We had been promised sunshine but instead it was a grey gloomy day. The weather here is as unpredictable as back home. A short drive south to the Peyto Lake parking area - oh my goodness where did all these people come from! At Waterfowl Lakes campground there was hardly a soul in sight, at this carpark there must have been 50 or more cars already with more coming in every minute and then there was a separate coach park. We joined the masses for a 10 minute wal...

After getting over the shock of waking to fresh snow we set of in search of red chairs on the Wilcox trail. The sky was clear, the mountains with their icing sugar coating were stunning. We lingered and lounged on the red chairs taking in the grand vista and feeling the cool air temperature. We retreated back to our wheels in hope of securing a parking spot at the Parker ridge trailhead - we did. A second and longer walk for the day. Once again the views were d...

Twenty-four hours (and a bit) of life on the road. The silence is broken with the piercing shrill of the mobile phone alarm. At 7.35am our second alarm is sounding but I have already left the warmth of the bed to put the kettle on (and quickly retreated back to it). The day starts as most do, very leisurely. Donna opts for a game of candy crush and coffee (in bed) whilst I am finishing the last chapters of Sherpa Tensing's sons account of his journey to the sum...

What I failed to mention in the last post was the classical tune that Donna hummed throughout our walk (to keep the bears away) was playing in the visitor's centre later the same day. The assistant there was watching a video clip of a guy playing the tune on a table of glasses - co-incidence or what. He was very glad to help identify the tune which involved him humming it into his laptop and then searching for the film it was used in. The frustration was over, ...

We will soon be in Alberta but just one more stop on British Columbia first. We have been carrying a Tumbler Ridge brochure around for months, the hiking there looks fab. Now it was time to find out how fab it really is. We were surprised to find how empty the RV park was and how cheap. There is a lot of evidence of dinosaurs in this area. Our first walk was down to where dinosaur prints had been discovered as recently as 2000. They were there but if you didn't...