Originally posted from Beach, North Dakota, this update was split into multiple parts (see related articles) for the sake of reducing the loading time due to the images involved…

We are now back in the USA, having spent the last few days in Canada. We headed to Vancouver first, and then made our way eastward on the TransCanadian Highway. Actually, we spent more time stopped at roadworks than driving, we think, since there were heaps of places where the road was under major repair.

We also met an interesting style of truck driver - a man who put his semi up on two wheels at the rear axle as he spun around corners too fast for him to handle. We ended up passing him on a small straight section since he was drifting over double lines, but managed to get the first stone chip in the windscreen of the trip. Bugger.

We went to Banff National Park and also to the Columbian Icefields in Jasper National Park, where we touched the Athabasca Glacier - good to touch a glacier after we attempted to in New Zealand and then were stopped a mere 100 metres away from the toe. Plenty of SPOTD’s walking past the warning signs (in multiple languages), telling them not to go onto the glacier since hidden ice crevices existed and they might fall through. Alas, none fell through.

Saw some elk, and thankfully no bears. We still have not seen a moose, which is a bit disappointing.

Categories: Travel, Odyssey 2001