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Alberta Rockies Roadtrip (part 2): Moose Country

Posted on 12. Nov, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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Two tour buses suddenly pull up and disgorge a pack of noisy German tourists. Minutes after, a mother moose and her calf begin approaching across the meadow. It’s occasions like this that make me wonder what European tourists think of Canada. This bunch of Bavarians may well be under the mistaken impression that you can order up exotic wildlife here at will.

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Alberta Rockies Roadtrip (part I): Riding into the Big Beyond

Posted on 09. Nov, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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Leg one: Kananaskis Country
“Just give her a kick in the belly,” says Dayleen. Our trail guide is growing impatient with my mare’s plodding pace. But I feel sympathy for Hazel, who is 16 and has been humping tourists through these Alberta hills for a decade. If the mare wants to take her time, it’s all right with me. [...]

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The N.W.T.: Rafting the Nahanni

Posted on 22. Jul, 2009 by BCAA.

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Our easy raft float downriver wouldn’t compare to Grandpop’s adventures navigating rapids in a loaded canoe, surviving sub-zero temperatures and living off the occasional kill of wild game. One of Canada’s foremost adventure writers, Raymond Murray Patterson was a legendary figure in our family. He also inspired a generation of Canadian adventurers, many of whom to this day attempt to replicate his journeys into the wild.

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B.C. Rockies Roadtrip: Taller than the CN Tower (part 1)

Posted on 04. Jul, 2009 by Kerry Banks.

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“Do you think that mountain is taller than the CN Tower?” We all laugh, thinking that Joe is making a joke. But no, he is quite serious. In fact, he will pose this same question several more times as we drive through the Rockies, becoming increasingly convinced in his own mind that none of the soaring peaks [...]