Yness
06-15-04, 10:10 AM
After traveling 2000 km (from Winnipeg, we took the scenic route) to the Yoho national park nestled in the Rocky mountains my friends and I took on the Kicking Horse River.
WE WON!!!! well the parts that the guides took us on anyway. White water rafting is one of the coolest things I have done. It ranks right up there with camping in the rockies!!! Which I can now say I have done too.
We went on rapids that ranged from Class I (calm running water) to class IV (damn the boat almost flipped). It was awesome. There was a group that went through before us and they lost a Guide and one of the rafters. Fortunately both of them safely got back on the boat and they were able to continue on their journey.
We put 4000 km on a van in 4 days and we rode the last 600 km on a tire that was losing air... stopping every 45 min to an hour to refill it. It was an adventure for sure....my brother is building a website of our trip and I will post a link soon!
I have to say that I am very envious of all you people who live in or close to the Rockies.o> And Calgary is and amazingly beautiful city..the parts I saw anyway!
I tried looking for herps on the hikes that we went on but wasn't expecting to find anything as it was still cool in those mountains and i didn't see any herps however I saw a lot of chipmunks, magpies, other birds, ground hogs, elk , bears and there were cows EVERYWHERE!!! the cows weren't in the mountains tho just all over Alberta and Saskatchewan.
K
thats all for now cheers
Thanks for your time.
Yness
WE WON!!!! well the parts that the guides took us on anyway. White water rafting is one of the coolest things I have done. It ranks right up there with camping in the rockies!!! Which I can now say I have done too.
We went on rapids that ranged from Class I (calm running water) to class IV (damn the boat almost flipped). It was awesome. There was a group that went through before us and they lost a Guide and one of the rafters. Fortunately both of them safely got back on the boat and they were able to continue on their journey.
We put 4000 km on a van in 4 days and we rode the last 600 km on a tire that was losing air... stopping every 45 min to an hour to refill it. It was an adventure for sure....my brother is building a website of our trip and I will post a link soon!
I have to say that I am very envious of all you people who live in or close to the Rockies.o> And Calgary is and amazingly beautiful city..the parts I saw anyway!
I tried looking for herps on the hikes that we went on but wasn't expecting to find anything as it was still cool in those mountains and i didn't see any herps however I saw a lot of chipmunks, magpies, other birds, ground hogs, elk , bears and there were cows EVERYWHERE!!! the cows weren't in the mountains tho just all over Alberta and Saskatchewan.
K
thats all for now cheers
Thanks for your time.
Yness