Sunday, 27 March 2016

Farewell Road Trip (8): The final glaciers, bears and... a pedicure?

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I was pretty dedicated to this blog whilst living in Canada - 50 posts detailing animals, birds, parks, campaigns and a lot of roads. After ...

Farewell Road trip (7): Hypothermi​c swims, wolverine hunt and a bit more cake

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Lake O'Hara is invariably described as 'the jewel of the Canadian Rockies'. One poor Albertan lady acts as the gatekeeper to tha...
Saturday, 28 September 2013

Farewell Road Trip (6): Cakes, lakes and fossils

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Our first stop back in Canada was Calgary, capital of Alberta, a province which styles itself on Texas, just with much colder winters. So c...
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Sunday, 15 September 2013

Farewell Road Trip (5): Victorian splendour and Grizzlywatch (and avoidance) no.2

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The tea set at our B&B When you've spent weeks driving through sagebrush desert, hours on dirt roads and seen only a handful of...
Thursday, 12 September 2013

Farewell Road Trip (4): Moosewatch no. 2, Grizzlywatch no.1 and amateur dramatics, Wyoming style

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We love guests visiting, especially on road trips. But it piles on the pressure to spot them some North American charismatic megafauna and ...
Sunday, 8 September 2013

Farewell Road Trip (3): Bear baffling, gold and whiskey

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View from top of Mt Zirkel - still lots of snow at 12,000ft Our first backpack (overnight hike) was to the Mt Zirkel wilderness. It was...
Tuesday, 3 September 2013

Farewell Road Trip (2): Cowboys, coyotes and my first mountain summit

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The easy hike at the start, as the sun rose Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, was our home for the second week of the trip. Colorado is...