Rhod and Anna's World Adventure

There really is no need to feel down. You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal, you can do whatever you feel. That's right we've been staying in a YWCA and despite the names men are allowed to stay and it's not as bad as I was expecting. It is cheap but there are a lot of freaks staying there.

We are back in Canada after our brief stop with the southerners in Texas. We arrived in Calgary and after having enough of cities for a while we headed off to Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. Our vehicle of choice is an old Ford Contour from a company accurately named Rent-a-Wreck. It was cheap but there is little confidence to be had setting off in to the wilderness in a car that has done over 100,000 miles and judging by the scratches and the dents it has done alot of those miles either on its side or upside down! Still it has a CD player and it is better than the one I refused to accept that was full of litter and dog hair! Cheap rental cars can be a double edge sword.

Yes, we are back in our winter clothes. It is cold here and a common event for us has been de-icing the car most mornings. I know, it's a tough life. Clearing the car windows so that we can drive past turquoise glacial lakes, snow-capped mountains and endless pine forests is tough-going. The road between Banff and Jasper is commonly thought to be the most scenic stretch of road in the world. It really is mind-blowingly beautiful.