Anyone who knows me personally can attest that I just LOVE the mountains. Two years ago, my husband was away out west for work and while chatting on the phone one night we joked about me visiting him on his weekend off. “Why don't you just fly out here?” He said. It only took me half a second to reply “Ok.” He was taken back and surprised that I agreed. I had never been on a plane before! I flew out to Calgary, by myself for the first time- and spent 3 full days in the mountains. Anyone who has been lucky enough to spend time there knows that 3 days is not NEAR enough.

Last summer, we spent 5 days out east whale watching, walking the shores of PEI and shopping in adorable little tourist towns like Saint Andrews. While I LOVED every minute of it, it just wasn't the same.

I longed to be in the mountains again. I knew exactly where I was going when it came time to book this years trip!

In July we spent 5 full days in Alberta. We flew into Calgary and drove to Edmonton for one day/night, packed up the next morning and headed for Jasper. 2 days in Jasper and 2 days in Banff. It was like we traveled in a square starting and ending in Calgary.

If I could change one thing it would be to spend all nights in the park. The days we were there we spent 1 night right in Jasper, drove to Banff for the day then drove all the way back to Calgary to sleep. The next day we got up and drove to Banff and back. It’s crazy expensive to stay in the mountains, obviously. But that is definitely one thing I will be doing differently next time we go.

Here are some images taken with my camera during our travels. I cannot wait to go back in 2021! Where should we go next year?!