Canada

Between February 2001 and June 2002 I visited Canada three times.

My first trip was to Saskatoon, right bang in the middle of Canada, prairie country, in the middle of winter, at night.   Who knows what the temperature was that night but the short walk from the airport terminal to the car caused me to shake uncontrollably for some time.  I do know, the next day, in the early afternoon in bright sunshine, It was minus 20 degrees centigrade.

In May 2001 I flew into Calgary and along with my girlfriend at the time drove through the Rockies to Vancouver on the West Coast.  An epic drive with suitably stunning scenery and Vancouver is pretty good too!

The last trip was in June the following year.  I flew back to Calgary in time for the Stampede which is a great event even for non-cowboys such as myself.  We also managed a trip into the Rockies again, visiting Banff, Lake Louise, riding horses and rafting the Kicking Horse river.