COOT - N - EEE

Pronunciation guide for Canadian National Park Kootenay.


The Canadian Rockies are amazing. I can honestly not articulate the amazing visuals of these ranges. Unfortunately, the photos will do nothing close to justice, either.


Marble Canyon, above, a great, short little jog to see a deep canyon made over the ages. Almost 15% of the park was devastated by a fire in 2003. Entire valleys and mountain sides are gone. However, that is apparently helpful in the long run for new growth and better forest health.


Coming into Banff Monday evening.

So Fresh amd So Clean, Clean

Shower, Shave, Laundry.


Life Is Good.

Glaciers Get Snow

Most of the drive...above. Some shining moments...below.


Although the main road through Glacier NP in northern Montana is Road-To-The-Sun, I should have been skeptical.


As previously stated, I went through rain, sleet, hail and snow while coming to Logan Pass, where I turned around due to construction. Unfortunate that one couldn't traverse all the way through the park.



A fallen Red Cedar, above.

The weather changed constantly, offering a wide spectrum of views and temperatures! Overall I didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped. I was too cold overall.


Still a wonderful park. While walking through an old growth cedar and hemlock forest, below.

Wild Montana Skies

John Denver just has a song for everything!

Ohhhhhh Montana, give this child a home
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the Wild Montana Skies

Montana was just great. The people were nice. The cities/towns were quaint and attractive. I really don't have many negative things to say about the state.

While camping on the continental divide I came across these mushrooms. Just saying...imagine those were something else.... enough said. They're gigantic!


I also had my first solo fire while camping along the Missouri River. Well, along the first damming of the Missouri, at Canyon Ferry Lake. I can't remember if that's actually the name of the lake or just the dam. Regardless, it was cool to pass the Missouri River near it's start, when I grew up near its confluence with the Mississippi.

Ministry versus Department...which wins?

This will be short because I'm at the Chamber of Commerce in Cranbrook, B.C. They let me use their computer because the library is closed today!

Um...Montana is great. In Glacier National Park instead of the Road-To-The-Sun, it was more the Road-to-the-rain/sleet/hail/snow. I encountered all while on my way up to Logan Pass. However, road construction kept me from going all the way through to the east side. Regardless of my much I couldn't feel my hands or feet, the views were truly beautiful. I'm looking forward to the Canadian Rockies, which are apparently quite a bit more impressive than their American counterparts.

I'M CLEAN. I shelled out a ton (you become very frugal...or cheap...while traveling) for a crappy motel room in Eureka, MT, and took several showers! I also did laundry there and checked the bike over before continuing up here to Canada, ay!

Why are so many British influenced things cooler than American influenced things. **I'm not forgetting that we're very influenced by them, also, but not to the same extent as Canada.
National Parks Service, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Conservation...decent names. Ministry of Recreation...freaking awesome. I wonder if they have a Ministry of Ministers. MoMs!! I will move here immediately if they do!

I'll expound on all of these topics and upload photos at a later date!