Thursday 10th August – Hazy Hood

If it wasn’t for the bugs, we’d have hung around at camp a little longer. The trains had been almost therapeutic during the night and the river was a hive of activity in the morning with fisherman and tub boats pushing cargo up and down the channel. We found a window of opportunity to have…

Wednesday 9th August – A Surprise (And Much Needed) Oasis

When I woke up, I was busting to go to the bathroom with no options close by so I was quickly out of the Cabana and into the Astro to drive over to the park where we’d originally planned on camping last night. Dan followed soon after but I was in the bathroom by the…

Tuesday 8th August – Oh, Dam!

Another great snooze fest in the morning, we got up when it suited us and both felt it was a pancakes type of morning. While Dan was in the kitchen, I went down to the river to splash my face with water and wake myself up. It was barely 9am and it was already hot,…

Monday 7th August – Lake, Lake, Lake, Lake and River

Despite the sun shining brightly through our uncovered tent, we managed to stay semi-asleep for a good while in the morning, not wanting to move. Cleo was still perfectly comfortable as well in her little corner. We let her out to go chase shit while we continued snoozing and after taking a big drink from…

Sunday 6th August – Swapped Van for Tent

We still snoozed like the lazy dirtbags we were, but as soon as we were up, we didn’t muck around. We were excited to get hiking. Cereal for breakfast, we sat by the fire ring to eat then packed it up and left. Dan went first up the road since he was more capably equipped…

Saturday 5th August – Lazy Dirtbags

Our sleep was minorly interrupted during the night thanks to Cleo trying to chase shit from within the car and Dan thinking there were bears outside. Despite that, it was a great first night back in the Cabana. We snoozed all morning, the whole camp to ourselves. Our serenity was only broken when a lady…

Friday 4th August – The Rage is On

Predictably, I woke up at 5am. After giving myself fifteen minutes to get back to sleep and failing, I figured I might as well make use of the time and hit the road, without breakfast. I wanted to get across the border and know that I was done with American immigration once and for all….

Thursday 3rd August – Frisby in Revelstoke

After finally getting to sleep last night, I slept solidly until 9am which was a relief. Camp was still quiet as I made breakfast then head off west into Glacier National Park. Just after getting on the highway, I was driving through smoke. The smoke from the forest fire I’d skirted around yesterday was obviously…

Wednesday 2nd August – The Beauty of Banff

It was bloody cold in the morning and foggy too. It didn’t put me in the best mood for the day, but I was soon feeling lifted as I drove away from camp and head south on the highway towards the town of Banff. The clouds over the mountain parted and blue skies appeared while…

Tuesday 1st August – The Crowds of Banff

I’ve been sleeping terribly lately so I woke up tired after tossing and turning since 5am. I don’t think the late night sun helps. Most of the camp was still sleeping or had vacated already so it was quiet in the forest. After getting my $15 worth of toilet use, I wandered down to the…