Road trip

Finally! We’ve waited almost four months to go on this road trip. For some reason we were really, really looking forward to it!

We started driving Thursday evening, direction Kamloops. We booked the Accent Inns for the night. Quite nice actually, pleasant memories! It’s the same hotel chain we stayed at (for 3 weeks) when we first arrived in Vancouver. Funny how all those hotels have the exact same interior.

Friday, early morning (way too early, but for a good cause) we headed in the direction of Jasper. We could have easily made the decision to go straight to Banff, but we wanted to drive along the Icefields Parkway. We’ve visited Jasper before in the summer which was nice, but not at all comparable to the winter scenery. We were even able to walk on the Athabasca Glacier together with Grizzly which was quit fun (and cold). The glacier is actually the most-visited glacier of the North American continent.
I’m not going to talk about climate change, but it is definitely one of the only glaciers I’ve seen that shrunk that much in such a short amount of time. There’s signs everywhere that show you the history of the size of the glacier.

For pictures:

Late afternoon we arrived in Banff. We decided to go for a stroll along the boulevard, just to be able to stretch our legs and paws a bit. Grizzly of course was over-excited and wasn’t too fond of practicing what we learned in our dog classes (aka: not pulling).

After our stroll, we had some dinner and headed to the Banff Upper Hot Springs.
The Hot Springs are in the top 10 of the best in the world. I have to say, I think I agree, the view is just amazing. Just what we needed after a long drive. And because Kris gave me a waterproof camera as a Christmas present I was actually able to take some pictures.

Kris and Griz

Kris in the Banff Upper Hot Springs

Hot Springs

On Saturday we drove from Banff to Cochrane to visit Olivier and Saartje. We hadn’t seen them in ages and it was really nice to catch up and talk about our similar experiences from the last couple of months.

They both prepared the most amazing Easter dinner at their lovely new home!
We started of with some appetizers (dates, stuffed eggs, olives,…), followed by lobster Gnocchi (Saartje, I still want that recipe:)) some very tasty ribs (prepared by Olivier) and of course dessert: the best brownie I had in ages and some wonderful carrot cake. It was actually the first time I tried carrot cake and it was truly delicious!

We were very well taken care of and we had an amazing evening! (don’t forget guys, we owe you big time! Thanks again!)

Enough talking for today, some pictures of our road trip (credits go to Kris):

Grizzly has a paw infection so we were obligated to buy some boots:)

On the road

Mountain goat, Grizzly’s best friend (NOT)

Athabasca Glacier

Taking a nap while we’re driving

Some of my pics:

Some coyotes in the distance

Town of Jasper

Icefields Parkway

So that was pretty much it. We’re planning to go on a hike on Sunday. We haven’t really decided where, but we’ll hopefully be able to post some pictures. Hope you’re having a good week. Enjoy the weekend!