pudgy_groundhog
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Or, what we did on our summer vacation. 
We had the opportunity to take a month off and decided to split our time between Montana (Yellowstone, Beartooth Wilderness, Glacier National Park) and the Canadian Rockies (Banff, Yoho, and Mt. Assiniboine Parks). While planning a month long outdoors/hiking/camping vacation with a toddler, people thought we were nuts (we wondered ourselves if we were adventurous or just plain crazy, lol).
Happy to say that while Norah had her moments, overall she was a fantastic traveler, the trip went smoothly, and we had an amazing vacation. (I did spend a lot of time saying "Norah, please don't put rocks in your mouth.", "Norah, why are you rolling around in the dirt?", "Norah, please don't mooch food off the other hikers."). And we can certainly attest that keeping a toddler clean in the outdoors (especially on a five night backcountry excursion) is harder than getting Kanye to shut up. This is why Norah was often referred to as the street urchin - she certainly looked the part.
The scenery was just stunning, we saw a lot of wildlife (including a grizzly and two cubs on a trail in Glacier - yowza), and got our own up close and personal view of the Canadian health care system (fortunately, Steve made it through the death panel and after five stitches to a cut finger was good to go).
It's probably easier to let the pictures speak for themselves, so I'll include a few favorites and the link to all of our pictures/trip notes.
Montana and Alberta 2009
The view from Nub Peak in Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park:
The family on Wiwaxy Gap at Lake O'Hara (Yoho National Park):
And because it makes me giggle, Norah's "funyun death stare":
We had the opportunity to take a month off and decided to split our time between Montana (Yellowstone, Beartooth Wilderness, Glacier National Park) and the Canadian Rockies (Banff, Yoho, and Mt. Assiniboine Parks). While planning a month long outdoors/hiking/camping vacation with a toddler, people thought we were nuts (we wondered ourselves if we were adventurous or just plain crazy, lol).
Happy to say that while Norah had her moments, overall she was a fantastic traveler, the trip went smoothly, and we had an amazing vacation. (I did spend a lot of time saying "Norah, please don't put rocks in your mouth.", "Norah, why are you rolling around in the dirt?", "Norah, please don't mooch food off the other hikers."). And we can certainly attest that keeping a toddler clean in the outdoors (especially on a five night backcountry excursion) is harder than getting Kanye to shut up.
This is why Norah was often referred to as the street urchin - she certainly looked the part.The scenery was just stunning, we saw a lot of wildlife (including a grizzly and two cubs on a trail in Glacier - yowza), and got our own up close and personal view of the Canadian health care system (fortunately, Steve made it through the death panel and after five stitches to a cut finger was good to go).
It's probably easier to let the pictures speak for themselves, so I'll include a few favorites and the link to all of our pictures/trip notes.
Montana and Alberta 2009
The view from Nub Peak in Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park:
The family on Wiwaxy Gap at Lake O'Hara (Yoho National Park):
And because it makes me giggle, Norah's "funyun death stare":
