Road Trip 2021

Day 31 (August 24, 2021) Today was spent driving around 8.5 hours back to the US. We drove the Icefield Parkway in the opposite direction, this time not stopping at all, but still enjoying the many beautiful sights outside the windows of Blue. While on the parkway, our odometer crossed 111,111 miles! We started at 108,258 so we've already driven almost 3,000 miles. We re-entered the US without any issues. There was only one other car at the border when we crossed. The border agent asked us a few questions, told us to tell all our Californian friends that Montana is an ugly barren wasteland, and sent us on our way.  We found a great spot to do some dispersed camping in the National Forest near Glacier. We're really enjoying being self sufficient enough that we can camp for free! Day 32, (August 25, 2021) We woke up, had a quick yogurt and granola breakfast, and headed into the Glacier National Park. They've set up a reservation system for driving on Going to the Sun Road, wh...

Day 26 (August 19, 2021) We spent the day making the leisurely drive from Banff to Jasper on the Icefiled Parkway, making sure to take plenty of stops to see beautiful things along the way. And boy were there a lot of them. We were almost oversaturated by stunning views! Some of our favorite stops were the Crowfoot Glacier: Bow Lake: Saskatchewan Crossing: And Athabasca Falls: At Athabasca Falls, you can actually walk through entire rock channels that used to be where the water flowed, but have now been abandoned by the falls in favor of other routes. Upon arriving in Jasper, we went into town to get groceries and go to a cafe for coffee and blogging. Then we headed to our awesome campsite and enjoyed the evening looking out over this river: Before going to sleep, we watched Episode 2 of Samin Nosrat’s Netflix series: Salt. (Yesterday we watched Episode 1: Fat). We’re both really enjoying it, and after both episodes have been feeling very inspired to explore cooking in a bigger way! Da...