Author Archives: Helen

Winnipeg, or Winterpeg if you will

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Helen

When we mentioned to people we were planning on stopping in Winnipeg for a couple of days, to visit another Canadian city and avoid spending 60 hours straight on a train people looked at us like we were mad. In … Continue reading →

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Rail Roading

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Helen

I’m only going to write one post about our two epic railway journeys for a number of reasons. The scenery only changed once over the course of three whole days. I only took a small handful of pictures, for rationale … Continue reading →

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Banff

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Helen

Our visit to Banff coincided with the Mountain festival, which is a week long series of talks, films and events dedicated to all things adventurous and mountainous. Being the overly organised individual that I am, I had bought tickets in … Continue reading →

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Lake Louise

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Helen

I don’t really know what I was expecting from Lake Louise, but it wasn’t this: minus 21 degrees, trees wearing snow blankets and a powder blue glacier. 

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The Icefields Parkway

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Helen

We knew that to really get to experience the Rockies we would need to get out of Jasper, but given that it was early November we didn’t know if we would be able to drive the aptly named Icefields parkway. … Continue reading →

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