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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.
Friday, July 16, 2004
The Trail Goes On....
Finally we got to sleep in. Truth be told nobody wanted to leave the cabin, it was so luxurious and relaxing, but we had to continue, but after a morning of chilling out, our new bus arrived and we left at about 2pm bound for the heart of the Rockies and the short bus trip to Jasper.
We crossed the stateline in to Alberta and by doing so changed timezones. But first we stopped at Mt Robson, highest peak in the rockies, and Mt Terry Fox, dedicated and named after a man who had his leg amputated due to cancer, and took it upon himself to run across the country to raise money for cancer research. He didn't make it, unfortunatly he died before making it to the pacific, but he became a national hero.
Mt Terry Fox
Claire at Mt Robson, highest peak in the Rockies.
Jasper National Park, combined with Banff National Park, is about the size of Ireland and it was here we got our first glimpses of moose and a Bear, (i got good vid of the bear). More stunning scenery and Athabasca Falls. I could try to describe how breathtaking it is here, but i would fail miserably.
Claire enjoying the scenery.
The scenery
Athabasca Fals
Claire and the girls pose at the falls
Claire proves she has a good eye for photography at the falls
We had pizza in Jasper and made our way to the Hostel, which had no running water, was in the middle of the forest and was very very very basic... but that made it all the more fun. The group sat around talking (and drinking... surprise surprise) for ages before we all hit the sack.
Patrick + Claire
We crossed the stateline in to Alberta and by doing so changed timezones. But first we stopped at Mt Robson, highest peak in the rockies, and Mt Terry Fox, dedicated and named after a man who had his leg amputated due to cancer, and took it upon himself to run across the country to raise money for cancer research. He didn't make it, unfortunatly he died before making it to the pacific, but he became a national hero.
Mt Terry Fox
Claire at Mt Robson, highest peak in the Rockies.
Jasper National Park, combined with Banff National Park, is about the size of Ireland and it was here we got our first glimpses of moose and a Bear, (i got good vid of the bear). More stunning scenery and Athabasca Falls. I could try to describe how breathtaking it is here, but i would fail miserably.
Claire enjoying the scenery.
The scenery
Athabasca Fals
Claire and the girls pose at the falls
Claire proves she has a good eye for photography at the falls
We had pizza in Jasper and made our way to the Hostel, which had no running water, was in the middle of the forest and was very very very basic... but that made it all the more fun. The group sat around talking (and drinking... surprise surprise) for ages before we all hit the sack.
Patrick + Claire
