Canadian Parks West July08
In and around Canada
21 day camping trip with Trek America, staying in and hiking many of the National Parks of Western Canada with 11 other solo travellers from all over the world.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Searlait
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Day 1
Left from our Seattle hotel after group introduction at 7.30am in our van (Winston) and trailer of camp gear. Had a spot of bother crossing the bor... Continue reading »
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Day 2
From Kamloops, drove onwards stopping at Mt. Revelstoke for a hike. To our surprise, we met a lot of Snow on the trail. Being from Ireland, this wa... Continue reading »
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Day 3
Up early, so did a little boating on the lake and got some shots. Group splits for activities - some hiking to Wapta Falls, while 6 go rafting on t... Continue reading »
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Day 4
Woke up to yet more rain fall and as a result our tents got drenched taking them down! We left Golden and heading towards Banff stopping off at Tak... Continue reading »
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Day 5
The plan was to take the morning off to do some laundry in Banff, so we bagged up the dirty clothes and set off into town. CHANGE OF PLAN... l... Continue reading »
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Day 6
This was supposed to be a Free Day but we all decided to fill it doing something, either laundry, internet, shopping, hiking, mounta... Continue reading »
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Day 7
Arrived to Lake Moraine and got all the shots. Just Beautiful- words can't describe it really. In trying to get a better shot, I decided to attempt... Continue reading »
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Day 8
This was a busy day- Lots done!
Took down camp and set off early to drive along the Icefields Parkway towards Jasper(one of the highest highw... Continue reading »
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Day 9
Had an easy morning at camp and then hit off for the 'city' of Jasper to do some laundry, emailing and shopping. Got me new hiking shoes seeing as... Continue reading »
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Day 10
Having spent much of the previous day drinking, I opted out of the morning hike up Mt. Edith Cavell and decided to pamper myself by having a l... Continue reading »
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Day 11
Departed Jasper after buying breakfast in the tasty and very busy 'Jasper Bear Paws Bakery'. Did a lot of driving, via Valemount (to collect Céline... Continue reading »
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Day 12
I wish I had more days like this.
We met with our canoe guide Geoff and his dog 'Dakota', in the early morning and set off for Clearwater Lak... Continue reading »
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Day 13
Up at 7am, took down the camp and loaded the boats, ready to paddle back to Winston (the van) and face the long drive to Whistler. Gorgeous paddle... Continue reading »
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Day 14
This was a day for doing extreme sports. Between the whole group we managed to experience Extreme Mountain Biking, Zip-Lining, Hydrobroncing, Bunge... Continue reading »
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Day 15
Had one last ramble around Whistler (yet another visit to the Hilton toilets!) and then in was off to Vancouver. Arrived to the city and straight t... Continue reading »
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Day 16
I started out the day, later than usual, due the to fact that I had a bed and had had a heavy night of drinking. However, today was all about&... Continue reading »
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Day 17
Took the morning ferry for Nanaimo, Vancouver Island but unfortunately it was a dull/misty morning so we didn't get any good photos. Our desti... Continue reading »
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Day 18
Awake really early due to the birds above the tents so decided to treat ourselves with breakfast in Tofino and a stroll around. Then it was time to... Continue reading »
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Day 19
Yet again the Loonies wake us up early - If one member had a shotgun, he reckoned today was the day to use it! While most relax around camp fo... Continue reading »
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Day 20
Left Tofino at 8am and drove to Victoria, arriving at 2pm and set up camp for the last time (Ahhh!) Drove into the city where we were left to our o... Continue reading »
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Day 21 & 22
Took camp down for the last time and hit off for Sydney Harbour to drop Sarah to the ferry. Then it was onwards to catch our ferry to Seattle and a... Continue reading »
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