Western Canada loop trip

[Ken Talbot]

SWMBO and I have pretty much finalized plans for our major trip for 2003. We'll be doing a sort of a squashed triangular loop through British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. If anybody is interested in joining us for one or more of the legs, or meeting at one of the overnight stops, that would be great.

Like last year, we will be taking our time and keeping to fairly short distances each day. This is certainly not going to qualify for any sort of butt burner award, but it should be lots of fun. Our itinerary runs like this:

August 1 approx. 450 km
depart Revelstoke
east on #1 (Trans Canada) to Lake Louise
north on #93 (Columbia Icefields Parkway) to Jasper
stay overnight

August 2 approx. 365 km
depart Jasper
east on #16 (Yellowhead) to Edmonton
stay overnight

August 3 approx. 530 km
depart Edmonton
south east on #16 to Saskatoon
stay overnight

August 4 approx. 400 km
depart Saskatoon
south east on #16 to Yorkton
north on ##9 to Canora
east on #5 to Veregin
stay overnight

August 5 approx. 520 km
depart Veregin
east on #5 to Togo
south on #9 to Langenburg
south east on #16 to Portage La Prairie
west on #1 to Brandon
stay overnight

August 6 approx. 440 km
depart Brandon
west on #1 to Moose Jaw
stay overnight

August 7 approx. 570 km
depart Moose Jaw
west on #1 to Medicine Hat
south west on #3 (Southern Trans-Provincial) to Lethbridge
stay overnight

August 8 approx. 420 km
depart Lethbridge
west on #3 via Crowsnest Pass to Creston
stay overnight

August 9 approx. 400 km
depart Creston
west on #3 via Salmo-Creston and Blueberry-Paulson passes, to Rock Creek
north west on #33 to Kelowna
stay overnight

August 10 approx. 205 km
depart Kelowna
north east on #97 to Sicamous
east on #1 to Revelstoke
arrive home

How about it - any XSives along the route we should wave to as we go by?