Chasing Clean Air

Why I Love Exploring Canada and This Year May Be YOUR Year for Exploration!

Canoeing Bowron Lakes, Canada

I love Canada for its wilderness, open space ratio to few people, and civilized ways, and now the Canadian dollar hit a 13-year low.

This summer, I'm headed to Canada's Quebec City and the St. Lawrence river to explore marine wildlife and birds. In the past, some of my life's most memorable experiences happened in the wilderness of British Columbia and Alberta, Canada.

Maligne Lake, Jasper

So I thought I'd share that as of this week, the most favorable Canadian exchange means international travelers, perhaps like you, will pay about 30% less exploring Canada this year. Exchange rates vary but indicators point to continued value travel to Canada in 2016. 

I loved my journey on the luxurious Rocky Mountaineer Train throughout gorgeous B.C. and Alberta, Canada. Highly recommend with stops to explore along the way.

https://www.rockymountaineer.com/en_US_CA/

I stopped in Quesnel and made my way to Wells, where I had one of those best days of my life, canoeing with tour guide Dave Jorgenson on remote Bowron Lakes. I experienced quiet, majesty, and observed moose and eagles up close. 

http://www.whitegold.ca/bowron-lakes.htmla

Just outside of Quesnel, I had my first fly-fishing experience, you can read about here: http://www.chasingcleanair.com/chasing_clean_air/2008/07/the-10-oclock-2.html

I have not yet traveled with these tour operators but I am considering doing so. Tour companies to consider: 

Adventure Canada http://www.adventurecanada.com

Outer Shores Expeditions http://www.outershores.ca

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Until next time, breathe easy and make life an adventure.

 

 

Stoked for Snow in Canada. Win a Free Ski Trip!

This has got to be one of the best opportunities I've written for you ski bunnies and ski bums.

If you love to ski and have time on your side this weekend, listen up!

The Stoked for Snow Bus will pick up heat-soaked Southern Californians and offer ski bums and bunnies information on everything you ever wanted to know about skiing and snowboarding in brrrrr cold Alberta, Canada-home to gorgeous clean air Banff and Jasper National Parks. Learn first hand what it's like to ski Canada divine at SkiBig3.

The Stoked for Snow Bus will offer you opportunities to win great prizes including 15 Canadian Rockies ski trips for two. One of my favorite places on earth!

The Stoked for Snow Bus makes its first stop in Newport Beach January 29, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. at 2102 West Ocean Front. Check out more locations and times the bus will stop throughout the day, including Huntington Beach, Santa Monica, The Grove, and Hollywood and Highland by going to Alberta's Twitter hashtag #stokedforsnow, visiting their Facebook page and or clicking here.

And, you know, I may just see you in Newport Beach and try for a prize to cross-country ski Canada, too. :-)

And remember, it feels better to breathe clean air, which is why you're reading here but deserve the real deal.

Photo Courtesy of Ski Banff-Lake Louise-Sunshine.

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Vote for the New 7 Wonders of Nature

The New 7 Wonders of Nature Contest is underway and you can vote on 7 of the 22 finalist destinations chosen from 440. Click here to cast your vote. Two that caught my eye:

Bay of Fundy in Canada (it's located near beautiful provinces I plan to visit) and Milford Sound in New Zealand. I'd like to see penguins waddling. :-)

3 Favorite Clean Air Destinations

Clean air feels better than dirty air, and until you experience the difference it's hard to put the aliveness oxygen gives into proper words.

I woke thinking about my favorite clean air destinations so far and why.

1. Jasper - Jasper National Park is in Alberta, Canada. There's something about its mountain air that made me feel most alive. Not all mountain air is alike. Trust me. Some are shrouded in smog drifting on winds from cities-- near and far. Some are too high, causing altitude sickness in sensitive individuals (like me). And some are just about right. That's how I experienced Jasper. Just right, light and lively set in grandeur.

Chasing Clean Air's Climate Change Video

Chasing Clean Air: Climate Change features my journey out of Los Angeles and into clean air where climate change markers were discovered along the way.

Enjoy the Southwest, California, Pacific Northwest and magnificent Canadian Rockies.

Yes on 7, No on 10

The day Palin accepted her party's V.P. nomination was a day that produced two indelible impressions in our human and natural worlds.

But only the human impression resonated on the news.

"Drill, baby drill!"

Yet the exact same day, the largest Canadian ice sheet, the 4500 year old massive Makham Ice Sheet broke off in the Arctic Ocean!

The Makham, combined with two other Canadian ice sheets that broke off earlier this summer, totaled half of the entire Canadian ice shelf.

Or about the size of 3 Manhattans, (the city).

Let's pause.