Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:51:04 -0700
Reply-To: Road Camper <vanagonlover@HOTMAIL.COM>
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From: Road Camper <vanagonlover@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: AA Trans is back..Trip report(long)
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Daryl! shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
He's right everybody. Absolutely fantastic.
As a former resident of a camping military family (swiss alps, austria etc)
and a former resident of Alaska, I can vouch for the Canadian Rockies and
their sublimity. They make you forget everything else.
Yoho N. Park is also incredible, with amazing waterfalls.
A vanagon is perfect for this trip, although at times one wants to peel back
the roof as your neck starts hurting from all the craning at the view.
Wildlife everywhere and yes, the canadians are great.
-s
>From: Daryl Christensen <aatransaxle@JUNO.COM>
>Reply-To: aatransaxle@JUNO.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: AA Trans is back..Trip report(long)
>Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 10:02:07 -0700
>
>For any of you that are inclined to take a trip and camp along the
>way...I gotta believe the most beautiful stretch of road I have ever seen
>is from Jasper Alberta to Banff...It is absolutely breathtaking... The
>wife & I got in the camper & headed north and hadn't a clue where we
>would end up..BC is just an hour North, so across the border we went
>(throwing away the apples & potatoes at the bequest of the border
>guard).. Went up the Fraser river canyon..saw Hell's Gate..cool..funny
>looking water in the river...silty bottoms so they are whitish in
>color..went as far north as 100 mile house (sorry david..didn't get to
>Quesnel) turned East and went into Wells Gray Prov. Park...talk about
>some great waterfalls..gotta have 5 or 6 beautiful ones in there..Hiked &
>chatted with a few people and they said "go to Jasper old man"..so being
>good little campers, we headed there...We don't care for crowds of
>people, so the town(s) itself wasn't very appealing (a hot shower would
>have been) Bypassed the larger crowded campgrounds and found cool little
>places to camp...never a problem to find a spot if you stopped by
>6PM..Saw some cool canyons & water carved rock...you know, all that
>touristy lookin stuff..On the road from Jasper, every turn beheld another
>gorgeous view of mountain or glacier...just when you think youv'e seen
>the best one...there was another ...walked on a glacier...had lunches by
>snow fed streams...hiked at 6000 ft calling out "here bear, here
>bear"...Oh yeah, the wildlife..saw a black bear, moose cow,
>caribou,elk,bunnys,chipmunks,deer,leeches,fish...you get the
>picture...The lakes & rivers were a greenish white due to the glacier
>melt & refraction of the silt in the water...Went up the gondola in Banff
>to the viewpoints..way cool..Good road trip all in all..spent 8 leisuely
>days and lots(I mean LOTs) of gas money at $3/us gallon(did I say I was
>driving a F..d F2504X 460with a 12'camper??) I highly reccomend this (the
>trip, not the F250) for any that are so inclined to rough it...very
>little traffic, many pull outs & viewpoints, easy to deal with canadians,
>decent roads...well worth the drive...Good time had by one & all
>OK enuf of that...work is piled up...
>Daryl of AA Transaxle
>Duvall, WA.(Seattle area)
>(425) 788-4070
>1-877-377-0773 toll free
>http://www.aatransaxle.com (web site)
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