There and Back Again

[Griffin]

well probably not that epic a journey, but it was 5300 miles round trip from central Arkansas to Jasper Alberta Canada.

Our second night on the road I decided to drive further than the planned stop in Cheyenne and went to Guernsey State Park in Wyoming, about 3 hours north of Denver.
I knew nothing of the place, but it was close to Fort Laramie that we wanted to see and arrived there after 10:00 pm.
This is what we saw when opening the camper door in the morning.(we were the only vehicle on this ridge and 1 of 3 in the whole park)

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I'll add more as I upload to photo bucket.

[Griffin]

This was about halfway between Calgary and Banff. I'm glad I was heading West instead of East.

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Traffic was backed up for over 5 miles. The dust cloud on the right was a stream of people that presumably knew the area. When I got to the exit they were using the cops had it blocked.

[KevinD]

Very nice Griff.

[Griffin]

Sunrise on the Bow Valley Parkway.

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[Griffin]

Very nice Griff.

This trip has been on our bucket list for years, opportunity arose and we took it.

[Griffin]

The majesty of this place is awe inspiring.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20218_zps8ecjbfum.jpg

[Griffin]

There's about 1100 photos to go through, I can hand pic them or show them all if you want. :mrgreen:

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20229_zpsyvbsrahi.jpg

[Griffin]

Finally some wildlife.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20240_zpsyopkzym2.jpg

[Griffin]

A fish eye lens sure changes you perspective

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20264_zpsmrrv5plb.jpg

[Griffin]

feeding the thirsty beast

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[Griffin]

Kootenay National Park adjoins Banff and goes into British Columbia.

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[Griffin]

Marble Canyon

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[deebakes]

nice :tup:

[Griffin]

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20354_zpsvj1cn4x5.jpg

Sometimes you have to focus on what's in front of you to appreciate the beauty that surrounds you.

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[Griffin]

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[Griffin]

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[Griffin]

We get it on almost every night

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When that moon is big and bright

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It's a supernatural delight

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Everybody's dancin in the moonlight

[Griffin]

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Lake Louise Gondola

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[Griffin]

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[Griffin]

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[Griffin]

Heading towards the Icefields Parkway.
These things are lifesavers. If you don't know what it is, research them and petition your conservation departments to add them to your highway system.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20496_zps7althygk.jpg

[Griffin]

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[Griffin]

Glass floor...1000 feet down...10 tons of Chinese the same day that their glass walkway cracked

...let's do this.

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[deebakes]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K7fCQlUhj0

[Griffin]

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[Griffin]

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[Griffin]

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[DemonGeminiX]

Man, those are some beautiful pics.

[Goofy]

Absolutely stunning pics mate :clap: Nice rack on the elk too :ok:

[Griffin]

I've had gravy on my fries in other parts of Canada but this was my first taste of Poutine.
Gotta admit it was pretty good. :thumbsup:

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20677_zpsov6ek39k.jpg

[Griffin]

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[Griffin]

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[Griffin]

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[deebakes]

:uwank:

[Griffin]

The beast of burden.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20789_zpsdkgg09la.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20795_zpscfpxm06o.jpg

I kept hearing the glacier cracking on the hike up and saw some debris rolling down the mountain but it didn't fall.:meh:
The pops were like gun shots.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20812_zpsijuocsiz.jpg

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[Griffin]

The first time here there were too many busloads, so after leaving Mount Edith Cavell we took a back road that came out at Athabasca Falls.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20826_zpsav0u0xki.jpg

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[Griffin]

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[Griffin]

Opened the door to this view at Redstreak, British Columbia.

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what are ewe looking at?

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20900_zpscd7ankuw.jpg

[Goofy]

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20766_zpslehdvnbk.jpg

Awesome sight! I don't know why people shoot things as majestic as that just to hang on the wall........ pisses me off!

Tell you what though, that's what i call a vacation/holiday, far rather be looking at sights like this that lying on a fucking beach with thousands of other folk! :)

[Griffin]

We have one big trip a year. What ever our destination point is we see as much as possible on the way there and back home.

[Griffin]

On the way home we detoured through my favorite place.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20947_zpsd7pqqayz.jpg

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[Griffin]

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[Griffin]

Then 16 hours after a hectic drive trough Denver we arrive. home to driveway art from the grandkids.

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[Goofy]

Pesky grandkids :shakefist: :lol:

[Goofy]

How close did you get to the Elk/Bisons btw? :-k

[Hal-9000]

Beautiful shots Griff, thanks a lot. When I lived out there it was hard to describe to people or even take a picture that does justice to the mountains. They're so much...more...in person.

Unfortunately I have to bring up something serious...

[DemonGeminiX]

Unfortunately I have to bring up something serious...

Oh no... here comes a ten page homage to poutine...

[Hal-9000]

Marble Canyon

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Marble Canyon in just inside the BC border, traveling west from my province of Alberta. I visit there every year at the end of August, going up ol highway 93.

My best friend fell there while hiking and died. Him and another buddy were coming home from Radium one Sunday afternoon and my friend asked the buddy if they could stop in at Marble Canyon, as he had never been there.

In the last pic in your post, he was near a similar area and tried to jump to a ledge on the right hand side. The canyon is tricky because at some points it's very narrow at the top, yet goes down over 100 feet to the river. They had to air lift his body out of there because of the terrain.

Didn't mean to cast a shadow on your holiday, but when I saw your pics in this post my heart lurched. I've been up that trail 14 times now and seeing it always makes me appreciate life a little more.

Thanks man

[DemonGeminiX]

Oh, damn. Sorry, dude. Now I feel like a dick.

[Hal-9000]

Oh, damn. Sorry, dude. Now I feel like a dick.

Don't give it another thought, you didn't know. At my former job I would take the last week of August off (anniversary of his death) every year. One year a coworker started complaining that I always got the week leading up to Labor Day off. Never mind that I had over 15 years seniority on him. Someone told him I went to Marble Canyon every year as part of a personal thing. He made the mistake of saying - Oh hal probably just has a favorite elk out there that he likes to boff. I wasn't very kind to him in return...

I lived with the guy who died when we were in Banff and also grew up with him here in Calgary. We took his ashes back out to Marble and sprinkled them off a nice bridge. Most of the canyon is like Griff's last shot. Narrow at the top and winding down a long ways to the bottom. When we took the ashes, it was the first day I met the guy who was with my friend the day he fell. The guy was devastated as he was walking right behind my friend when it happened. He walked up to me, asked me if I was hal and then broke down crying saying my friend always talked about me. He then gave me some of my friend's possessions saying - I thought you would want these to remember him by. Then he said - I'm so sorry, I couldn't do anything and now he's gone. Broke my black heart right in half....




sorry to hijack Griff, the beauty of that last pic always triggers the memory

[Hal-9000]

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20449_zpshupqsdrb.jpg

Lake Mmmmm....umm....Maureen? .....Moron? ......mmmmm-something :-k


*I've stood right there

[Hal-9000]

Driving into the Bow Valley Parkway is always cool when the sun is going down. Huge foothills rolling right into the mountains....a kinder version of Mordor :)

[DemonGeminiX]

These pics make me wanna travel some myself.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Great pix Griff :thumbsup:

I do have to deduct points for all the ones from Canada though, second rate wilderness :hand:

[Hal-9000]

There's about 3 million pics from this exact vantage point, always makes me laff :lol:


Bow Valley


http://i.imgur.com/ErEYJEQ.jpg

[Hal-9000]

Great pix Griff :thumbsup:

I do have to deduct points for all the ones from Canada though, second rate wilderness :hand:

Your faux-mountains hide missile silos and underground testing facilities [-(

[Hal-9000]

Actually some real interesting terrain is in Northern BC when you travel down south to Vancouver on the coast. Primeval forests and mountains and then one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world.

[Hal-9000]

The beast of burden.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20789_zpsdkgg09la.jpg

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20795_zpscfpxm06o.jpg

I kept hearing the glacier cracking on the hike up and saw some debris rolling down the mountain but it didn't fall.:meh:
The pops were like gun shots.

http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii308/johng52/2015%20Canadian%20Rockies%20trip/Canadian%20Rockies%20812_zpsijuocsiz.jpg

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We're near the Columbia icefields. There's a huge part of it called the Athabasca Glacier.

I'm standing with a large group of people and this woman I know speaks up. She was a bit older than me and lived in Calgary her whole life since birth. She says - I wonder how they keep the icefields cold in the summer, do you think there are underground pipes or something?

:rofl: I couldn't even look at her

[Hal-9000]

I also saw someone get legitimately petrified with fear. We were on a tour, walking on this glacier (miles long and 50 feet thick in places). The person asked the guide when we would get near the glacier. Guide says we've already been walking on it for about 15 or 20 minutes. The person froze, started to panic and then kept saying loudly - We have to get off of it, get me offa this thing!! :shock:

I guess they thought the glacier tour would be walking beside it and maybe pointing? :-s

[Hal-9000]

Hey Griff,
When you were in Banff did you notice the rather large Asian contingent? The reason I bring it up is because from about 1980-1995 you wouldn't see many Asian tourists or inhabitants. Then it absolutely exploded with tourism and business buy outs.

Last time I drove through Banff I think I had my picture taken 600 times :lol:










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[Goofy]

Great pix Griff :thumbsup:

I do have to deduct points for all the ones from Canada though, second rate wilderness :hand:

:lol:

[HyperV12]

Excellent pics chronicalling what looks like a fantastic trip Griffin. Thanks for sharing. :tup:

[Griffin]

How close did you get to the Elk/Bisons btw? :-k

The elk were across a 4 lane highway about 20 miles northeast of Jasper. Some dumbass Asian bitch was sneaking up behind it and got within about 20 feet. I was worried she would spook it into traffic but hoping it would charge her. You should have seen her when it turned and stepped toward her.

The single buffalo was just meandering down the shoulder across a 2 lane in Yellowstone.
The last time I was there a herd was walking down the center line. One was walking next to my truck. his eye level with mine, kept glancing my way, then finally slammed his head into the door.

[Griffin]

There's about 3 million pics from this exact vantage point, always makes me laff :lol:


Bow Valley


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We sat there about half an hour waiting for the train because there were other people with their gear on tripods, train schedule and maps in hand, arguing over distance from last stop to current GPS point divided by estimated speed and throwing in wind direction and elevation gain.
We got cold and left.

[Griffin]

Hey Griff,
When you were in Banff did you notice the rather large Asian contingent? The reason I bring it up is because from about 1980-1995 you wouldn't see many Asian tourists or inhabitants. Then it absolutely exploded with tourism and business buy outs.

Last time I drove through Banff I think I had my picture taken 600 times :lol:




Half the Asian population was on vacation the same time as me. :meh:
Apparently over there though, barrier fences/walls and signs with red circles with a line through it over shoes actually mean "Please trample our vegetation."