Introduction
This is my report of the July 29, 2023 Canadian Rockies ABD trip. It will be detailed and includes spoilers so if you don't want to be spoiled then skip this report. However, I am also deliberately not mentioning several surprises/treats to preserve those.
Why Canadian Rockies? We wanted to take a vacation toward the end of summer. Doing a long international flight, dealing with changing many time zones and suffering from the heat didn't sound appealing. Many popular international tourist sites seemed overcrowded. Instead, we took this trip which had shorter flights, not much time difference, and had comfortable temperatures (highs in the 70s or low 80s) and amazing scenery.
Motivation
My main reasons for writing this report:
First, there is a need. I don't see a detailed Canadian Rockies trip report on this board, although versions of this trip have existed for years. The ones I found outside this board mostly cover earlier versions of the trip. It underwent a major change in 2019 and even the itinerary for Day 2 changed this year.
Second, I'm trying to give some visibility to this trip because it doesn't get covered as much compared to the other N. America trips.
Third, I hope to give some recognition to our guides, who did a superb job in making this a special trip for us.
Here are the pins:
This is my report of the July 29, 2023 Canadian Rockies ABD trip. It will be detailed and includes spoilers so if you don't want to be spoiled then skip this report. However, I am also deliberately not mentioning several surprises/treats to preserve those.
Why Canadian Rockies? We wanted to take a vacation toward the end of summer. Doing a long international flight, dealing with changing many time zones and suffering from the heat didn't sound appealing. Many popular international tourist sites seemed overcrowded. Instead, we took this trip which had shorter flights, not much time difference, and had comfortable temperatures (highs in the 70s or low 80s) and amazing scenery.
Motivation
My main reasons for writing this report:
First, there is a need. I don't see a detailed Canadian Rockies trip report on this board, although versions of this trip have existed for years. The ones I found outside this board mostly cover earlier versions of the trip. It underwent a major change in 2019 and even the itinerary for Day 2 changed this year.
Second, I'm trying to give some visibility to this trip because it doesn't get covered as much compared to the other N. America trips.
Third, I hope to give some recognition to our guides, who did a superb job in making this a special trip for us.
Here are the pins: