Minirolls Musings

Bow Glacial Lake

Who knew such a great day could start with dumping poop out the RV?

Aimi’s brilliant idea was to walk from our campsite to the Skytram. It was 6.1km there following some tracks but the main hill up to the cable car was following the road. It took so long to walk that road, the shuttle bus driver passed us twice and decided to pull over to give us a lift the last kilometer to the top.

Malign Tyre

The helpline said it was fine to drive the van slowly so I did… sort of. They wanted me to drive at 45kph which would have taken 3 and half hours to get to Jasper. So I went just a little quicker and did it in and hour and half.

From Nordegg With Love

Ethan is a really cool guy. Very chill and keen to give us the best experience possible without frightening or pushing us too far… but just far enough to get the most out of the Rocky’s.

Golden Skybridge Rest Day

It was not restful.

Iceline hike

Breakfast should not be this many colours. Honestly, who thought radioactive blue was an appetising colour? Let alone green, red and yellow. And I don’t care how many times you tell me they are “naturally flavoured” they still taste like someone else’s old chewing gum.

Banff Hotel Cache

Today we went wandering around Banff. They have pretty much every outdoors clothing brand here and even a Smartwool shop which sent Aimi a bit mad.

RV-ing

OMFG this thing is massive. And ours isnt even the largest one. Its actually considered a small RV!

Badlands Hoodoo’s

Up and out for a “short” 2 hour drive to our first stop, Horseshoe canyon. The roads are so long straight, wide and featureless people must go into a trance to call a 2 hour drive “short”. But it was worth it.

Exploring Calgary

This morning passed working from the laptop until it was time to set off for lunch at Bow Valley Ranche Restaurant. This beautiful brick built building sits alone in a field of a city park, protected from encroaching development. It’s old, by Calgary standards, giving it some character.