by eandl | Oct 24, 2017 | International Travel, Travel
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 is chipped and I had already contacted the rescue we got...
by eandl | Oct 23, 2017 | International Travel, Travel
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 to Stanley Glacier. It was a long hike through alpine forest and...
by eandl | Oct 21, 2017 | International Travel, Travel
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 we scored one of the last few parking spots at 7am. We scaled the...
by eandl | Oct 20, 2017 | International Travel, Travel
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 scenic 45 minute drive, we had no trouble finding parking at 8am. Even...
by eandl | Oct 19, 2017 | International Travel, Travel
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 place. After picking up our car we continued to downtown Calgary for...