CROSSING the USA to CANADA BORDER in 2025?! Roadtrip to CANADA | Truck Camper Living Banff

Good morning! We are currently here outside of Livingston, Montana where I left you last. Getting camp packed up to start making our way to Canada. Super excited about it. Didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night because we went to the concert and went to bed late once again but the show must go on. We got to get on the road so uh yeah I'll uh catch up with you down the road. We spent two nights in Livingston, Montana seeing one of my favorite bands so I was a little bit sleep deprived. So far we've been driving primarily through the plains so there hasn't been much to see. We did stop in Helena at Walmart because I needed to grab some Sumatra coffee and my favorite Italian sweet creamer because they don't have either of those things as far as I could find in Canada the past couple of years so got stocked up on that and now we're back in the mountains. Seeley Lake is part of the Missoula metropolitan area and sits beside the 1,030 acre Seeley Lake. We have made it here to our camp at the Talley Lake Campground in Whitefish, Montana. We aren't crossing the border today. It is already about 6 30 p.m and I am pretty tired so we decided to go ahead and get camp. We found out about this campground through our friends Andrew and Lacey. We camped here with them once before so we decided we'd check it out. They only had a couple of sites available for tonight. It's pretty busy on a Sunday so summer is definitely in full swing. We're gonna get camp set up which we don't have much to do to do that. I'm gonna make some dinner. We're gonna get a good night's sleep and start out fresh to cross the border tomorrow. Tonight I'm cooking up some BLT and E. Bacon, lettuce, tomato and egg. Should be pretty easy. I've been partying like a rock star the last couple of nights and I'm not used to that. Partying as much as a sober person parties but out late dancing out till let's see the concert ended at 11. Two nights in a row so if you missed the last video go ahead and check that out. Let's see what I was talking about. We went and saw one of my favorite bands Mo. Two nights in a row. Stayed up late. Got up. Did it the next day and I'm not used to that anymore. I'm a very early to bed early to rise type of person these days so yeah definitely took a little bit out of me but we'll have a nice dinner get a good night's sleep. I should be good as new. Good morning. I already got coffee going getting some breakfast going and we're gonna get the truck packed up and get out of here so we can get across the border today. I slept so well last night and for a long time. It is almost 10 a.m already. I slept till after 8. It felt amazing. I feel like a new woman today that is for sure. So yeah we're probably gonna just get everything done really quick and get on the road here. We're not sure where we're camping tonight. We're gonna try for one of the first come first served campsites in BAMP and I think we have at least a seven hour drive maybe a little bit more. So this camp was down a very long dirt road at least 10 miles. Eureka Montana. Last town before we hit the Canadian border. One of the things I absolutely love about road tripping in the rural western United States is all the charming little towns I get to go through. This is Eureka Montana. We just filled up on our last fuel here in the U.S. for a while. We are almost to the border. I'm a little nervous and excited. I can't wait. I have a bit of a line here. Hopefully it's not too long. I was definitely more nervous crossing the border this year in 2025 than I had been in previous years due to the climate between the U.S. and Canada. By the way I love you Canada. Hello how are you? Sure. Live in California. How are you today? We are headed to BAMP and Jasper. How long are you planning on going for? Three weeks approximately. Any firearms weapons or ammunition? No. There you go. Have a safe trip. Thank you. Thank you very much. Have a great day. Joseph we are in Canada. How do you feel? Feel pretty good. Yeah? Yeah. Go Canada. I am stoked. It was a pretty easy process. It took us approximately 15 to 20 minutes. Not bad at all. The line wasn't too bad. It was pretty smooth and we are in Canada. Had a bit of a change in climate since we've got here into Canada. Dropped about 21 degrees in temperature and it is very cloudy and raining right now which is actually welcome because it was pretty hot where we were in Montana. Chris Wilde live sighting here in Canada. Big horn sheep. Oh go on baby. We are currently in Kootenai National Park. We're following the Kootenai River. We've been following that for since we got into Canada essentially. So we're getting very close to BAMP. We're about an hour away from the campground and we are sitting at about 35 degrees less than what we were yesterday in Montana. So that is one of the reasons that we wanted to head up this way as well. There's many reasons but that is definitely one of the reasons we wanted to come up this way. It's much cooler. We've made it to our campsite here at Mosquito Creek in BAMP. It's a first come first serve camp grounds and they had several sites open. It is about 6 p.m. It is a Monday but I still thought it might be full and luckily it wasn't. So I'm very relieved. I think I'm gonna go ahead and say good night here on this chilly overcast night. We're gonna get camp set up. Maybe have a fire but other than that probably go to bed. I'll see you in the morning. We'll explore some the beautiful Canadian Rockies. So excited to be here. See you tomorrow. Good night. Good morning. Waking up here in the truck. Got a little condensation going. It's a chilly morning. Definitely a big difference from temps I've been waking up to the last few days. I like it though. I actually like it cooler like this. I prefer that than the hot. Waking up in the heat. We're gonna get up and get some coffee going pretty soon and go explore today. We'll probably head down to Banff and maybe explore some lakes along the way. We really don't have a plan so we'll have to see how it all pans out but one thing I can guarantee you is it's not left camp. We actually have been looking around the campground to situate ourselves better at a better site because a lot of people have left. We found a really good site. I need more sunlight for solar. The sun is coming out. There just happens to be a cloud over the sun right now but yeah we found a site that's right next to the creek. There's still some privacy and I should be able to get more sunlight with the view of the mountains and everything. So we're kind of just packing up and getting ready to move over to that site. Luckily it is light until after 10 p.m here so we still have the entire day in front of us. And here is our new site. It's the view behind us and here is the view in front of us. Pretty epic and the creek is right there to the left of the truck. One of the things that we need to do today is go to the grocery store because we brought hardly any food over with us. We just didn't want to have any hassles going over the border with food so we came over pretty empty and now we need to stock up. We don't need a ton of stuff however because I think we will be going on a backpacking trip in a few days. Banff is one of Canada's most popular tourist destinations. Known for its mountain surroundings and hot springs it is a destination for outdoor sports and hiking, biking, scrambling, and skiing. We are just cruising the streets of Banff here and it is very busy. We wound up heading over to Canmore to shop at the Safeway. I spared you the visuals on that because it's just a standard Safeway just like we have in the states. We got stocked up on some groceries and we bought a big sandwich. We're gonna try to find a picnic area to enjoy our sandwich hopefully with a pretty view. Joey's already stolen a piece out of this but look how huge it is. Good morning. It is time for coffee. An official good morning to you. We wound up spending yesterday kind of just running errands and taking care of things. We had to go again stock up on groceries. Went to Banff. Went to Canmore. We stopped at the river and had our sandwich lunch and then by the time we got back to camp it was pretty busy here. It was full. The campground was full so we just chilled out. Enjoyed the evening and I didn't film anything so sorry I lost you. Today we plan on going and moving camps trying to find another camp up more closer to Jasper. Jasper is where we want to do our backpacking trip so we want to move that way for now. Probably come back here to Banff. Probably do some backpacking here as well but for now we're going to move up that way. Hopefully find a great camp that way and explore along the way today. Icefield Parkway. Very very beautiful drive. Stopping here at this gorgeous picnic area for a coffee break. Too bad we can't camp right here. It's absolutely gorgeous. It's still feeling a little bit surreal to me to be here right now. I'm so excited. I love Canada. Canada I love you. To all my Canadian viewers thank you for allowing me to be here. Oh man it's awesome. The Icefields Parkway also known as Highway 93 North is a scenic 232 kilometer highway connecting Lake Louise and Banff National Park and Jasper and Jasper National Park. It's renowned for its breathtaking views of glaciers, snow-capped mountains, turquoise lakes and wildlife. The drive is a popular route especially during the summer months and is here to our campsite at Kirkessling Campground in Jasper National Park. We stopped at several different ones along the way and settled on this one. Got a nice fire going. It's real private here in the woods and yeah we're just gonna chill out here. I'm gonna make some tacos later on. Tomorrow we'll be moving a little further north closer to the town of Jasper proper. We'll be staying at a campground called Whistler's Campground where we'll be able to get showers for the first time in almost a week and I know we're both really looking forward to that. We'll also start planning our backpacking trip. I think I'm going to go ahead and wrap up this video here. The drive today was absolutely stunning. I hope that you enjoyed coming along on this road trip up here to Canada with me. Seeing some of our first moments here in Canada. Our first camps. There's going to be more adventures obviously from here to come and I hope that you'll all stay tuned for that. Thank you all so much for joining me. I appreciate you coming along. If you haven't subscribed to the channel make sure you subscribe so you don't miss out on the upcoming adventures. 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