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Maligne Lake, Medicine Lake, and Maligne Canyon Hike

Hi everybody, Kara here. I’ve taken over the blog for today from Gunther for a couple of reasons. First off, he’s way too interested in finding his cousin bears here in Jasper National Park and second…today’s post includes a geology/science … Continue reading

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Jasper National Park Orientation Drive

Tuesday dawned and looked like a pretty decent day would be had; so after we had coffee and breakfast we headed off. Before Fun we stopped by the Visitor Center about miles north in downtown Jasper to download email, contact … Continue reading

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Transit to Jasper AB and Broken Slide

Well, yesterday turned out to be good news and bad news. We got up about 0700 and after coffee and breakfast finished breaking camp and hitching up the rig and headed out shortly after 0930. After a quick stop for … Continue reading

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Fort Edmonton Alberta Day Trip

Today turned out to be a pretty good day. We woke up to a partly cloudy sky but by 1000 or so it had cleared up and looked pretty nice; so after breakfast and coffee we headed out to our … Continue reading

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Clifford E Lee Nature Sanctuary

Today dawned as a really beautiful day; brilliant blue sky, a few scattered clouds and really pleasant temps in the upper 50’s when we left about 1030 for our field trip to the Clifford E Lee Nature Sanctuary nearby run … Continue reading

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Arrived in Acheson, Alberta

Well, we’ve safely arrived in Acheson, Alberta (outside of Edmonton) after a two day drive up from Great Falls. Yesterday was a nice drive; it was actually pretty easy getting across the border in stark contrast to our previous trips … Continue reading

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Fun Day at Glacier National Park

Sunday was going to be the only nice day while we are here in Great Falls; so after Mass we changed clothes and headed out for a day trip to Glacier National Park. We had previously visited this park a … Continue reading

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Travel from Colorado Springs CO to Great Falls MT

Well; we safely arrived at the Malmstrom AFB Fam Camp here in Great Falls after a 3 day travel period of 840.5 miles. I guess we coulda made it in 2 days if we needed to but we didn’t so … Continue reading

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Colorado Wolf Sanctuary and Busted Birthday

You know how down South the locals will sometimes give you directions that sound something like “Go down to the oak tree and turn left and then take a right at the big rock.”? Well, I can report that they … Continue reading

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Molly Kitchen Gold Mine Cripple Creek Colorado

Today was supposed to be a rainy sort of day so we headed off after breakfast to our first stop of the day; the Molly Kitchen Gold Mine in nearby (well, 40 miles away nearby) Cripple Creek, Colorado. Our first … Continue reading

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