Day 0 - Take-off

Jasper in flames, Icelands Parkway closed

Buckle-up! It's getting serious. Biggest learning of the day: don't plan too much ahead, let the way guide you as well.

After a stressful packing, it finally had a happy end, and check-in went fine once at Geneva airport. Close though (400g left out of 23Kg allowance) ⚖️.

With Valérie we could then enjoy some quality time (incl. a nice cappuccino with a nice drawing on it ❤️).

I also was able to enjoy Zürich Kloten airport a bit longer: connection to Calgary got delayed by 1h30. Hello terrasse ☕️ again.

Then I learned that Jasper is in flames. Terrible news, apparently the fire is in the city 🔥🔥🔥🔥. It's been too hot: 40 degrees Celsius. Jasper national park is closed, the famous Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise/Banff and Jasper is also closed midway. Well - I was planning to start from Jasper... 🧐 what now?

Let's see once in Calgary. I envisage first unboxing/gearing up the bike and taking a room close to Calgary airport. I also saw that the Trans-Canadian Trail (TCT) could take me to Banff. And probably I would then head south... leaving the parkway 93 behind me and hoping the fire will be under control soon though.

Update: the news for Jasper made it home. I am definitely going to head to Banff. Quite sad about the devastation...