Memories of Road Trips, Geysers, Mud Pools and Fishing
By: Susy Q I remember my first visit to Yellowstone National Park. Its ethereal aura doesn’t just provide an amazing backdrop for memories. It stays with you forever. My parents loved to travel. Summer vacation was very important to Dad. It was a chance to get out of the big city, be free in the mountains and lakes, or the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean. My parents loved the New England States. Mostly we stayed in rented cottages, explored the East Coast, travelled to the Maritimes, and swam in the cold Atlantic. Almost every summer Dad would find a way to include a camping trip to northern Quebec, where we would cross the lake in our boat and pitch a camp in the wilderness. We would pick blueberries the size of my Dad’s thumbnail and he would fish...
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By: Susy Q Touted in travel brochures of the 1920′s as “the greatest drive in the Canadian Rockies” for its spectacular scenery and raw natural beauty, and the first to cross the Continental Divide for motor vehicules, the Banff-Windemere Highway was regarded then as a “not to be missed” section of the “Grand Circle Tour” – originally encompassing 16 National Parks in Canada and the United States and stretching 5000 miles in length. This Highway, only 18 miles west of the fabulous resort town of Banff, climbs steeply from the Alberta entrance up into a high elevation that separates Banff National Park, itself a World Heritage Site and celebrating its 125th birthday party in 2010, and Kootenay National Park in...
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