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Thursday, July 3, 2008
Canada Oh Canada…July 1 thru July 3
We crossed the border easily. No questions, no hassels. Canada is not bad. It’s just expensive. On average, we’re paying $6 per gallon of gas, but since the Canadiens use metric, we must convert everything from liters to gallons and so on.
We trucked north to Calgary…got a little bit lost in downtown, but made it through. So if you want to know anything about downtown Calgary we can probably answer it for you. We made it to Banff National Park in Alberta the first night. We’ve been hearing that Lake Louise is the most beautiful place ever, however, I think Glacier National Park is better! We took a canoe ride for an hour on the lake, but it’s very touristy. It reminded me of Aspen or Veil, Colorado.
After Lake Louise, we drove to Hinton, Alberta and stopped for the night. We caught up on laundry and supplies and hoped for a nice drive on July 1, which was Canada Day!
Leaving Hinton at 6:15am, we drove through Grand Cache, Grand Prairie and Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Fort St. John, BC and stopped at Pink Mountain, BC for the night. At Dawson Creek we stopped for a little while at the tourist center. It was the beginning of the Alaskan-Canada highway. Since it was Canada Day, free hotdogs and cake were served. A cute little 4-year old girl named Candance quickly became friends with Joey. I asked him if he has a new Canadian girlfriend, he said, “Yes.” Very cute, very cute indeed.
The next day, July 2, we drove as far as the Hyland River. No official campsite, but there was a gravel road leading to the river. The boys had fun throwing multiple rocks into the river. On that portion of the drive, we saw stone sheep, a mommy moose and two babies along with a couple of black bears.
Today, July 3, we made it to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. We’ve been on the road for a little while just driving and driving for days, we decided to stop and visit the town. We arrived at 1100am PST and parked at a very nice campsite. FREE WI-FI!!! We had some great fish and chips and found the Yukon Brewing Company (good beer) and caught up on laundry again.
Canada is wearing me out. I cannot wait to get to Anchorage so we can just make camp for a few days before our ferry date arrives. I’m not sure how far we’ll be driving tomorrow, but I know we’ll be back into the Grand Ole’ USA!
The weirdest thing to get used to is the amount of daylight. I think the sun sets at 11:30pm tonight, so when does it get dark??? I guess it’s something I must get used to during the summer months.
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Here I Am! Glacier National Park…and beyond
Alas—I have internet connection in the Yukon Territory! So much has happened since I last posted a message! It feels like ages since I’ve been online. Thankfully for some free wi-fi at our campsite, I’m able to get online! There’s no way that I’m logging into the Internet while I’m in Canada using my air card. It’s roughly two cents per kilobyte…and that can add up quick!
So where to begin??? Holy cow, I just checked on the last time I blogged and it was in Yellowstone! Yikes…I’m behind!
Here’s a quick synopsis about Glacier National Park. It’s Gorgeous!!! It’s the most beautiful national park I’ve ever seen! It seems more wild than Yellowstone. Even though we didn’t see a bear or wolf, we did see a moose. He was just lazily eating grass and drinking water at a roadside watering hole. We drove a portion of the “Going to the Sun” road. Part of it was closed due to a recent snowfall and avalanche. We drove past an area called the Weeping Wall…where a miniture waterfall cascades on the road. We drove under it, washing the Jeep, and I quickly grabbed a cupful of the glacier water. Yes, I got soaked, but it was worth it. The water was crisp and refreshing! The boys received their third Jr. Ranger badge. Later in the day, we took a Red Bus tour. The top came off of the bus so you could see the mountains easily. Not only was the tour beautiful but the tour guide was very informative. It was the best tour I’ve taken thus far. The following day, we decided to hike what we thought was going to be maybe at the most two miles. However, that was not the case. It took us two miles UPHILL and over rocky terrain one way to a small portion of Lake McDonald then of course the two miles back. Even though the hike was a little big longer than we expected, the view was spectacular! So please tour Glacier National Park if you haven’t, it is well worth it!
We left Glacier National Park later that afternoon and went to Canada!
