Roughing It In The Rockies

By Citizen Correspondent Robyn Stubbs
Date Posted: 07/16/08 Reader Rating:

We didn't go on a whim (the vacation had been planned for weeks) but we certainly weren't prepared for a camping trip to Canada's Rocky Mountains. We hastily printed off a Google map to help guide us from Vancouver to Calgary, threw a tent and sleeping bags in the car and took off to see what was on the other side of one of the world's most majestic mountain ranges. While others relaxed in their outdoor livingroom sets and full-amenity RVs, we roughed it in Lake Louise with our log-stump stools and burnt our marshmallows at the end of sticks plucked from the trees. Needless to say, we spent a lot of time away from the campsite, exploring everything Banff National Park has to offer. We also stopped in at the Calgary stampede - here's a glimpse of our seven-day, two-province roadtrip. ALL PHOTOS COPYRIGHT ROBYN STUBBS