Monthly Archive: July 2010

Lake Louise turned out to be one of those places: amazing natural beauty with a block of flats at one end. The setting is breathtaking, but anyone who finds the Fairmont beautiful or inviting...

Last night’s nature was a qualified success: we weren’t attacked by bears and missed out on the elk, but we saw both the white-tailed and mule deer. We also enjoyed the company of a...

The Sawridge Inn has a very pleasant bar, and that is where we are sitting, rather shattered after completely over-doing it on our walk to Pyramid Lake. Jasper is a tiny sliver of buildings...

We are traveling through the Canadian Rockies on our way to Jasper, having spent our first night on a train – not quite together, as the beds were a little narrow. Even for the...