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Back from Canada

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:36 pm
by stinky
I'm back from a VERY whirlwind tour of Canada. I was in Edmonton for work, and had the chance to spend 2 days and 2000kms in the Canadian Rockies.

One of the highlights was riding in a massive 6x6 bus onto a glacier, and then getting out to walk around.

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more here including some drivetrain shots.

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:44 pm
by stinky
Oh I nearly forgot. Here's a photo of a Forester next to 3 wild bears :)

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I also saw 2 wolves, Heaps of Elk, Deer, Mountain goats, and a few Mooses.

Oh, and I ate Goose, and Caribou at a restaurant in Calgary.

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 5:54 pm
by vincentvega
kickass place aint it. my second favourite country. (after oz ofcourse!)

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 8:32 pm
by cooloothin
welcome back. Is the crazy 1940s looking snow mobile a war relic of some kind or just old? or just odd :)

those bioware rackspace shots are rather crammed.. gotta wonder how they kept the servers cool enough. What were they for?

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 9:13 pm
by Captain Obvious
Thats looks like fun, would love to drive one of those!!! thats were you have been hiding all this time??

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 10:59 am
by Subyroo
Is that the Alabaster Glacier in the Columbia Icefield up near Jasper?

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 3:09 pm
by stinky
That's exactly correct! nice spotting.

Posted: Fri May 11, 2007 9:54 am
by Subyroo
stinky wrote:That's exactly correct! nice spotting.
Family & I were up there in Aug 2000 beautiful part of the country.

We stopped on the side of the road to let my handicapped sister-in-law see snow for the first time and whilst she and my daughter were playing in the snow I spotted some bloody huge paw prints off to the left and made the girls make a hasty but orderly retreat to the car as I didn't want them to run and fall over.
Those paw prints were like a dinner plate and the claw marks were out beyond that by a good few inches I have never felt so glad to be getting into a car in my life.

Wife & I want to go back to the East Coast USA & Canada next year or maybe the year after as we have done the West Coast side and Los Vegas.