Today was Banff exploration day #1. This is probably more of a photo dump than anything else, since I don’t really have anything to say for today other than we walked a lot. We started out by going to Lake Minnewonka, which is the largest lake in Banff (although I believe it is [...]

When I first found out we were going to northern Canada one of my main desires was to see some auroras. My sister linked me to an Aurora Watch website which shows updated views of aurora activity. I watched this website religiously when we were headed up to Prince Rupert, since that was [...]

After spending a few days in Calgary, we are finally back to our actual driving and road trip wanderings. Today we made the journey from Calgary to Banff, which was a fairly short drive (~80 miles). Banff National Park is Canada’s oldest national park, established in 1885 — it’s located in the Canadian [...]

Most of the places we’ve visited on our road trip are places neither one of us have been before, but every once in awhile we revisit a place to reminisce. I got to visit my old home of 8 years in Massachusetts, and we had fun tracking down my dad’s old house in Mississippi, [...]

Time to restart blogging! The past week and a half has been a vacation (from vacation) for me, and a lot of driving for Travis. I flew home to Orange County on the 8th for a job interview (which I didn’t get) and spent time catching up with friends and family. Travis [...]