While I certainly agree with your desire to stay close to home, I must say, I've tried all three of those modes of transportation, and they were enjoyable. You ought to get them a try at least once.
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While I certainly agree with your desire to stay close to home, I must say, I've tried all three of those modes of transportation, and they were enjoyable. You ought to get them a try at least once.
Have done:
Hiking in Kluane National Park, Yukon Territory, Canada
Hiking the Crypt Lake Trail (called the best hiking trail in Canada) Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta Canada
Canoeing (and swimming) on/in the Athabasca river, Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada. Swimming not recommended.
A week canoeing, camping and living off the land on Lake of the Woods, out of Sioux Narrows, Ontario.
Saw Denali from Talkeetna, Alaska.
Would like to do:
Climb Everest, K2, (not going to happen) or even see them in person.
Raft the Tatshenshini or canoe the Nahanni.
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Hiking in Kluane National Park, Yukon Territory, Canada
Hiking the Crypt Lake Trail (called the best hiking trail in Canada) Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta Canada
Canoeing (and swimming) on/in the Athabasca river, Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada. Swimming not recommended.
A week canoeing, camping and living off the land on Lake of the Woods, out of Sioux Narrows, Ontario.
Saw Denali from Talkeetna, Alaska.
Would like to do:
Climb Everest, K2, (not going to happen) or even see them in person.
Raft the Tatshenshini or canoe the Nahanni.
raf
Thanks for the tips, TerokNor. I'm not sure yet wether to go there since just when I'll be in GB there is the Bath Music Festival and the town will presumably be very crowded.
That's a cool idea for a personal project. I doubt I'll ever see all 42 current Canadian national parks, since some of them virtually inaccessible. Still, I want to see as many of them as I can... I've currently only been to 7.
I've lived to the West of Northern Ireland, then to the East, and have traversed the in between regularly, but have never stopped to look around. With my parents as a kid and teenager, I've travelled to the very south of Ireland and stopped in one or two places along the way.
Other than that, I've flown to Liverpool and then driven on to Manchester. And that's it.
Any time I think about travelling anywhere (as if I had the money or other means to do so), I just think about the people there and quickly squirrel away the notion of travel.
Other than that, I've flown to Liverpool and then driven on to Manchester. And that's it.
Any time I think about travelling anywhere (as if I had the money or other means to do so), I just think about the people there and quickly squirrel away the notion of travel.
The wife and I have a goal to see 'em all, then write a book of our personal ratings.
As for Canada, I've been to Banff, Cape Breton, Fundy, Jasper, Kejimkujik, Kluane, and Kootenay - so 7 for me as well.
Many in the US are easily accessible, albeit a ways off the beaten path. There are some in Alaska and various island territories that will be a bitch to get to.
Up next for me is Shenandoah in Virginia this July.
Here's one from my last trip where I went to the Dry Tortugas in March.
Yeah, I would imagine the vast majority in the US are pretty easy to get to, so long as you're able to drive. I think about half of Canada's are up north somewhere, so you pretty much have to fly in to each of them individually.
Incidentally, the ones I've been to are Banff, Bruce Peninsula\Fathom Five Marine Park, Cape Breton, Jasper, Point Pelee, Prince Edward Island, and St. Lawrence Islands. I'm jealous that you've been to Kluane, btw. It and Haida Gwaii are the ones I most want to cross of my list right now.
We did a roadtrip through Alaska and the Yukon a couple years back. Amazing trip.
Most of the US Parks are indeed accesible by road, but they may be in a really remote area with few services nearby.
It's a toss-up really. Some place like the Great Smokies is right off the interstate, then you have a place like Glacier that you can drive to, but its in the middle of nowhere.
Most of the US Parks are indeed accesible by road, but they may be in a really remote area with few services nearby.
It's a toss-up really. Some place like the Great Smokies is right off the interstate, then you have a place like Glacier that you can drive to, but its in the middle of nowhere.
I've been to -
St. Croix
St. Thomas
St. John
St. Barts
St. Martin
Italy (Rome & Tuscany)
Germany (Munich)
Austria (Salzburg)
Greece (Athens, Aegina, Corinth, Delphi, Sounion)
Peru (Lima, Cusco, Urubamba, Aguas Caliente, Machu Picchu)
Egypt (Cairo, Giza, Luxor, Aswan, Dashur, Sakkara)
Mexico (Tulum, Coba, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Merida)
Hawaii (The Big Island & Oahu)
France (Paris, Versailles, Giverny)
I'm going to London, Bath, and back to Paris this October.
St. Croix
St. Thomas
St. John
St. Barts
St. Martin
Italy (Rome & Tuscany)
Germany (Munich)
Austria (Salzburg)
Greece (Athens, Aegina, Corinth, Delphi, Sounion)
Peru (Lima, Cusco, Urubamba, Aguas Caliente, Machu Picchu)
Egypt (Cairo, Giza, Luxor, Aswan, Dashur, Sakkara)
Mexico (Tulum, Coba, Chichen Itza, Uxmal, Merida)
Hawaii (The Big Island & Oahu)
France (Paris, Versailles, Giverny)
I'm going to London, Bath, and back to Paris this October.
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^ Nice. My university runs a class that takes place in Kluane every summer, but sadly I could never afford to go.
I did get to go on a class trip to Gaspe at the end of last summer, though. Not a national park (a provincial one) but still pretty spectacular:
Where abouts is Gaspe? Which province I mean?
). Anyway, it's in Quebec, the peninsula that sticks out into the Gulf of St. Lawrence on the south side. It's known as the Gaspésie in French.
Has anyone else been to places that are now irrevocably changed?
Dad popped off to Poland during Communist rule, back in the early 70s. He had a flight from France to Poland courtesy of Aeroflot (bumped to pieces during the flight, but it only cost him five pounds) and got to see all you might expect at that time;
- queues right down the street for an ice cream
- street sweepers with twig brooms
- barely any cars on the road
- huge, bare Communist party buildings
- a dislike of Russians trying to push into the queues
Judging by the pictures shown in the news when the flood hit there would be at least 1/3 of the buildings be destroyed or inhabitable due to mould. Therefore, I think it's safe to assume that the City has changed quite a lot.
Awesome pic, btw. If I ever get to Canada, that area will be definitely on my list!
@SmoothieX: Amazing colours! Is that typical for American forrests? I've only been to California yet and there you have mostly pines and palm trees (both more or less green, depending on the amount of rain and wildfires )
Awesome pic, btw. If I ever get to Canada, that area will be definitely on my list!
@SmoothieX: Amazing colours! Is that typical for American forrests? I've only been to California yet and there you have mostly pines and palm trees (both more or less green, depending on the amount of rain and wildfires
)
Re: Rhubarb
It's a big country, fall foliage happens at different times in places with deciduous trees, and barely at all in coniferous and desert areas.'
This picture was taken along the Tennessee/North Carolina border in mid October. It was along the Blue Ridge Parkway, which connects two of the more popular national parks in the US.
Where I live, New England, has amazing foliage. Where my wife grew up, Washington State, has almost all evergreens. So no leaf peeping, but still green in winter. Like I said, it's a toss up.
As for wanderlust, we just decided our vacation for this year. Week long road trip of Iceland. Totally out of left field enough for you guys?
It's a big country, fall foliage happens at different times in places with deciduous trees, and barely at all in coniferous and desert areas.'
This picture was taken along the Tennessee/North Carolina border in mid October. It was along the Blue Ridge Parkway, which connects two of the more popular national parks in the US.
Where I live, New England, has amazing foliage. Where my wife grew up, Washington State, has almost all evergreens. So no leaf peeping, but still green in winter. Like I said, it's a toss up.
As for wanderlust, we just decided our vacation for this year. Week long road trip of Iceland. Totally out of left field enough for you guys?
