my travels in pixels

Jasper, AB Canada Jasper is the most northern town of the Canadian Rockies. Our campground is in the forest and the nicest of all the campsites so far in Canada. As with the others, the fire permit is $8.70 per night and they supply the wood which is a bit green. Again our campsite doesn’t have a fire ring, so we can’t have one. There are over 700 campsites in this campground but you would never know it as it is over such a large area. The mosquitoes are ferocious and many people have insect tents out, so maybe we wouldn’t want to be sitting around a fire anyway. A ranger told Lindsay today that last years mosquitoes were so big and vicious they would have carted you away. The Information centre has Internet so we can check our mail. The girl on the desk lived in Busselton (south of Perth) for nine months and was very helpful in letting us know what to do in the area and where we might find some bears. Peyto Lake While yesterday was really quite warm, today is cold, wet ...

Banff, AB Canada The campground in Banff is a strange set up. All the trailers and RV’s have to park on “a road”, it just feels bizarre. Power is provided, although our lead wasn’t long enough to park facing our grass and table, so we will need to get a 30-amp extension lead. We can fill up with water on the way out before going to the dump station, which is fine seeing as we are only here for three days. Wood is provided but as there are no fire pits, so we can’t use it. The mosquitoes were quick to find me so it’s not surprising that there aren’t many people sitting outside. There are a lot of Australians here in town, both tourists and employees in most of the shops and we hear our accent everywhere. There is a terrific photography gallery here that had a great shot of a moose with its nose right on the car window. After finding out where it was taken we went looking for our own moose in the wetlands but unfortunately the first road in was closed from landslides created by th...