A Short Break from the Trans Canada Trail

Unsurprisingly we are very far behind in releasing our pictures and blogs.  In the past week we trekked along the Trans Canada Trail for 3 days across the beautiful city of Calgary and then westward to Cochrane, through Glenbow Provincial Park and onto Bragg Creek.  It has been amazing to watch the skyline transform from the vast prairies to urban towers to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.  Everything in us wants to keep pushing forward but it is time for a break for 7-10 days.

 

 

In 2019 when I sold my house to pay for this adventure I promised my now 100 year old Grandmother and 80 year old parents that when we completed our hike from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic on the Trans Canada Trail I would move home to help out.  4 years later we are still trekking but there is now more of a need to help them out.  So a brief break in our #hike4birds needed to take care of those who took care of me for many years is necessary.  

 

 

This break also gives us a chance to set aside our hiking carts and return to carrying everything in our backpacks – which will undoubtedly help as we cross the Rocky Mountains over the next 5-10 days and trek across the Greater Vancouver Area in 50-60 days.

 

Some time off the trail will also help me deal with a recent accident has left me having trouble walking with a very sore ankle.  We have tried to adapt and coddle my ankle while crossing Calgary, venturing to Cochrane and onward to Bragg Creek, but things are not fixing.  Perhaps a week off will help some.

 

Finally some time away from all of this will help give the photographer of the expedition a break.    In addition to trekking 40+ km a day and editing my writing before posting the blog, Sean spends the evenings revising photographs, nights answering emails and social media and the rest of his time preparing for upcoming presentations.   Resting has never been his strong suit and he has all but stopped sleeping this year on the trail.  As a result, the stress and tension are beginning to show on him and so I hope that some time off the trail will let him take a break.   

 

 

Don’t worry we are coming back very soon, and we will spend the next week updating the webpage, sharing our unpublished adventures, publishing our Birding on the Camino Primitivo trek blog(with stunning landscape and birding images), and writing articles for Eh Canada Travel on the TCT and its amazing possibilities!

 

And so it is time for us to head to Sechelt BC for a bit to take care of family and finalize our plans for the final 60-70 days of the TCT en route to Vancouver  and Victoria this year! Perhaps if I am lucky we'll even get the chance to paddle part of the Salish Sea Marine Trail off the Sunshine Coast!

 

Thank you to everyone for your understanding and patience – British Columbia and the Pacific are so close now, however at the moment I think a few days off will help us further down the line!

 

 

 

 See you on the trail!

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