We finally met up with Charles and Diane at the Calgary airport, just as planned. But there were (mis)adventures along the way.
We could not go on our planned route on the Trans Canada Highway all the way to Calgary, because there was a big mudslide (due mainly to excessive spring snow-melt) and the road was closed for an indeterminate number of days. After waiting as long as possible for better news, we back-tracked 100 km to take an alternate route that added over 400 more km to our trip.
However, the alternate route took us through Jasper National Park, which was well worth the extra gas money and driving time. We were rather in a rush, so I had to take most of the photos through the (dirty) windshield. Here are some of them, even some that are "not good enough".
If you click on the map in Sunday's post, you can see the two routes, the straight one and the big loop up north to Jasper and back down.
We are now in the Days Inn at the Calgary Airport, and tomorrow we drive (back) to Canmore to move into the condo where we stay a week, while exploring Banff National Park.
The weather has been good, so far. Rain on the road yesterday, in places, but didn't bother us. Nice and cool.
We finally met up with Charles and Diane at the Calgary airport, just as planned. But there were (mis)adventures along the way.
We could not go on our planned route on the Trans Canada Highway all the way to Calgary, because there was a big mudslide (due mainly to excessive spring snow-melt) and the road was closed for an indeterminate number of days. After waiting as long as possible for better news, we back-tracked 100 km to take an alternate route that added over 400 more km to our trip.
However, the alternate route took us through Jasper National Park, which was well worth the extra gas money and driving time. We were rather in a rush, so I had to take most of the photos through the (dirty) windshield. Here are some of them, even some that are "not good enough".
If you click on the map in Sunday's post, you can see the two routes, the straight one and the big loop up north to Jasper and back down.
We are now in the Days Inn at the Calgary Airport, and tomorrow we drive (back) to Canmore to move into the condo where we stay a week, while exploring Banff National Park.
The weather has been good, so far. Rain on the road yesterday, in places, but didn't bother us. Nice and cool.
