Getting ready
We've spent months thinking about and planning this next trip. We've been wary at times about Covid, gas prices, world conflicts, personal health but are heading out in a couple of weeks for a 5-6 months Canadian adventure. Last time (2018) we missed many Canadian treasures that we hope to explore this time. For example, we will be camping and exploring Jasper, Banff and the Icefields parkway. Visit some friends and relatives again and also some that we missed. Hopefully fly up in a hot air ballon that was to be Elizabeth's 60th birthday gift a few years ago, missed due to weather, travel or health. As part of our journey, we will spend time on the west coast where we will meet up with some family members and cruise up to Alaska on a trip that has been scheduled and booked and cancelled several times due to Covid since 2019. Originally, it was a Caribbean cruise. In 1997 (25 years ago), I was fortunate and able to canoe the Nahanni Riv...