National Parks Loop - June 29 - July 5

We spent the night in Grand Forks and got an early start. It’s always a good idea to fire up your vehicle early when you are running a fridge.Our first actual destination was Nelson. A quirky little town with a cool bread delivery vehicleplease wear shoes - :D - lolsights along the way - Yahk BCCranbrook Elephant. Yet another addition to Judi's relatively large collection of random Canadian elephant photos.Nice mountain view east of Fernie.Frank SlideLeitch CollieriesWatertonWe found a nice quiet private spot to make dinner and set up our caRV. In the morning we lounged around and had a visit from nice park rangers. By the time we tried to fire up we were met with click click click. Dead battery. That’s what you get for not hitting the road by 6am :( We managed to push the gnu quite far but eventually had to stop. We were able to get through to a dispatcher for the alberta national parks but as she was confirming our location a vehicle with Arizona plates pulled up. We asked him for a jump start and he stated he could do one better. He then opened his rear door and pulled out a portable battery jump starter!!!! It got the gnu rolling again and we were on our way to enjoy some beautiful views:pretty wild flowers - red rock canyon - impressive viewing platformsWindy SelfieWaterton lodge and lakeAlberta sceneryAfter taking the long route east of Lethbridge and Calgary we ended up finding fabulous hosts in our first ever visit to the budding metropolis of Three Hills AB. Thanks for the hospitality!Royal Tyrrell Museum greeterCalgaryCassia and Joel :Dfinished another hat :Ddriving toward the stormmanaged to catch the lighteningall is clear the next morningstopped in at the glaciers to do a little cooking :D, Jasper National Parkpulled off to check out this really cool river - and canyon that is impressively deep we were not able to capture it on film - sooooooo deepshot of the trip, Banff National Parkmountain goats!! cute little faces cute little bums :D, Kootenay National Parkgiant cedar walk, Glacier National ParkFuel stop just outside Mt. Revelstoke National Parkthen crashed Cotty’s cousins ball tourney camp outcarwash timepop in at white lake to visit this delightful family :D - Fellow artisans - check them out at: elementbotanicals.cathen home - 6 National Parks in 5 days :D wahoo