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Niagra Falls

July 24, 2025July 24, 2025 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

We left Cayuga Lake after work on Monday and arrived at Four Mile Creek campground on lake Ontario, before 8. (I can’t help but wonder if these bodies of water will also be renamed by our ignorant dictator?)…

We were hungry but the Shoffners had prepared a feast! I’ve taken very few pictures of food on this trip but our campground chefs have outdone themselves.

I worked Monday -Wednesday but our timing to the parks could not have been better. After work is the best time to see Niagra falls. Our parking pass at Four Mile allowed us to park at Niagara for free. We walked right onto the maid of the midst with no line.

Niagra falls on the Canadian side is a mad house, like Gatlinburg/ Coney Island on steroids. There is a street (Clifton) that was loud, crowded, and tacky. The US side is a sleepy little town. We were a little surprised to see the gaudier side of the Canadians but they sure had some great food. We ate at an amazing Indian restaurant then got to see a sunset.

Wednesday evening we went back to Niagra on the Canadian side and stayed late enough to catch the fireworks from the Canadian side. We were a little surprised that the Americans didn’t return fire…

Bonus, the weather early this week has been amazing. Today I think the heat is going to catch back up with us.

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Last few hours in Canada

July 18, 2024 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

Canada has given us a good run. In Saskatchewan, we visited 2 providential Parks: Cypress hills and Buffalo Pound.

Both were a little hilly nestled in e prairie. Cypress Hills was huge, had multiple campgrounds, had a pool and even a Lodge. Buffalo Pound was smaller but right on a lake. We should be in North Dakota within the hour. Goodbye Canada. It’s been fun

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Yesterday was the hikes of Jasper lakes

July 14, 2024July 14, 2024 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

We hit all the lakes and found the old hotel in Jasper. Then relaxed at the campground. There, we watched a little girl flat out get down at the taco food truck, played some music, saw the ex-pres was shot, discussed guns, then we played some more music, went to bed early and officially started our return trip home. Still trying to figure out how to never leave Canada but they don’t want us.

Check out the power stations in this bathroom. If the water was hotter they would have gotten my vote for the nicest bathrooms in all of Canada, but the koa in Cranbrook wins (so far)

Crowfoot glacier

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Rampart to Jasper

July 12, 2024July 12, 2024 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

Last night as we went to bed there was a fire raging that created all this smoke in the valley as we left to go back up to the ice fields.

Over the hill at the ice fields parkway, it cleared up and we saw Athabasca falls and Sumwapta falls.

Then, we took the lift to get some amazing views over Jasper.

We ended the day with restaurant food at Jasper brewing company which was just what the dr ordered. Clay and Jenny left today and we’ll miss them.

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Lake Louise ski area

July 8, 2024July 8, 2024 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

Today we biked to the ski area and took the lifts to the top of the ski slope. On the way up 4 different people told us there was a grizzly in the meadow and we assumed it was probably fake, but actually, it was real.

After seeing the bear and the electric fence to bear proof the visitor center we naturally decided to still exit through the gate and go for the hike to the kicking horse look out. (We did talk to three rangers about safety before going). We survived.

After dinner, we tried to sneak into the chateau. George and I got in, but they apparently didn’t want our business. It wasn’t nearly as cool as the banff springs hotel, nor as welcoming.

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Lake Louise: Tea houses and Little Beehive.

July 8, 2024July 8, 2024 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

Another great hike in banff national Park at Lake Louise. We all biked to Lake Louise (Ringo was in the dog pack) and then hiked to Lake Agnes where we got tea from the tea house and took a short rest. Then, we hiked to Little Beehive to have lunch. It was pretty strenuous, but absolutely worth it.

We split up after lunch and George and I hiked to the other tea house in the valley of 6 glaciers.

Chateau Lake Louise at the end of the lake.

We walked over 30k steps.

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Banff to lake Louise.

July 6, 2024July 6, 2024 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

I’ve taken so many pictures the last 2 days. I’ll try to limit myself.

Yesterday we started the day with a short hike to lake Minnewanka

Then, whole gang rode the gondola to the top of sulfer mountain. The trip was short 7-8 minutes but just amazing views from the top. That was our last night in the tunnel mountain trailer court.

Today those of us with e-bikes took the road to moraine lake. The biking was easy and the pay off was outstanding.

Wasa lake provencial Park and White Swann Provincial Park

June 25, 2024June 25, 2024 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

We made it further into Canada. We are West of the Rockies currently. We get to Banff on Sunday.

Working at 8 am EDT is harsh here, but you get off early and get to do cool stuff like another dog beach or the natural riverside hot springs ( lussier hot springs). I have Thursday and Friday off this week and I am looking forward to some days off with my bestie. He’s been working hard so Ringo and I can get a full day of work in.

Canadians must be so disappointed when they see the American version of a ‘pit toilet’

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Dworshak to Pierce lake, Idaho to BC

June 23, 2024June 23, 2024 / rugreen4u4632 / Leave a comment

Pierce Lake was out of the way, but totally with it. We climbed out of the Dworshak pit of dispair (the curvy step road) without incident. We stopped in Moscow, Idaho and had breakfast and shopped at their downtown market for a couple of girl souvenirs and fresh bread and stinky cheese. We even made it down the cussing dirt road that Google took us on… We still got to piece lake before late lunch. The lake was beautiful, like lake Jocassi beautiful. Clear and full of beach goers. The campground was shady and updated. They also had a dog beach. We have made it to Canada and have the Rockies in our view.