Day 12: July 8, 2025 – Banff, Alberta to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Beginning the long road home hits like a gut punch—the kind that feels both inevitable and a little heartbreaking. With every mile eastward, the mountains faded in the rearview mirror, replaced by rolling hills and endless skies. It was a quiet kind ofContinue reading “Glacier and Banff Day 12: Nothing Else Matters”
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Glacier and Banff Day 11: No Rain
Day 11: July 7, 2025 – Moraine Lake & Lake Louise, Banff NP Some days are pure sunshine—where everything feels easy, light, and dreamlike. Today was that kind of day. We wandered through postcard-worthy views at Lake Louise and Moraine Lake, surrounded by water so blue it hardly seemed real. No rush, no pressure—just beautyContinue reading “Glacier and Banff Day 11: No Rain”
Glacier and Banff Day 10: Today
Day 10: July 6, 2025 — Icefields Parkway: Lake Louise, Banff NP → Jasper, Jasper NP Today felt infinite. We drove the Icefields Parkway—one of the most stunning stretches of road on the planet—through a dreamscape of turquoise lakes, ancient glaciers, and towering peaks that seem too beautiful to be real: bright, raw, and aContinue reading “Glacier and Banff Day 10: Today”
Glacier and Banff Day 9: Come As You Are
Day 9: July 5, 2025, Sweetgrass, MT → Calgary, AB No reservations, no dress codes, no pretense—it’s the legendary Calgary Stampede, where grit, dust, and denim meet livestock and fried dough. Come as you are… and don’t forget your cowboy hat. Part two of our vacation began in Canada. We crossed the border easily afterContinue reading “Glacier and Banff Day 9: Come As You Are”
Glacier and Banff Day 8: Are You Gonna Go My Way?
July 4, 2025 – Two Medicine Campground, East Glacier National Park to Sweetgrass, MT (U.S./Canada border) We may be lacking in cars and lacking in sleep, but spontaneity? That’s alive and well. Plans shifted and a national holiday played into some unexpected complications. But, when one border crossing closes, another one is a full threeContinue reading “Glacier and Banff Day 8: Are You Gonna Go My Way?”
Wandering, But Not Lost 