We had a 2 night stopover in Edmonton before returning the car to Calgary. He we went to an ice hockey game. Not as much atmosphere as we though and to Craig’s disappointment there were not big fights! They really draw the game out but it was a fun experience and a must do once. The next day we visited West Edmonton Mall which claims to be the biggest mall in that world but we were dubious. There were 2 floors, plenty of shops, a water park, theme park, mini g...

Icefields Parkway to Jasper & Jasper The Icefields Parkway is 230km drive connecting Lake Louise to Jasper. This drive was probably my favourite park of Canada. After three days of snow the sun had come out and there was not a cloud in the sky making it the perfect day to experience the highway. We took so so many photos on this drive so we’ve picked some of the best ones to show how amazing it was. Jasper has a lot of lakes. We visited Medicine, Maligne...

Driving in a snow storm was pretty exciting/interesting, the road was pretty bad. There were trucks and cars along the highway that had slid off the road and were waiting for a tow. We tried to take an alternative route that was supposed to be more scenic but about 5 meters down the turnoff we were in 2 meters of snow so decided that wasn’t such a good idea and headed back to the highway. We missed the turn off to Lake Louise, thanks to my excellent navigation ...

For the next 10 days we are exploring on our own with our ‘rent a wreck’ hire car, a stunning orange/gold Pontiac Sunfire. We drove from Calgary to Banff on the ‘wrong’ side of the road without any trouble – Craig had it sorted after we worked out a few little tricks to the car – like you can only start it when it’s in gear with the clutch in! We had a little look around the town of Banff and made plans for the next couple of days……… We wok...