Our South American adventure began in Quito, Ecuador with a very late arrival on a Thursday night. We had arranged for a company to pick us up at the airport and they were waiting for us with balloons for A’s 11th birthday! A very nice touch and a great start Read more…
Our last stop in the Canadian Rockies was the town of Banff, within Banff National Park. We had already spent time in the Lake Louise area of Banff, but after time in Jasper, we stayed in a few days in the Hidden Ridge Resort, sitting just above Banff town. We Read more…
After our time on the Icefields Parkway, we arrived at Jasper National Park, about a 4-hour drive north of Banff. We spent just a few days in Jasper, but had lots of adventures (good and bad!) while we were there. Athabasca Falls Just south of the town of Jasper, at Read more…
While staying on the Icefields Parkway near Sunwapta Falls, we took a fantastic hike along from a trailhead just south of the Columbia Icefields Discovery Centre. This hike took us up and along the Parker Ridge trail, with mountain and glacier views. The very beginning of the hike took us Read more…
As I mentioned in my last post, we thoroughly enjoyed traveling on Canada’s Icefields Parkway, between Banff and Jasper National Parks. In addition to the Columbia Icefield, we made a few other fun stops. Peyto Lake We visited Peyto Lake right after the rigmarole of waking up at 5am in Read more…
They say that the Icefields Parkway, connecting Canada’s Banff and Jasper National Parks, is one of the most spectacular drives in the world. We agree! The views were stunning in all directions, and there were great stops along the way. We drove up and down the entire length of the Read more…
As I mentioned in my earlier post, the Lake Louise area of Banff National Park is c-r-a-z-y. The parking lots fill up by 8am, and after that you are forced to wait in a long line at a park and ride lot. However, when I say the parking lots fill Read more…
When planning our big trip over the second half of 2019 I realized, after researching the best dates for low airfare leaving Europe and calculating exactly how many days we could stay in the US before losing our foreign earned income exclusion, that a few weeks in Canada would fit Read more…
The boys just finished their second school year in Spain, where they completed 1st, 3rd and 5th grade at the local elementary school. The school goes through 6th grade, and after primary school, kids move on to secondary/high school where work gets a bit more intense, and admission to the Read more…