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…
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 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…
During our Canada trip, we spent a few days exploring the Lake Louise area of Banff National Park. This area is well known for its amazing turquoise colored lakes, which get their color from the glaciers. These glaciers grind the rocks below them, creating rock flour, which gets carried with Read more…
During our week in Scotland, I decided I would like to get out and see some of the nice scenery, which we sometimes forget to do as we get busy just hanging out with family and friends. Then, by some miracle, we ended up with weather like I’d never before Read more…
One of the big draws for us to go to Jordan was to visit Petra, named one of the 7 New Wonders of the World (this is the 3rd of the 7 New Wonders we have seen – the others are Chichen Itza in Mexico and the Colosseum in Rome. We Read more…
The boys had (another!) long weekend in November so we took advantage of a cheap flight to check out Tenerife in the Canary Islands. C had been to Tenerife many, many years before. The island is a very popular destination for Brits and, at least used to be, the destination Read more…
We spent few nights at a family hostel on Lake Jasna in the very northern part of Slovenia, just outside the mountains of Triglav National Park. The main activity for our time there was a drive and hike on the Vršič Pass. The Vršič pass has a fascinating history. This Read more…
Velika Planina, translated to “big pasture” in English, is, as described, a large pasture, located at the top of a mountain in the Kamnik Alps in Slovenia. Traditionally (and still today), herdsmen would take their cows up to this big pasture to graze over the summer months. They built huts Read more…
I haven’t been posting lately because we have been busy traveling! We are currently hanging out in Slovenia and absolutely loving it (I am skipping ahead a bit and will go back to our time in France and Italy soon!). Our first stop in Slovenia was the very popular Lake Read more…