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- Name: Patrick
- Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
I'm an Engineer working in Tyne and Wear, having moved from Belfast 3 years ago. Before the move I had never lived away from home and have had to work alot of things out for myself. I'm a big fan of Ice Hockey, in particular my team the Belfast Giants who I travel to see all over the UK. I also have a beautiful fiancee Victoria with whom I live in Gateshead. I also publish a weekly Ice Hockey Podcast with my friend Aaron, available on iTunes called A View From The Bridge
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Between July 9th and August 20th 2004, Patrick Smyth and Claire McAllister will travel between Vancouver and Toronto on a whistle-stop tour of the Worlds 2nd biggest country.
Monday, July 19, 2004
Don't go chasing waterfalls .....just stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to!!!
No drinking last night and yet we managed to sleep in (almost!) I woke to the sound of the engine of the bus starting! We got up, packed (well I did - Paddy was good and packed last night) and out to the bus. We had a full bus today so there wasn't as much craic as there had been and it wasn't as comfy.
Anyway we got on our way first stop breakfast then on to Takakkaw Falls - the 2nd biggest waterfalls in canada, 254m high! Takakkaw is a native word that means "it is wonderful" and they were.
Takakkaw Falls
We did a lot of driving otday cause we had to cover quite a distance so we didn't have that much time at each stop - enough for more photos of course!!
Next stop was at Emerald Lake - another glacier lake this time slightly more green than the others (hence the name!) It was a nice lake but kinda underwhelming compared to the other lakes we've seen.
Emerald Lake
We drove through a part of the Selkirk Mountains called Rogers Pass, it absolutely pelted it down and we couldn't see much of the scenery. We passed through several avalanche tunnels that are there for the winter months to protect the cars and roads as there can be up to 60 avalanches there a day!! Thankfully there's no snow left now so we didn't have to worry.
We arrived in Revelstoke and booked into another excellent hostel with the basement just for our group. Sitting here now looking out the window at the mountains around us, in 26oC but with a lovely breeze the window!
Well thats about all that happened today - going to go and get ready for another night of boozing - we had our day off yesterday ;)!!
Claire + Patrick
PS. The pics have been updated.. Patricks linked a few pics below to the relevant entries... enjoy. We did!
Anyway we got on our way first stop breakfast then on to Takakkaw Falls - the 2nd biggest waterfalls in canada, 254m high! Takakkaw is a native word that means "it is wonderful" and they were.
Takakkaw Falls
We did a lot of driving otday cause we had to cover quite a distance so we didn't have that much time at each stop - enough for more photos of course!!
Next stop was at Emerald Lake - another glacier lake this time slightly more green than the others (hence the name!) It was a nice lake but kinda underwhelming compared to the other lakes we've seen.
Emerald Lake
We drove through a part of the Selkirk Mountains called Rogers Pass, it absolutely pelted it down and we couldn't see much of the scenery. We passed through several avalanche tunnels that are there for the winter months to protect the cars and roads as there can be up to 60 avalanches there a day!! Thankfully there's no snow left now so we didn't have to worry.
We arrived in Revelstoke and booked into another excellent hostel with the basement just for our group. Sitting here now looking out the window at the mountains around us, in 26oC but with a lovely breeze the window!
Well thats about all that happened today - going to go and get ready for another night of boozing - we had our day off yesterday ;)!!
Claire + Patrick
PS. The pics have been updated.. Patricks linked a few pics below to the relevant entries... enjoy. We did!
