Leaving Clearwater we headed for 108 Mile House.....I know, funny name for a place. Our next stop over was the Hill House ranch. It's a working ranch of about 20,000 acres which doubles up as a health farm. In the winter it caters to nordic skiers and in the summer to hiker and horse riders. As with everywhere in Canada everyone was very friendly and helpful. A bottle of beer and we soon knew Richard the chefs history and he gave us lots of tips for our future s...

We left Jasper for what we thought would be a 6 hour drive. As luck had it the book was wrong and it was only 4 hours. The clocks went back along the way. Never experienced that before, a sign on the roadside saying put your watch back. We drove along highway 5 which as usual was nearly empty. Mile after mile of long straight road with mountains everywhere. Clearwater is a town of 1375 inhabitants. I say a town....its a 1 horse town and that escaped !! As nothi...

Had a bit of a lazy day today. Jasper is not huge and is geared to skiers and summer hikers. We had a nose around, and had lunch in the park. We could see the railway track whie having lunch. A train went through that had no end !!! It had 3 engines pulling it and 300 + containers on the back. It took about 30 minutes to pass by. After lunch we drove out to Lake Jasper which is huge and has a beach. Then on to Maligne canyon..... I know its all mountains, lakes ...

1st October. Left lake Louise to drive the 230 kms to Jasper. The road is the Icefield parkway. It seems to go on for ever and at this time of the year its pretty deserted. The journey takes a long time because there is so much to see along the way. First stop was Bow lake and Glacier then on to Peyto Lake. This is a brilliant turqouise lake. Apparently the colour is due to the 'rock flour' which is ground down rock from glacier movement which mixes with the wat...

After 2 great days in Banff we headed for the lakes and our hotel at Lake Louise. We went to Lake Louise first and were bowled over by how beautiful it is. In the summer 10,000 people a day visit. Today there were about 100. We jumped in a canoe and paddled out on to the lake. For a while we were the only people on the lake. It was idyllic. Nothing can beat this we thought. Next stop Lake Moraine. Another fabulous place. Surrounded by mountains. Then we headed f...