Final Stats

9 months
17, 500 Miles on Toyota
3000 miles on Skoda Roomster
15 train rides in France and Spain
8 bus rides in Spain
39 States Visited
4 European Countries
10 Bags of Cheese Flavored Popcorn
1 Set of Tires
1 Set of Brakes
1 Fat Lip
6 nights of camping in the rain
20 pounds of pasta eaten
40 bottles of wine consumed
50 chocolate croissants eaten
100 miles of driving out of our way
1 bout of the flu
6 modes of transportation
Zero Speeding Tickets
No Fights

An Experience of a Lifetime-Priceless

Roby and Patti's Radical Sabbatical

Roby and I have decided to live "lightly". Come along for the journey through our trials and tribulations. This blog is posted with the most current adventure first. So, scroll to the bottom if you want to start from the beginning. Each entry has a continuous slideshow of photos for your viewing pleasure. If you double click on the photos it will take you to our photo web page and you are able to see enlarged versions. We welcome comments and any building tricks.

Sunday, May 24, 2009

1st World Peace Park

May 17th 2009

The Icefield Parkway continued through to Banff and we did a quick detour through town and checked out the shops and the other "Chateau" but did not stay long. Our goal was to make it close to the border so we could head into Waterton/Glacier National Park. It is the 1st World Peace Park jointly owned by Canada and the United States. Unfortunately they both charge a separate entrance fee. We made it to Cardston Canada which is basically a blip on the map-a po-dunk border town, but they had a campground so we settled down for the night and were introduced to some blustterly 40 MPH Canadian winds. Thank God I didn't need to use the restroom in the middle of the night!!
As we woke the weather improved. We had a quick breakfast, broke camp and headed to the Park. On the Canadian side is the Waterton Park and of course it has a huge lake but also an area called Red Rock Canyon. Although not as spectacular as the Red Rock in Sedona it does have an area similar to Slide Rock, although no one gets in this water. It is also classified as a World Heritage site. We thought we would get a bike ride in at the park but we found out there is no bike riding on any trails in a National Park only on the designated roads. Also, the winds began to kick up again so we decided to cross the border and head to Glacier.

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