John Bolton - July 25, 2025


Alberta is my country - A trip to Lake Louise (thanks for the entrance fee Mr. Carney)

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Bow Valley Parkway骑行
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John Bolton
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Lake Louise Canada Strong Joseph Conrad Mark Carney John
CUT OFF Manitoba too! Alberta and Saskatchewan UNITE in independence Don't ask what Carney CAN DO for your country, ask what HE WON＂T DO

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In this episode, I take you on a ride to Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada. It's a beautiful day in the middle of the summer, and I wanted to take you through a bit of my favourite part of my province, Alberta.

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00:00:00.000 Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel. It is Friday, July the 25th. I hope you're having a
00:00:05.600 great start to your day. I am not here right now. Actually, I am in Banff, Alberta. Welcome to
00:00:15.120 beautiful Banff, Alberta. I'm going to take you on a little trip today, but before I start,
00:00:20.260 I want to say thank you to Mark Carney for allowing me into Banff National Park for free
00:00:25.360 today. Nothing says Canada Strong quite like a bankrupt country allowing people to get more
00:00:31.200 free stuff, but that's about as political as I want to get today. You know, I get up in the morning
00:00:36.000 very early and the first thing I do is I sit in front of my computer and I look for something
00:00:40.080 bad to talk about. And I know it's terrible to say, but it's the absolute truth. There's that old
00:00:46.100 saying, if it bleeds, it leads. Well, if it's bad, it leads when it comes to YouTube for sure.
00:00:50.680 Joseph Conrad, the writer, had a saying. It was the fascination of the abomination. You know,
00:00:57.100 it's the reason why you stop and slow down a little bit just so you can see, you know,
00:01:01.700 a crash at the side of the road to see if you can see any gore. I know it's terrible,
00:01:05.000 but that's what we do in the morning. We get up and we look for videos that make us mad.
00:01:09.420 You probably go to a lot of YouTube videos that make you feel mad because there's so much to be
00:01:13.500 mad about in this country right now. You know, and it's a strange thing that we're in the middle
00:01:17.820 of summertime. It is supposed to be the quiet season, but it's day after day after day,
00:01:24.660 never ending depression when it comes to politics and the country and politicians in this country.
00:01:32.220 So today I wanted to do something a little bit different, kind of leave the politics behind.
00:01:36.000 That's about it. That's about all you're going to get today regarding politics and take you
00:01:40.160 on a little ride in my province of Alberta, the province I want to be independent.
00:01:46.840 I am so lucky. I rode, drove from Southeast Calgary today. In one hour, I was in the mountains,
00:01:52.780 but an hour and 40 minutes, I'm standing here in Banff, Alberta. And today I'm going to take you for
00:01:58.080 a ride to Lake Louise and maybe a little bit farther today. Some people who live in Alberta have
00:02:03.080 probably done this trip before. We're going to go along the Bow Valley Parkway,
00:02:06.060 but I'll bet most of you have never done this on a bicycle. So sit back, relax. Let's take a trip
00:02:13.040 to Lake Louise. So here we are riding out to the start of our ride. And today's ride is going to be
00:02:25.720 about 120 kilometers. It might be a little longer. It might take a detour. I'll make that decision as
00:02:32.980 I'm coming out of Lake Louise today. But we're riding up the road here. If you continue up the
00:02:39.700 mountain off in the distance there, you go up to the Norquay ski area. I ride up there quite often.
00:02:45.560 Bottom to top is about five and a half kilometers.
00:02:53.060 We're going to make a turn up here and go past Vermilion Lakes.
00:02:56.740 Just thought I'd stop for a second. I didn't want to, but it's a little windy. I got a bit of a headwind
00:03:05.140 today. This is the Bow Valley Parkway and it runs parallel to the Trans-Canada Highway,
00:03:11.360 which is just over there that way, just over to the left. Beautiful views through here, quiet road
00:03:16.420 generally, and only 60 kilometers an hour. And it's nicely paved. And generally this time of year,
00:03:22.600 they have it closed and parts of it closed, but obviously they've got the road open right now.
00:03:35.400 A little out of breath at the top of the hill. I'm at Marantz Curve. And this is one of my favorite
00:03:42.920 places on this whole ride. All I've got to do is go down the bottom of this hill,
00:03:48.520 and it's absolutely beautiful.
00:04:18.520 one.
00:04:22.680 15 cap to do is go down the building.
00:04:25.300 So we can connect the building.
00:04:27.440 We are at Bracalond Lane as we get connected to the lord on the grass fort and with a
00:04:34.060 ульт pin on pretty close, but he let's go down the whole road.
00:04:36.280 It's not empty... 0.98
00:04:38.260 You're so queer. 1.00
00:04:39.640 It's kind of a bit dev заметful, which is important. 0.66
00:04:43.260 Here we are...
00:04:44.520 I love to go down the alleyway.
00:04:47.520 I always say when I'm riding, always take some time to enjoy the scenery.
00:05:00.500 So I'm just going to go through the light here.
00:05:03.060 It's going to be quiet today, I think.
00:05:04.600 I think there's been rain here today.
00:05:07.140 I've noticed the roads have been very wet.
00:05:09.020 I haven't come across any rain.
00:05:11.320 But we're going to go through the lights underneath an overpass, make a right-hand turn,
00:05:16.240 cross the Bow River on a small bridge, and then we go up to Lake Louise.
00:05:46.240 Here's the river.
00:06:09.680 And Lake Louise, according to the sign, 3.5k.
00:06:28.680 And here we are at the top.
00:06:34.720 That's the Fairmount Hotel.
00:06:40.440 It overlooks the lake.
00:06:48.600 We're going to make a left turn here.
00:06:51.080 And we're going to work our way through the crowd and go right down to Lake Louise.
00:06:56.160 Here we go.
00:06:56.620 We're going to work our way through the beach.
00:07:16.840 Thanks for joining us.
00:07:22.500 We're going to busy.
00:07:24.600 Oh, no.
00:07:25.600 Wow.
00:07:26.600 Wow.
00:07:27.600 Wow.
00:07:28.600 Wow.
00:07:29.600 Wow.
00:07:30.600 Wow.
00:07:31.600 Wow.
00:07:32.600 Wow.
00:07:33.600 Wow.
00:07:34.600 Wow.
00:07:35.600 Wow.
00:07:36.600 Wow.
00:07:37.600 Wow.
00:07:38.600 Wow.
00:07:39.600 Wow.
00:07:41.600 Go ahead, sorry.
00:07:42.600 Just wait.
00:07:44.600 Okay.
00:07:45.600 Ready?
00:07:46.600 Okay.
00:07:47.600 Ready?
00:07:48.600 Very good.
00:07:49.600 Beautiful.
00:07:53.600 So I'm 62 and a half K into my ride right now and so this is going to be a 125 K bike ride today and it is humid out here and not all that busy, you know.
00:08:22.600 It's a Thursday morning actually when I'm recording this, you're seeing this on Friday and if you're ever wanting to come to Lake Louise, don't come on weekends, don't come on holidays, this is one of the biggest tourist traps in the whole world.
00:08:35.600 You know, I moved out to Alberta, well 14 years ago from Ontario and I love Ontario.
00:08:41.600 If you ever get a chance, go there, you know, rent yourself a cottage and go to cottage country in central Ontario sometime.
00:08:47.600 People often say to me, what do you miss about Ontario? I say water.
00:08:52.600 Alberta is pretty dry as I'm sitting right at Lake Louise, but I say I would give up the water anytime for this.
00:09:01.600 I'm a cyclist. I get to ride here anytime I want. I am a blessed person. Alberta is my country.
00:09:12.600 Now it's time to head to the bottom of the mountain, get some more fluids and head back to Banff.
00:09:19.600 125 K ride. Isn't it beautiful here at Lake Louise? Look at that water.
00:09:24.600 Look at that water.
00:09:30.600 Okay, the beauty about having to ride up is you get to ride down.
00:09:54.600 The
00:10:17.660 So here I am back at the Bo Valley Parkway, this time I'm going in the opposite direction,
00:10:36.840 about 57 kilometers back to the car in Banff.
00:10:45.220 So here I am back where I started here in Banff, obviously a lot more cars here today.
00:10:51.060 This is a free parking area right at the train station.
00:10:54.620 I hope you enjoyed the ride, you know I didn't want to get too political here.
00:10:57.540 You know what's interesting?
00:11:00.700 You know I'm interested in Alberta independence, but even if Alberta leaves, this park will
00:11:07.660 still be here, these mountains will still be here, Alberta will still be here, Lake Louise
00:11:14.400 will still be there.
00:11:15.400 Everybody from Canada can still come to this beautiful place.
00:11:18.580 People from around the world will come here.
00:11:20.640 You just saw one of the most amazing tourist places in the whole world, Lake Louise.
00:11:26.200 And you know I did a 125 kilometer bike ride today and I feel so blessed that I live in
00:11:34.240 this province, 125K in four hours, 44 minutes and 44 seconds.
00:11:41.560 But again, all of this will still be here if Alberta leaves.
00:11:45.260 I didn't want to get too political today, I really didn't.
00:11:48.260 Stay tuned at the end if you're interested in seeing the information on this ride.
00:11:52.200 And if you're ever here, you could give it a try for sure.
00:11:55.320 There's other places you can start along the Bow Valley Parkway so you don't have to do
00:11:59.200 125K.
00:12:00.200 I appreciate you being here, I do.
00:12:02.200 I hope you enjoyed this, a little bit different for sure.
00:12:04.200 If you like the video, give it a thumbs up.
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00:12:08.200 I'll see you in the next one.
00:12:11.580 Have a great weekend.