A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
Month Fifty One saw me back to my old self – on the road! Looking back it was kind of a crazy month – I visited three states and two countries while also working full time, but I loved it and really felt like myself again. I started the month in Rapid City where I […] Read more…
Wondering what is the best fall hike in Banff National Park? In my opinion it is the Larch Valley hike including Sentinel Pass. Make sure you don’t miss this Moraine Lake hike in fall! It was during my third visit to the Canadian Rockies that I finally got to experience a mountain autumn. I had […] Read more…
Have you heard of Field, BC? It’s a perfect little mountain town in the Canadian Rockies that you should definitely visit, with much less tourists than Banff. Read on to find out more! My need to live in the mountains has been growing more and more as time progresses. It was never something I thought […] Read more…
Have you heard of Quadra Island, BC? If you haven’t – you are in for a treat, because this island is amazing, and under the radar for tourism. Read on to find out more about beautiful Quadra Island on Canada’s West Coast… After our positive experience on Denman Island, we were excited to explore another […] Read more…
The Crypt Lake hike is a well-known day trail in the often overlooked Waterton Lakes National Park, located in Alberta, Canada. It is a difficult 17km return trail that gradually climbs over 700 metres in elevation. This trail is the most well-known of the Waterton hikes because it involves a bit of an obstacle course – […] Read more…
This month has been a lot more settled than last month, when I seemed to be in a different place every night, but still a pretty busy month none-the-less. Month Seventeen began with a couple more days in Vancouver, where I fit in a bike around the Stanley Park seawall, a wander around my favourite […] Read more…
You can’t always predict when you are about to embark on an adventure that will leave a lasting impression on your life. Before I did the two day return hike and scramble up to the Abbot Pass hut in Yoho National Park, I definitely didn’t know it would turn out to be the most challenging […] Read more…
You don’t always get the chance to spend a lot of time in the places you travel to. Some places you only get to scratch the surface. That’s just the nature of travel. Revelstoke was one of those places for me. I only got a taster. But it tasted good. Revelstoke is a scenic mountain […] Read more…
I just can’t figure out why British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast isn’t better known to tourists. It’s blessed with natural beauty in the form of rugged beaches and lush rainforest, the towns are charming, the people are super friendly and welcoming, there is so much to do, and it is within day tripping distance from Vancouver. […] Read more…
This month has been quite different from the previous two as I have been living in one place, the tiny town of Field in Yoho National Park which is part of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. I have been doing a Help Exchange placement, working at the small Fireweed Hostel and Mount Stephen Guesthouse three days […] Read more…