Cruised along the Coumbia Icefield Parkway today on the way to Banff which is roughly three hours drive from Jasper. This section of road located all within world heritage listed national park is regarded as one of the most picturesc drived in the world. Unfortunately the day we drove down it low cloud cover obsecured most of the view. Saying that I've been very lucky with the weather so far so I won't complain. I finally got to wear my thermals and cold we...

Do bears s***e in the woods? No, they s***e on mountain bike trails........ Relocated to Jasper on Saturday hired mountain bikes the next day and hit the trails around town. Bit nervous in the morning though in a group of eight as there had been a grizzley bear seen near the trail - great biking setup. In the PM three of us went out to ride another trail. About a kilometer in at a junction we met a ranger with shot gun (and other toys) going to scare a be...

We've been on the road on the Canadian Parks West tour now since Monday the 4th it has been cool but really full on. Spent the first two nights in Whistler had a good look around and went climbing on Black Comb glacier in the afternoon (crampons and ice axes). Saw a black bear in a tree that morning having flash-bangs fired at it too scare it also saw black bear on way up Whistler ski runs to glacier. Quiet a chic place with a lot to do but also with large ...

Ben's Greyhound Experience Once I got to San Francisco (21/7) started looking at options to get to Seattle by the 4th of August. My preferred option was to drive and stop and camp on the way to check out some of the countryside on the way (~1,000 mile trip). After a number of searches on the web the best I could do was ~$30 USD per day for a car. I booked this thinking it was OK. After my Hawaiian car experience (I still haven't seen the bill - fingers crossed) ...

Last night Nic and I went to a Major League baseball game in Oakland. It was a pretty lack- lustre affair with the A's playing the Kansas City Royals. The royals won 5-2. As it was a midweek game with two teams that weren't going to be in pennant contention we got great seats at field level just past third base. What was cool was that when we went to get beers there was massive lines for the Bud, Miller and Corona bars but there was no one at the bars that only ...