Swan Song for the Jetta - CycleBlaze

Swan Song for the Jetta

A car-assisted loop through the Canadian Rockies

By Scott Anderson & Rachael Anderson
1,518 miles (2,443 km) over 36 days between Jul. 7, 2018 and Aug. 11, 2018

Prelude

the Jetta and the Journey heart 8
New camera heart 36
More on that camera problem heart 4
Losing it heart 43
A Boring Independence Day heart 56
Feelin’ the blues heart 46
Willow Grove heart 64
Birch Bay heart 44
Kamloops heart 20

The Okanagan Loop

Vernon heart 50
Kelowna heart 69
Penticton heart 39
Osoyoos heart 50
Princeton heart 47
Merritt heart 70
Kamloops heart 54

Day Rides in the Rockies

On to Valemount heart 59
Mount Robson heart 66
Robson and beyond heart 59
On to Jasper heart 35
Hiking in Jasper: Old Fort Point heart 100
Icefields Parkway I heart 85
Maligne Lake heart 72
Icefields Parkway II heart 98
Icefields Parkway III heart 90
Icefields Parkway IV heart 100
The Legacy Trail heart 60
Highwood Pass heart 86
Mcdougall Memorial United Church heart 90

Kootenay Country

Kootenay Overview heart 3
Kootenay National Park heart 106
Fairmont Hot Springs heart 67
Kimberley heart 34
Crawford Bay heart 43
Nelson heart 50
New Denver heart 43
Nakusp heart 45
Hiking Mount Revelstoke: Lake Miller heart 75
Lake Revelstoke heart 49
Biking Mount Revelstoke: Meadows in the Sky Parkway heart 45
North Kootenay Lake heart 63
Declare victory, go home heart 52
Some reflections on the tour heart 15