Author: Christopher Bounds

This was the day Central Park hit 103 degrees and nearly took us with it. We decided to attempt an agenda which in retrospect was lunacy, but which was fun until that last 40...

New York is in the middle of heatwave. This is the same city that we often see with snow and skaters, yet here we are, residents and visitors, sweltering with temperatures in the high...

Well, it is pretty fabulous so far – twelve hours after arrival and with a good night’s sleep under our belts – but getting here was not fun. The so called shuttle was a...

We love Banff in any weather, because it’s not overdeveloped and is very reminiscent of Queenstown, New Zealand, on a smaller scale. The natural setting is marvelous and so well-managed that we finally saw...

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...

Today was our last day in Vancouver before we took the train across the Rockies to Jasper. There was much more we could have done around the town and further afield in BC, including...