Plans

"Bob Giddings" <bobg@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> 7/25/03
>
>
> Help!
>
> It rained most of the afternoon, so I self-medicated for
> claustrophobia and got out all my maps. Here's the plan:
>
> Tomorrow I leave Lake City, Colorado, and head north to Gunnison to
> replenish supplies, then NW to the Taylor Reservoir and over to Buena
> Vista. If I feel even half way decent by then, I'm going to attempt
> to seduce Mt. Elbert.
>
> Over the next month or so, I'm headed for Medicine Bow, Rawlins,
> Thermopolis, and Cody in Wyoming. Then Red Lodge, Great Falls,
> Glacier Park, and Kalispell in Montana. I'll cross the border north
> of Eureka and make my way up 93 and 95 to Canada's own Glacier Park.
> Then it's east to Lake Louise and north to Jasper, then west and south
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Just a personal opinion=
I enjoyed statying at Banff better than Lake Louise Check on a ten park??
pass. Saved money by buying it. Canadian prices seem expensive, but with
the U> S> dollar worth 1.50 Canadian it all worked out.

Lake Louise was just solid tourists. Banff has a number of camp grounds-
up a hill away from the tourists. Tunnel Mt. Read the brochure and pick
one that works for you. there was even a bus station at the entrance- good
cause there is not a lot of parking in the actual town.

There are lots of alpine lakes between Banff and Jasper, the day I drove up
there, there was not a soul in sight most of the time.
Do be aware of bears and moose.

The one tour that I thought was really worth while was a BUS( I use the word
loosely) of the Columbia Glacier.. Just looking at it does not do it
justice. Being right out on it and having the guide say that the ice is as
deep as the Empire State building got my attention.
I got there early enough for the first tour of the day. Warning, wear your
winter coat- that ice can be cold
Am going back that way next summer and will make it all the way to Jasper.

Negative. I went to Glacier- U. S. Side rainy, cold and a definate hemmed
in feeling. Would not bother to go back.

If you have crossed some of the Mt. summits in Colorado
Highway to the Sky in Glacier does not hold a candle to them.

Willl be curious to read your descriptions after your trip.
Anne

"Anne Watson" <anneb3@> wrote in message
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>
> "Bob Giddings" <bobg@invalid.com> wrote in message
> news:ndi5ivk2829np01vpflt3te7381p60ora4@...
> > 7/25/03
> >
> >
> > Help!
> >
> > It rained most of the afternoon, so I self-medicated for
> > claustrophobia and got out all my maps. Here's the plan:
> >
> > Tomorrow I leave Lake City, Colorado, and head north to Gunnison to
> > replenish supplies, then NW to the Taylor Reservoir and over to Buena
> > Vista. If I feel even half way decent by then, I'm going to attempt
> > to seduce Mt. Elbert.
> >
> > Over the next month or so, I'm headed for Medicine Bow, Rawlins,
> > Thermopolis, and Cody in Wyoming. Then Red Lodge, Great Falls,
> > Glacier Park, and Kalispell in Montana. I'll cross the border north
> > of Eureka and make my way up 93 and 95 to Canada's own Glacier Park.
> > Then it's east to Lake Louise and north to Jasper, then west and south
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
> Just a personal opinion=
> I enjoyed statying at Banff better than Lake Louise Check on a ten park??
> pass. Saved money by buying it. Canadian prices seem expensive, but with
> the U> S> dollar worth 1.50 Canadian it all worked out.
>
> Lake Louise was just solid tourists.

And Banff isn't full of tourists???????????????? In Lake Louise you can
choose an electrical site (just a plain pullthru) or a non service site
(which is always empty and very secluded) We tried that last year and it was
awesome, and very quiet. When you get to Jasper and want hookups, stay at
the Whistler campground.

Banff has a number of camp grounds-
> up a hill away from the tourists. Tunnel Mt. Read the brochure and pick
> one that works for you. there was even a bus station at the entrance-
good
> cause there is not a lot of parking in the actual town.



>
> There are lots of alpine lakes between Banff and Jasper, the day I drove
up
> there, there was not a soul in sight most of the time.
> Do be aware of bears and moose.
>
> The one tour that I thought was really worth while was a BUS( I use the
word
> loosely) of the Columbia Glacier.. Just looking at it does not do it
> justice. Being right out on it and having the guide say that the ice is
as
> deep as the Empire State building got my attention.
> I got there early enough for the first tour of the day. Warning, wear
your
> winter coat- that ice can be cold
> Am going back that way next summer and will make it all the way to Jasper.
>
> Negative. I went to Glacier- U. S. Side rainy, cold and a definate
hemmed
> in feeling. Would not bother to go back.
>
> If you have crossed some of the Mt. summits in Colorado
> Highway to the Sky in Glacier does not hold a candle to them.
>
> Willl be curious to read your descriptions after your trip.
> Anne
>
>
>
>

"Bob Giddings" <bobg@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >Go over to Victoria (on Vancouver Island) and see the Butchart Gardens -
> >they are gorgeous.
>
> For some reason I thought the Gardens were in Vancouver. Been a long
> time. I went on a similar trip to this back in the late '70s.
> Sleeping in the back of a truck. It was that sort of decade. :o)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob
>
> bobg at escapees dot com

You might be thinking of the Queen Elizabeth Botanical Gardens or the lesser
known Minter Gardens at the turn off to Harrison Hot Springs both very
beautiful, however not as lavish as the Butchard Gardens 10 miles north of
Victoria close to the ferry terminal.
Wade

"Anne Watson" <anneb3@> wrote in message
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>
>
> Just a personal opinion=
> I enjoyed statying at Banff better than Lake Louise Check on a ten park??
> pass. Saved money by buying it. Canadian prices seem expensive, but with
> the U> S> dollar worth 1.50 Canadian it all worked out.
>
> Anne
>

With the average CG fees of $20 to $30 Can that would translate to $ 14 to $
21 US for these type of tourist areas, I would be delighted to stay at
Yellowstone or Yosemite for a mere pittance like that.
Wade

In article <lZudncCucM_ad7-iU-KYvA@>, djmarchand@
says...
> So I was rudely introduced to the new reality of camping in public
> facilities. Needless to say, the camping experience has never been the same
> for me. I am too old and lazy to backpack to get away from it all and too
> much of a minimalist to join the crowd with a huge rv, so I am stuck in
> camper,s limbo. I don't know what the solution is.
>
>
>
Many public park campgrounds do have "no generator" sections. These are
often available after everything else is full too.
--
HTH,
Barrie B