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Days 21-23, Beautiful Banff
... and then around the final corner.....the quaint little Tea House.....ahhhh......English Breakfast tea and some scones with jam.....! On the trek back down we made friends with a little ground squirrel.....he has has paws on my finger and one actually bit my thumb......obviously very used to people. After some recovery time we ate our lunch on a bench outside the Fairmont gazing at the picture before us.....it was a beautiful, ice cold but clear sunny alpine day and ...
The beauty of Lake Louise
... out to Jason, but he only saw the end of it. Anyway, at this point, we had a decision to make. We started the walk at about 4pm. With all the stops we made for photos, it took us over 2 hours to go up the hill. To the tea house, which was now closed, it would take approximately another hour (guesstimate) and then another hour to the glacier lookout. Now normally this would be OK, only problem was, as we hadn’t planned to go ...
Why so expensive Canada?
... out for tea, and then had the last night camping. I will miss my sleeping bag/pillow combo. Temperatures are going below zero now though -snow and everything.
Banff town is another one of these weird tourist places where you could not imagine living there. Must be strange round these parts.
Day 3-
Had our last breakfast together before going up Sulphur mountain on the gondola - or cable car to the rest of us. It was a very cloudy day but still got to see ...
"Oh Louise!"
... he'd properly tagged the badges with microphones or tracking devices! We've not been caught up with yet so I think they're safe.
First stop of the day was during our drive to Emerald Lake where we encountered a natural bridge that had formed across the river out of mountain rock. Yet again more ridiculous tourists were risking injury by jumping down near it, despite being told not to. Emerald Lake itself was stunning and the colour certainly made us want to just jump ...
Sunshine Meadows -- maybe the best hike around
... who can't get a bus reservation.
Sunshine Meadows offers wonderful panoramic views encompassing wildflowers and grasses, beautiful lakes, towering mountain ranges and thousands of ground squirrels. Most people enter via Rock Isle Trail which, after a kilometer, offers a branch point to access Mt. Assiniboine (still 29 km further southwest and one of ...
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