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« on: October 20, 2007, 09:29:13 PM » |
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Sent in by our Canadian correspondent -alright, my sister, Louise & her hubby, "Baggy", who emigrated there last year.
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The Icefield Parkway runs alongside Lake Louise, between Banff & Jasper, in Alberta, central Canada. It's a scenic 4 hour drive & is very popular with tourists & bikers. Loads of wildlife & awe inspiring scenery. We saw bear, caribou, bobcat, mountain sheep, goats & coyotes. We also visited the Columbian icefields Glacier. Along the way the temperature drops from a roadside reading of around 15 degrees & sunny to an on-glacier reading of well below zero & snow!
Some of these photos show the Icefield buses -they cost more than $1 million each! They're specially designed to drive onto the icefields & there are no others like them in the World.
-Lou.
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« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2007, 09:30:37 PM » |
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« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2007, 09:31:27 PM » |
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« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2007, 07:58:28 PM » |
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« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2007, 08:46:29 PM » |
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« Reply #6 on: November 15, 2007, 07:24:07 PM » |
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More photos of the icefields themselves. Beautiful. With luck, Taz & I may be able to get over there for a week next year.
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« Reply #7 on: November 15, 2007, 07:24:48 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: November 15, 2007, 07:26:02 PM » |
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« Reply #10 on: November 15, 2007, 08:24:50 PM » |
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You don't stop havin fun because you get old - you get old if you stop havin fun!
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« Reply #11 on: November 15, 2007, 08:46:51 PM » |
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In the second piccie of the lakes -is this a hotel? Cool.
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« Reply #12 on: November 19, 2007, 04:50:33 PM » |
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Id love to move to Canada, its just the cold that puts me off!  |
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« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2007, 05:49:03 PM » |
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We had a visitor from Canada some time ago, he said it felt colder here because although where he lives it goes down to 20 below, it's a dry cold and as long as you dress for it, you don't feel it as much as the damp cold we get here.
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« Reply #14 on: November 19, 2007, 06:24:38 PM » |
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My sister says the same. It was -35 in Alberta.
Living in Canada would be great Loony, but a bugger for commuting to your workshop every day.
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