We landed late into Calgary and had to wait a bit for the shuttle van to the hotel but the welcome sign was cheerful! Woke up early to meet our friends Jay & Anne who drove us to our rental car...
Blog posts from Canadian Rockies 2017
Canadian Rockies: Johnston Canyon, Lake Minnewanka + Johnson Lake
A few of the hikes we wanted to do involved beating many of the other park patrons to a parking lot, so we found ourselves up with the sun to drive to Johnston Canyon on Sunday morning. After a...
Canadian Rockies: Moraine Lake, Consolation Lakes, Marble Canyon + Paint Pots
Going to bed early the night before allowed us to wake up before dawn on Monday to get to the Moraine Lake area at sunrise... along with a hundred other people! Our planning paid off though because...
Canadian Rockies: Stanley Glacier + Silverton Falls
We had a later start on Tuesday, as I was starting to get stuffed up. Fun fact: You don't need to speak to a pharmacist to purchase pseudoephedrine in Alberta! We drove back to Kootenay NP to hike...
Canadian Rockies: Yoho Valley Trail
On Wednesday morning we still hadn't heard any good news from our house-sitter, but once again, I figured someone had found Riesling and would bring her into a local vet's office or the shelter. She...
Riesling, lost & found
Back in early September (during our trip to Canada) our house-sitter let Riesling out into the backyard unattended and she wandered off. She was missing for three nights and even writing this now I...
Our Itinerary
2024 Trips
San Diego, CA (Jan)
Sarasota, FL (Feb)
Valencia, Spain (Mar)
Mallorca (Apr)
Croatia (May)
Faroe Islands (Aug)
London, UK (Sept)
Bari, Italy (Sept)
Rome, Italy (Oct)
Frankfurt, Germany (Oct)
2023 Trips
San Diego (Jan)
Orlando (Feb)
Richmond, VA (Apr)
Northern Italy (Apr)
NC Mountains (May)
Long Island (Jul)
Wisconsin (Aug)
Chicago (Aug)
Oak Island, NC (Sept)
Brooklyn, NY (Sept)
Bordeaux + Rugby World Cup (Sep)
Castilla y León (Sep)
Seychelles (Nov)
Willamette Valley (Dec)
2022 Trips
Florida (Feb)
NC Mountains (Apr)
Washington DC (Apr)
Valencia, Spain (May)
Hilton Head, SC (May)
Pacific NW (Jun)
Long Island (Jul)
Florida (Sept)
Chicago (Sept)
Poland (Sept)
NC Mountains (Nov)
Euro Xmas Markets (Dec)