Coming into Jasper National Park all Kerri could talk about was Maligne Lake. She was told by a ex-local that this was *the* lake to see, and she believed that person. We scanned it from satellite view ahead of time and the one thing that stuck in my mind was...
With less than ideal weather in the air, Kerri and I chose to take on a simple hike on a trail. Here we would not have to fight tourist traffic (as much) while checking off one of the places we wanted to see while here in Jasper. It was not...
Before leaving the Banff area we set out to see one final lake that everyone spoke so highly of. It was another that we could not get too the first time we tried thanks to the weekend tourist traffic, but on a weekday evening after 7pm, things were much more...
Kerri and I have driven past these lakes the past few days and wondered about getting out on them with the kayaks. I even saw others on there with canoes, so I knew it was ‘kayak-able’. It was not until it was recommended to us by another full-timer. A quick...
Over the weekend we tried to visit Lake Louise, both to kayak and to simply see this extremely picturesque lake. Unfortunately, we were not alone in thinking such thoughts. We spent over an hour trying to find a place to park to no avail. I ended up parking the truck...
Unknown to me prior to arriving at the entry gate, we would drive directly through Kootenay National Park to get over the Continental Divide to Banff National Park. Also a bit of a fright was the price-tag to get into these Canadian National Parks. It ended up being cheaper to...
Being parked only minutes outside of Glacier National Park means we had to pop in, at least for a day, before crossing into Canada this weekend. For Kerri and me it was all about checking Lake McDonald off our ‘kayaked’ list. We just couldn’t pass by a good reason to...
Kerri and I are playing the Chimani game; checking off all the National Parks as we visit them. Even though she has a few more under her belt than I do, I am happy to re-visit places I have been and she has not just so she can get that...
After spending almost three full weeks in the National Forest just outside of the Grand Teton National Park, and kayaking just about every body of water we could, we finally packed up and moved further North on our way towards Alaska. It was somewhat somber that we were leaving a...
For our final kayaking in the Grand Teton area we chose to revisit Jackson Lake inside the National Park. Though it was one of our first, it has so many nooks-n-crannys that it deserved another day of exploration. This day, instead of heading into the inlets and channels to Half...
