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Continue reading →: Icefields Parkway Views, Hikes, and CampsiteOne of the best parts of a trip visiting both Banff National Park and Jasper National Park is the drive along the highway connecting the two. The Icefields Parkway is a 144-mile scenic drive linking Lake Louise with Jasper, Alberta. “Scenic drive” is a huge understatement, as the Icefields Parkway…
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View Sunrise At Lake Moraine
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Continue reading →: View Sunrise At Lake MoraineSunrise at Moraine Lake is one of those things hard-core photographers used to get up at 5am to witness. However, it turned into one of those things where flocks of tourists (photographer or not) got up at 3am to fight for a coveted entrance spot to see. Our first attempt to see Moraine Lake at sunrise failed. I’ll…
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Continue reading →: Lake Louise Hikes: Lake Agnes, Both Beehives, and Plain of Six GlaciersWe filled our day at Lake Louise with 10 hours of hiking 20 kilometers from Lake Louise to Mirror Lake, to Lake Agnes Tea House, to Little Beehive, to Big Beehive, to the Plain of Six Glaciers, and then all the way back to Lake Louise. It was awesome to…
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Sunrise At Lake Louise
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Continue reading →: Sunrise At Lake LouiseThe day we visited Lake Louise for sunrise actually started several very dark hours earlier as we attempted (and failed) to view sunrise at a different (equally picturesque but horribly popular) sunrise destination: Moraine Lake. Our disappointing failure to see sunrise at Moraine Lake turned the corner into a magnificent day of hiking at Lake…
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Banff Upper Hot Springs
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Continue reading →: Banff Upper Hot SpringsHow To Visit Banff Upper Hot Springs Banff Upper Hot Springs is located at 1 Mountain Ave, Banff, AB T1L 1K2, Canada. Banff Upper Hot Springs is the only one of nine hot spring pools within the Banff Hot Springs Reserve that is open to the public for bathing. It is…
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Banff Hikes: Johnston Canyon and Ink Pots
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Continue reading →: Banff Hikes: Johnston Canyon and Ink PotsSunrise at Vermillion Lakes Our first morning waking up in Banff National Park, we rose early to catch the sunrise at Vermillion Lakes which is near downtown Banff. It was a little cloudy for sunrise but was still beautiful. I enjoyed the peace sitting by the water, brewing coffee in…
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Canmore Natural Spring Water
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Continue reading →: Canmore Natural Spring WaterTip: Get Food, Gas, Water, And Beer In Canmore After our short stint exploring Yoho National Park, we continued on our way to Canmore to feed both human and vehicle. Along this route, I highly recommend stopping for gas at the Petro Canada in Lake Louise. Gas cost about 40 cents per liter cheaper…
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Vancouver to Yoho National Park
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Continue reading →: Vancouver to Yoho National ParkCompletion of our no-build rental camper van took longer than expected (we probably should have expected that) so we didn’t leave the Vancouver area until after sun-down on Day #1 of our epic west Canada national park extravaganza. Driving routes from Vancouver to Banff and Jasper There are several possible routes to drive from…
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No-Build Camper Rental Van
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Continue reading →: No-Build Camper Rental VanI LOVE those glamorous camper vans spotted all over Instagram and YouTube. They’re beautifully designed, cleverly and intricately built, and just SO COOL. You’ve seen them, everyone’s seen them. The COVID pandemic brought “van life” to so many people’s minds as work became remote (I’d like to work remotely from a national…
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Continue reading →: VictoriaOur Alaska cruise itinerary only allotted 4 hours (8:00pm to 11:59pm…) for our docking in Victoria, BC in order to satisfy tax rules (according to the Passenger Vessel Services Act, all foreign ships must dock at a foreign country at least once during the cruise). Unfortunately, our visit to Victoria was cut…
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Welcome to RoxReels, my wonderful nook of the internet dedicated to journeys of travel, food, and drink that I refuse to forget. Here, I’ll log my itineraries of all the things I did (and want to do next time), for the benefit of my future self and you as well! Enjoy!
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