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Travel blog covering adventures of Brian and Eva across the Canadian Rockies and Beyond

Van trips so far


Teddy discovers Canada and Brian catches Covid
January started off cold, rumors of -30C kept most at home but the faithful needed to get out and ski. Off to lake Louis for a couple...
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Feb 9, 20222 min read
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Fall -back in the USA, the giraffe makes a new friend
Lost in the desert outside of Tucson... A short trip down to Houston to sort out my storage unit got side tracked by climbing and Turkey...
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Jan 1, 20223 min read
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The magnificent Picasso - Aka shamelessly using my iPhone to make photos look like paintings
The past few months I've been back in the USA climbing and traveling - I'll do a formal blog about it when I am back in Canada next...
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Nov 22, 20211 min read
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End of Summer in the Rockies
With the Giraffe at the wheel the month of August flew by - many adventures were had, good food was eaten, rocks were climbed, bikes a...
brianzurek
Sep 7, 20212 min read
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The Giraffe goes on summer vacation
Its summer in the Canadian Cordillera and the Giraffe is eager to get in the mountains a road trip is planned, the van is packed and...
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Jul 23, 20212 min read
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Maintenance schedule B & swivel seat install - DIY
Part I - maintenance B Maintenance service B - what more can I say... Fir the 2.1l inline 4 cylinder engine maintenance consisted of...
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Jul 6, 20212 min read
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Cycling Banff and climbing the David Thompson Corridor
This week I spent a few days cycling around Banff before meeting up with Eva and going to the David Thompson Corridor for some climbing....
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Jun 15, 20211 min read
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The Giraffe gets vaccinated, sees a grizzly and rides on an inland ferry
In celebration of being vaccinated the giraffe heads to the mountains for a few days of climbing in Spillimacheen and Revelstoke with a...
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Jun 5, 20212 min read
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Cycling Banff, Floating the Milk, and Climbing Yamnuska - the Giraffe stays home
ACT I - Banff The Giraffe needing to do Giraffe things needed a break so Brian took the van and spent a few days camping and cycling...
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May 19, 20212 min read
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The Giraffe goes to the Okanagan valley
With winters grasp on Calgary bearing down on the month of April the Giraffe made an appeal and rallied the troops - off to Okanagan...
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Apr 25, 20211 min read
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The Giraffe discovers vanlife
Having taken the van out for her own little adventure the Giraffe returns to share her traveling spirit with the rest of us. The end of...
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Apr 5, 20211 min read
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1 Van, 1 giraffe and 1 open road!
Vanlife on pause!? not sure who that bozo thinks he is! anyone can take a selfie and call themself an influencer... Looking good ;-)...
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Mar 26, 20211 min read
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Wild Rose Country - vanlife goes on pause
Having successfully crossed the border its time to reconnect with my sweetie - Eva - and put vanlife on pause. Even though my life as an...
brianzurek
Mar 7, 20211 min read
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Part III - hashtag vanlife, need I say more...
Seasons are a changing... Time to say goodbye to the New - hashtag vanlife awaits - bikinis, beaches and good looking people having fun,...
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Feb 24, 20212 min read
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Adventures in van-mis-dis-a-u-topia - Part II West Virginia the adventure begins!
As John Denver whimsically sang "Almost heaven, West Virginia..." After packing up and moving out I was off! First stop the New River...
brianzurek
Feb 6, 20211 min read
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Yes phase I is done and where have I been??? Part 1 getting the hell out of Dodge aka H-town
So to all thee faithful readers out there I am still alive, the van is done (for now) and I have seen the world - sit back and relax...
brianzurek
Feb 2, 20211 min read
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End of first phase is in site.
van is starting to come together. The list of things to do to make it livable is getting short. Had a few hiccups yesterday - fridge...
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Oct 7, 20201 min read
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Keep them doggies rolling...
Primarily a day bolting everything into place, not many pictures but the day finished with a good view of the current state of the van......
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Oct 5, 20201 min read
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More painting
Today it was the walls... messy day with a lot of time spent doing prep, not a lot of pictures today. Placing paper over things I don’t...
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Oct 4, 20201 min read
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Painting and more overhead storage.
Pretty much as title states - today was a painting day! I also managed to install some more overhead storage, this time in the rear....
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Oct 3, 20201 min read
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