The last stop of our summer Pacific Northwest trip was the Emerald City itself, Seattle. It was a relaxing way to end a long trip, staying with family and seeing a few sights, but mostly hanging out. Our big outing was to Rainier National Park where we hiked part of the 7 Lakes hike to …
Shadow Lake Lodge was our big splurge on a trip full of camping and crashing at relatives' houses. It was completely worth it. We were nervous in the lead up because the lodge was so close to the fire closure areas and a nearby lodge had been evacuated, but Shadow Lake stayed on that outside …
The Icefields Parkway may be one of the most stunning roads in the world. Glaciers on glaciers, mountains on mountains. I'm so glad the smoke from early in our trip cleared and we had beautiful weather for the drive from Banff to Jasper and then back to Calgary from Jasper. For example, the mountain on …
In Jasper we did part of the Mina-Riley Lakes loop, and also discovered some really lovely breweries and bakeries in the town of Jasper. While Banff may have had some more epic hiking, Jasper definitely had more epic baked goods. The first set of pictures are from Mina-Riley Athabasca Falls was probably the most amazing …
The welcoming committee in Banff at sunset, so around 10:00 PM. Driving into Banff was one of the strangest driving experiences. We knew there were wildfires in the area but didn't realize quite how bad the issue was until we were on the road. As we drove out of Calgary towards Banff we kept saying …
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