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Aug 26 Sunday Mount Rainier (4400m)
30º 
350km route: 
Day 5 and we realized that we got used to the 9 hours time difference in 2 days ;-). Today we drove to the Safeways to get a sandwich (Safeways is the luxury versio
n of Albert Heijn). The sandwiches were eaten outside the visitors center of Yakima. They gave us good information (and had a sunny terrace). The trip to Mount Rainier was going to take 1.5-2.0 hours: true! What an amazing views.
When we left Yakima we saw Mount Rainier: unbelievable. Ofcourse 1.5 hours later we saw there was ”ONE” cloud sitting right on top of Mount Rainier ;-)
On the mountain we went into the visitors center and learned about the history of Mount Rainier. After lunch in a restaurant we were invited to a guided hike up the mountain. Our guide, a ”real” ranger, knew a lot about the mountain and had a good way of telling us about it.
The return trip was beautiful and we had a very nice dinner at Yakima’s Olive Garden.
Location: Yakima (statistics)
Hotel: Hilton GI Yakima
Mount Rainier National Park
Restaurant: Olive Garden
Aug 27 Monday Kelowna Canada
21º 560km route: 
Today we will drive up to Kelowna which is more or less between Yakima and Banff, where we will stay for 3 days. Our trip to Kelowna led through Grand Coulee wh
ich has one of the largest dams in the US. The road towards Grand Coulee was very beautiful and reminded us of the ‘deserty’ environment in Nevada, Arizona and Utah.
One of our worries was going to be the Canadian border. This turned out to be fine (30 minutes wait). Driving into Canada shocked us. “80 km/h” and “60 km/h” signs were everywhere. Man, do those Canadians drive slow! When we found the hotel it was overbooked. Fortunately they moved an existing reservation to a different hotel and gave us a 2-floor suite ;-)
Location: Kelowna
Hotel: Ramada Lodge Kelowna
Grand Coulee Dam
Aug 28 Tuesday to Banff National Park
15º 500 km route: 
Today we had a 500km trip through one of the most beautiful parts of Canada. Our original time of arrival was going to be 17:00, but after 20 stops to take pictures we arrived around 21:00 ;-)
Location: Banff
Hotel: The Juniper Lodge
Mount Revelstoke National Park
Glacier National Park
Yoho National Park
Dinner in the Hotel restaurant (Muk-a-Muk)
Aug 29 Wednesday – Banff National Park (BC, Canada)
21º 60km route: 
Today we checked out the Visitors Information Center to decide on what to do. This resulted in 2 hikes. The first one, in Johnston Canyon, was excellent. Beautiful canyon. In the afternoon we did the Hoodoo trail. As part of
an experiment we got a cellphone and GPS antenna. During the hike the phone started tell us about the environment, history and geography of the area we were in. More info:Art Mobile Lab
Location: Banff
Hotel: The Juniper Lodge *****
Hoodoo Hike (trail)
Johnston Canyon Hike (trail & info)
Dinner: Wild Bill’s Saloon (tip: never go there! )
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