More driving, more travel. Here are a few images from yesterday’s drive along the Trans Canada Highway through Alberta and British Columbia (Canada).
The Alberta Rockies
Trans Canada Highway
Castle Mountain, Banff National Park
Golden, BC
Snow pile at the Rogers Pass Summit
Revelstoke, BC
Shuswap Sunset
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iPhone photography by Debra Hunter
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A quick get away to the mountains of Alberta and British Columbia allows for interesting views in every direction.
Castle Mountain, Banff National Park.
Kootenay National Park.
Traffic delays in Radium, BC.
Sunset over the Columbia Valley.
Late night outdoor swimming in the middle of winter at the pools at Radium Hot Springs. Water temperature was a beautiful +31C in the cold pool…..much hotter in the hot pool.
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Seems like we are always on the move and almost always headed west. The scenery from the road as we drive through Banff National Park never disappoints. Even on a cloudy October afternoon the mountains are stunning.
And of course every road trip includes a little knitting for http://www.handmade-canada.com .
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Castle Mountain Junction, Banff National Park (Canada)
On Saturday we decided to drive to Golden, BC for the day. It is about a 4.5 hour drive one way for us, 4.5 hours of amazing scenery. We enjoy driving, plus I needed to get some knitting done (which I find works very well on road trips), so it seemed a great way to spend the day.
Coffee Sweaters being knit for a coffee shop in Banff.
Driving on the Trans Canada Highway.
Over the last year and a half we have spent more and more time in this area. The scenery is stunning, yet it is less crowded than Jasper or Banff. We never knew what a gem this area was until one day we ventured off the main highway and started exploring the more rural areas and roads.
Even with the weather rolling in the landscape is gorgeous.
Reflection Lake
Reflection Lake has become one of our stopping points. Located only minutes from Golden, it is a great place to view birds while surrounded by great mountain scenery.
Fall leaves provided great foreground color as the Purcells turn to grey as the clouds cover the mountains.
Little creeks are abundant in this area, creating amazing picturesque views.
Hoodoo Creek
Just before the sky opened up with torrential rain, we were able to get a last couple of mountain pictures featuring fall leaves.
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Photography by Debra Hunter
(just iPhone pics this time!)
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We are currently on a quest looking for land to rebuild our cabin on. Just across the Alberta border and into BC has caught our eye. We want more space than before, but are willing to forfeit being 100 meters from a lake. We also know that to make the project work we will have to do a lot of the construction, especially interior finishing, ourselves.
Before we even get into talking about the build, our first task is finding some land. This is our second look at this plot. It has realistically one snug building spot as seen in the picture above . A snug building spot with beautiful views. However the piece of land also has some weird features too. Firstly, it is almost entirely on a steep incline. Secondly, a disused highway runs through it.
And then train tracks run through it…..
And a river too.
Yes, a very strange property. But it is beautiful. There are lots of logistics to work out on this property before moving forward, it isn’t straight forward. Working out developing this piece of land is going to take a bit of imagination.
This last week and a half allowed us to see some amazing scenery while on the road. Oddly, much of the time we were faced with patchy 3G and poor WiFi on all of our family phones. When even Instagram was failing all the time (losing connection part way through the upload), and I was excited to see two bars on my phone (one seemed to be the norm), I knew that there was no way putting up a blog post would work. So now, sitting at home with a good Internet connection, I can finally share iPhone pics from the road.
Tay River, Alberta, Canada
My husband and I have been on a bit of a quest lately, and it has taken us to some spots of extreme beauty. Sunday’s adventure took us to the west country of Alberta. Away from the urban areas, tourists, and crowds there is a whole different Alberta of unspoiled natural beauty. If you are willing to venture down gravel roads and out of cell phone range you will see even more wonders.
The roads might not be fast, but you wouldn’t want them to be. This is a place to drive slow and take in the sparkling fall leaves, mountains in the distance, and the odd river and wetland.
The highlight for the family were the wild horses. A treat to see, but they were gone in a flash with no chance for a picture.
Eventually we ran out of light making it time to return home, but it has left us plotting our next journey into the lesser visited areas of the mountains of Alberta.
Photography by Debra Hunter
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