Our much anticipated North American road trip started with a 3 day, 46 km backcountry hike along the Skyline Trail in Jasper, just a few hours north west of Banff! Our Pontiac Montana was all packed up with a double bed in the back, an array of useful cooking gear, a tetris maze of bags and snowboards and our mountain bikes strapped to the boot. This was all for later use though, as we parked the van at the trailhead and hoisted on a couple of backpacks and a te...

Just like last year, summer in Banff felt like it was over before it really got started.. guess that's the downside to such an excessively long ski season. This time at least we were ready for it, and we made sure to enjoy every moment of this beautiful, adrenaline filled summer. The long awaited warm weather started with Jess's birthday. Refreshed from our weekend away in Drumheller, we were ready to celebrate in full swing. We started with a float down the Bow...

Having decided to spend another summer in Banff, we thought it would be healthy to get away for a few days before the tourists flock in. We hadn't been outside the Rockies yet so we felt a trip out to the prairies would make for a refreshing change. We had heard great things about Drumheller and decided to satisfy our childhood curiosities by heading there for the weekend. Drumheller is a strange little country town that lies within a region known as the Dinosau...

Return flights back to Banff, as well as season passes for all three of Banff's closest ski hills, made it much easier to say goodbye to our friends and family and head back over to our Canadian outdoor playground. We quickly learnt that this is exactly what Banff is in winter. With only a portion of the tourists that flock through in summer, the population is significantly less and work is much more slow. This doesn't seem to bother anyone though as it simply le...

Its been an absolute blast to have been back home and the last couple of months have just flown past! If it wasn't for our return flights and pre-purchased ski season passes, we might have been tempted to forgo our Canadian winter! It has been amazing returning home to our families and friends and we feel very loved and lucky to be connected to such inspirational and heart-warming people. The flight was worth it just to be able to give our parents a huge hug! A...