with the weather; tt was another beautiful and sunny morning for our departure from Seattle. Our ferry from Seattle to Victoria left from Pier 69 at 8 am and the clear sky and sunny conditions made for an easy trip from… More