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Icefields Parkway & Jasper National Park Canada

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---Current location Soldotna Alaska--- 6/16 (cont'd)  Icefields Parkway is 181 miles of road that traverse the Canadian Rockies between Banff and  Jasper National Parks. It is one of the most beautiful stretches of road we have ever seen. You pass numerous and massive Glaciers, Glacial Lakes and Waterfalls and see some incredible wildlife. The trip takes about four hours but it is well worth it. There are plenty of places to pop out and hike, camp and just take in the amazing view. We stopped for a meal at the Icefields Center. By the time we got in (6:30pm) the low key cafe we hoped to eat at was closed. They were serving dinner in their fancy restaurant and we were concerned about our dress. It after being assured by the maitre d that looked alright we stayed for their buffet.  Finn loved that you could just choose a little of anything. He is still talking about that meal. After the meal we went and hiked up the ....Glacier to take in the enormity of this place. Sad thing is t

Waterton & Banff National Park Canada

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---Current location Saldotna Alaska--- 6/13 Woke up at fish creek campground to a rainy day.  We made our way to St. Mary's campground again to look for a missing credit card we believe fell out by the ranger kiosk. No luck finding the card so we ate a quick meal in the RV and then started to make our way to Waterton Canada.  Arrived in Waterton early afternoon but the rain was still pouring. So we ended up having a low key evening of walking around the little town, eating pizza (met a fabulous waitress who gave us great hike suggestions) and then watched a little of Wallace and Gromit. 6/14 Woke up to clear skies and headed out to drive the park and do a few hikes with Franklin unlike in the states where dogs are not allowed on the trails in National Parks. We hiked Blakenstain Falls, Red Canyon and Lake Crandall. Had two bear sightings from the RV one Grizzly and one Black bear. All were pooped after the hikes so we went and ate dinner at the historic Prince of Whales ho