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Meadows in the sky

A day of 'easy' walks to recover from rafting the day before and to ease us in to our big hike the following day. We started off at the Giant Cedars Boardwalk, which was quite mystical and awe-inspiring. Next, Skunk Cabbage Boardwalk, where we saw recent evidence of bears...but sadly (or...

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lucy3119 on August 15, 2012 from Revelstoke, Canada

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Kicking Horses down the river

A whole day of white water rafting! The day began with a drive to the upper canyon of the Kicking Horse River in real American-style yellow ex-schoolbuses, which was a huge novelty for me (not just seeing one, but RIDING in one?!?) and completely underwhelming for Rylan, who used to get one to...

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lucy3119 on August 14, 2012 from Golden, Canada

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Bouncing along the east coast

Up at 6 and quietly finished the blog and read until 7. Down to breakfast at 8 with a lovely couple who emigrated from Germany 6 years ago to get a better quality of life. They are thoroughly settled and enjoying the move; Martine spoke some English before they left with a sister and cousin...

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rickandsuejohnson on August 14, 2012 from Sherbrooke, Canada

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Up Hills and down Dales

We had three other couples around the table for breakfast this morning. All in 50's or older; a woman from Toronto – a lot have been, so it must be empty – a couple from Saskatoon, a couple from Niagara on the lake (presumably escaping tourists) and a bloke from Denmark who was in some way that...

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rickandsuejohnson on August 13, 2012 from Baddeck, Canada

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Happy Birthday

Rick has a cunning plan. We go to bed at 10pm and make sure we are awake at 6am for the next few days. This way he is wondering if we will feel less jet lagged when we get home on Friday. I eventually staggered into consciousness about 6.15 am. Rick started writing the blog and I studied...

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rickandsuejohnson on August 13, 2012 from Louisbourg, Canada

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To the mountains!

With the truck packed with our camping equipment, we set off into the Mountains! First stop: Takakkaw Falls. These falls were a lot more spectacular than New York's Taughannock Falls...Rylan suggested we climb alongside the raging water and within seconds we were soaking wet. Lucky we had...

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lucy3119 on August 13, 2012 from Banff, Canada

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To Canada...again!

I arrived in Calgary at 11am and met up with Rylan, who took me to Nosehill Park for views of downtown Calgary, before we headed back to his House to meet his parents and various overexcited animals. We then headed to downtown itself, where Rylan very helpfully couldn't think of a thing to see...

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lucy3119 on August 12, 2012 from Calgary, Canada

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Wine and Whisky

Well it's true to say that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover. I'd noticed that there was a plaque from the Nova Scotian tourist board in the hall when we arrived for culinary services to the island and when we looked through the room folder we found that they operated a restaurant, though...

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rickandsuejohnson on August 11, 2012 from Mabou, Canada

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Canadian Tyre at last

Last few hours on PEI. Specifically Charlottetown with a compact, historic centre that has been largely well cared for and unspoiled with modern shopping centres in the suburbs. Strangely, there appeared to be no conflict unlike Summerside. A small city currently of about 60,000 – similar to...

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rickandsuejohnson on August 10, 2012 from Wallace, Canada

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Lighthouses and a Lobster Supper

From Murray Harbour we took the coast road to Cape Bear to see the lighthouse and take in the view towards Cape Breton Island. Apparently this lighthouse was the first to pick up the distress signal from Titanic. A little further south on the coast road which meanders along the shore with...

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rickandsuejohnson on August 9, 2012 from Charlottetown, Canada

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