So we headed out from Vancouver, deciding to head eastward and drive through Canada toward Calgary. Lots of national parks along the route between the two cities...while we didn´t get out and hike much in them, the scenery was incredible. British Columbia has to be one of the most beautiful places on earth. I read a very interesting book once (see http://www.amazon.com/Cadillac-Desert-American-Disappearing-Revised/dp/0140178244/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206401485&sr=8-) that mentioned BC has a tenth of the world´s fresh water. I hope they´ll let us have some when the West runs dry.
Scenery does change quite a bit as you drop into Alberta...goes very flat...much like the terrain in Colorado as you drive east from Denver....same mountain range...same plains. We´d planned on staying a night in Calgary to see what the city had to offer but unfortunately the Calgary Stampede (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary_stampede) was going on at the time. I envisioned the Stampede to be like a gigantic rodeo of sorts...at any rate, we didn´t want to pay $200 plus for a crappy hotel so we drove on a couple of hours after Calgary, getting to somewhere close to the border.
Crossed the border back into the States near Glacier National Park in Montana. Yes, the glaciers are receding...but they´re still there...for now. Again, great scenery...hard to put it into words...well worth seeing. We didn´t end up driving across Montana east to west but rather north to south. I can see why the state holds an allure for people looking to get away...the Big Sky State is pretty, and more importantly, fairly wide open. It´s a bit flatter than I might have thought though, and a bit treeless in many areas.
On the southern border with Wyoming we arrived at the highlight of the trip - Yellowstone.
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