Alberta Travel Blogs

My first TravBuddy meetup!!! Banff National Park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, July 2009.

    The pictures I am putting on this blog...some of them are part of my history, before my Father was born..most of the pictures are from slides that my Dad took.  They are photos of things he enjoyed, life, family, friends, relatives...he loved all of that.  He loved farm…

Dan (dancr~http://www.travbuddy.com/Dancr) and I (row-zzzzz~ http://www.travbuddy.com/row-zzzzz) left Calgary, Alberta around 11:00am to meet-up with Keith (aloha_keith~http://www.travbuddy.com/aloha_keith) and Ally (allyflower~http://www.travbuddy.com/AllyFlower) who were already in Banff.&nb…

I went to Banff Springs in Alberta in the frigid cold ... boy the water felt so hot but after I quickly got in with the blowing cold -28 degree celcius winds in the Rockies, trust me, this hot spring was perfect ... you have to do it in the winter!!! Banff, Alberta, Canada

The trip started a little on the wrong foot when the Emirates flight departing Dubai on the morning of 5th July was delayed by two hours due to a technical fault. I was left with just 20 mins upon arrival in London Heathrow to catch my connecting Air Canada flight to Calgary. I think I clocked the …

After a flight of seven hours, we arrived around 8.00 pm at Calgary, Canada, for a three week roadtrip around the westcoast of Canada. After we picked up our car for the trip, we went to the hotel. When we arrived at the hotel it was already dark, so we went to bed ear…

Dan and I were dropped off at the Calgary Airport ... I finally decided not to carry 12,000 items and so this time walking into the airport felt quite relaxing ... Hubby and I haven't travelled together since Nov.2007 and finally we're having the chance again ...We got onboard and a kind lady got u…

Row-zzzzz, my mom who is visiting from Ontario and I headed downtown this morning, jumping on the train at about 6:45am in order to make it to the free pancake breakfast at Staples. We arrived about an hour later to a lineup that was getting longer by the minute. They wasted no time getting the cro…

We had the most perfect weekend, a beautiful way to share the world together. We flew up to Banff on the Friday night and stayed in the beautiful Fairmont Springs, the fairy tale castle of the Canadian Rockies. On Saturday we went on a few wildlife trips around the Montane forests of Banff. We …

Last night we stayed at jasper Youth Hostel in our boarding school style dorm.  As soon as the lights came on this morning at 8am, the whole place came alive.  It was like listening to a symphony of velcro, cords and zips whizzing back in forth.  We lay in bed for a while but soon de…

We have an early start, much to see today! At Maligne Canyon we park the RV and take a walk into the canyon. It’s roughly divided into an upper and a lower part. The parking is near the upper part. Walking by the canyon you pass bridges over the canyon providing a great view down to the water; Ma…

OK, I'm getting too excited ... starting a Tucson Blog and I haven't even step foot on my flight ... OH OH .... what is up!!!!!!!!!!! 5:45am; Dan is trying his best to get me up ... after all, today I’m flying to Tucson for my 4th TB Meet-Up and to see the surrounding areas in Arizona!  &…

In about one week, I am leaving for what I hope will be an amazing adventure and experience...my first trip around the world (and hopefully not my last).  Though I have been travelling to many destinations far and wide, this will be the longest so far.  On top of it, I am going to make it…

I live and work in Fort McMurray. It's a boom town with a population currently at 80,000 and growing fast. Unemployment is nearly 0% and job security is guaranteed. The town has some problems, but it's home for me right now and I have to make the most of it.

So, the only blessing of long haul flights are that if you feel ill at the start of a journey, you are most likely going to feel better by the end of it!! By the time we met the minibus connection I did feel a lot better and this was indeed good news considering I planned to spend the next 2 weeks …