For our Christmas holidays, C and I decided to take a road trip to Vancouver Island to visit his parents and see a new part of Canada (for me at least). We were happy to head out of Calgary as the temperatures took a huge dip just before we left ... top temperatures of -25! We took two days to drive across the Rocky Mountains and through BC to Whitefish, just south of Vancouver, were we caught the ferry across to Vancouver Island, finally ending up at C's parents' place in Victoria. The roads were a little hairy on the way out there given that there had been a big snow storm the day before but the snow-drenched scenery was just beautiful. Here a few snaps of the drive ...
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| Our route. We stayed in Kamloops on the first night |
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| Heading out of Calgary and towards the mountains |
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| Driving along and then we stumble upon this sight ... caribou!!! (which we now think might be elk! Any help on that?) |
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| I braved the deep snow to get up close and personal with the caribou (behind a fence of course!) |
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| Road warnings all the way ... |
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| ... and wildlife warnings |
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| A walk break in Field |
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| Snow plows working up and down the highway ... |
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| ... followed by this guy who tidies up the wall of snow after the plow |
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| Frozen waterfall |
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| Pine trees heavy with snow |
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| Heading down and out of the mountains |
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