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Pride Travel’s Rocky Mountain Rail Journey Through Canada – Day 6: Quesnel to Jasper on Canada Day

DAY 6- Quesnel to Jasper on Canada Day

Never mind my disposition yesterday… this morning’s early wakeup was painful. Perhaps because we were lacking the niceties of an Orange Juice and Tea personal wakeup call, or perhaps because, although pleasantly surprising for what it was, our Best Western was not quite up to par as the Fairmont. Whatever the reason, we manage to sneak aboard the shuttle bus only second to last and proceed for our morning ‘tour’ of the remaining portions of Quesnel. Say what you will about small-town folk, but they certainly take pride in their community. Mention a tire store as one in our number did, and our bus driving guide will proceed to highlight every tire store in town on our route, what each provides, and the reason so many tires are needed: gravel roads and winters are hard on tire tread.

Our obligatory tour completed, we made our way back home to board the Rocky Mountaineer. Dana and Keisha, our lovely attendants, wait staff, and tour directors were cheerily with us again, greeting us with genuine warmth and hospitality. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tags: Adventure, Alberta, Banff, BC, British Columbia, Columbia Icefield, Glacier, Jasper, Jasper National Park, Mountaineer, Quesnel, Rail, Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Train, Vancouver, Whistler

Pride Travel’s Rocky Mountain Rail Journey Through CANADA’s Majestic Rockies Begins!

Join us for our amazing adventure through the Canadian Rockies on Rocky Mountaineer Vacations’ luxury trains as we trek in opulence through mountains, to lakes, snow capped peaks, and stretches of forested parks.

PRIDE Travel will be blogging on our journey daily on this blog, as well as posting photos on our official Facebook page. Make sure to look at the itinerary map posted to see our journey’s route. Visit the facebook page by clicking the button at the bottom of our homepage at www.pridetravelonline.com or directly by using this URL : http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pride-Travel/82073804377?ref=ts

Map of PRIDE Travel’s full Journey on the Rocky Mountaineer Vacations Grand Circle through the Canadian Rockies

Sneak Peak — Our Itinerary for the next few days… Read the rest of this entry »

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Tags: Adventure, Alberta, Athabasca, Athabasca Glacier, Banff, Banff National Park, BC, British Columbia, Columbia Icefield, Glacier, helicopter, Jasper, Jasper National Park, Lake Louise, Mountaineer, Rail, Rockies, Rocky Mountain, Train, Vancouver, Victoria Glacier, Whistler, Yoho National Park