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Continue reading →: Adventures in the Canadian Rockies – Canmore, Cochrane and Medicine Hat
We spent the next two weeks in the Province of Alberta exploring more amazing places. Canmore is a mountain town near the southeast boundary of Banff NP situated in the Bow Valley. Canmore is the fifth largest town in Alberta. Coal mining was started in 1886 and lasted until 1979.…
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Continue reading →: Adventures In The Canadian Rockies-The Bike Tour
This part of our summer trip has been on our bucket list for years. Figuring out the best way to see this part of Canada is daunting, so many choices. We opted to do the Icefields Parkway Bicycle Tour with Rocky Mountain Cycle Tours. This touring company is locally owned…
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Continue reading →: Escaping The Heat With Some Repeats
Our summer trip had us heading north, with the Canadian Rockies being the final destination. Rather than doing marathon days of driving (round trip is about 5800 miles), we broke the journey up revisiting a few favorite spots from our days traveling with Tin Can Lulu. Benton, Illinois is known…
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Continue reading →: New Zealand: The North Island Adventure
Once we had booked the Road Scholar trip, we knew that we had to experience a longer stay in New Zealand. It is a long way to travel and the chance we would return was in the far future. We found an amazing five day hiking trip in the North…

