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Hmmm, how far a drive is Lake Louise from the Calgary airport?

About 110 miles.

It's 7 hours to the beautiful Turks and Caicos. Not 6 but just a thought.

About 1.5hrs on a good day.

Bummer, 2 hour drive might be a bit much.

Carribean's too hot during August. Plus given the choice, I prefer Hawaii to the Carribean. Also, from SFO, we have to connect either thru Dallas or Miami w/ a long layover to get to the Carribean. Not ideal.

It's not 2 hrs we drive faster uphere on the plus side you could do day trips to Louise etc from Banff as it is fairly central to Kananaskis country, Canmore, Lake Louise, you could push it a little more and see the Glacier fields between Banff and Jasper.

Mountain biking in Alaska can be a bit challenging. There just isn’t a great trail network for that. Most trails are out in the bush and are for four wheelers. They kind of go from swamp to big assed rocks to half way descent and back to swamp, then more rocks. That’s just the trails…. Depending on where you are, the bears can be even more of a challenge. I go no where without a firearm, and it has to be big enough to actually do some good if you need it. But having said all that, if you are serious about coming the Alaska, feel free to send me an email or give me a call and I can get you all the info you need. I know the state and know a lot of folks in the tourism business who have contacts.

There is a place I want to visit for the whole purpose of hiking, taking some photos and possibly mountain biking; and that’s over the pass between Leavenworth and Seattle on Highway 2. I drove that stretch last fall and it’s beautiful. There are many trails to wander and it’s an easy drive to Leavenworth or back to the Seattle area depending on which side of the pass you happen to be on. Leavenworth gets tiresome after about four hours, but it’s OK if you try to become a tourist and enjoy the hot dogs and beer.

I haven't been to Leavenworth in a loooong time. I never got the beer experience, so the thing that stood out for me was the toys. I really liked the toy stores there, so that's what I would look forward to when I went.

I like the North Cascades even better (Methow Valley - Winthrop, Twisp, etc.). Haven't been there in years, it's farther from Seattle, and there is even less "civilization" than the Hwy 2 corridor. Beautiful, though.

I went to the Deception Pass area in Washington, that was very beautiful.