Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Aug 1 arrival in Vancouver

So we just booked the rest of our trip. Tomorrow we leave for Banff National Park, where we'll stay for five nights (arrive July 23, depart July 28). Then we'll be in Jasper National Park for three nights (arrive July 28 depart July 31). Then we head back, staying one night, July 31, at Lac Le Jeune, heading out the next day, Aug. 1, for Vancouver.
For anyone else making the trip, here's a list of a few highlights from Laurie Smith, the marriage commissioner who performed our wedding. She said she could go on and on with places to go.

Banff:
  • Sulphur Mountain Gondola Lift
  • Lake Minnewanka
  • Sundance Canyon Hike
  • Johnston's Canyon Hike on the Bow Valley Parkway between Banff and Lake Louise
  • Spray Lakes

Lake Louise Area:
  • Lake Louise itself
  • Moraine Lake in the Valley of the Ten Peaks
  • Whitehorn Gondola Lift
  • Plains of The Six Glaciers hike from Lake Louise
  • Lake Agnes hike from Lake Louise
  • Takaka Falls in Yoho National Park
  • Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park
Jasper Area:
  • Columbia Icefields ( Take the trip up onto the Icefields if possible )
  • Maligne Lake Boat Trip
  • Malign Canyon hike
  • Pyramid Lake
  • Mt Edith Cavell hike
  • Mt. Robson hike

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