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Travel Blogs from Banff
Bow Falls Hike and The First Big 'Dump' of Snow
... turned around to go on a more open trail with people on! We walked past the famous Fairmont Banff Springs which is a really old building where there is a hotel right up on the mountain, before heading back down the mountain in to town.
This was all in walking distance from our house and is right by the centre of Banff. Lots of the trails were already closed due to the light snow ...
Thanksgiving weekend in Banff National Park
... energy in the eyes of all my friends who seemed as happy as I were to be there…We took many group pictures and enjoyed some snow fights close to one of the lakes at the bottom of the mountain.
After enjoying the amazing scenery, lots of wildlife, and lots of tourists, we drove towards Banff. Banff National Park is one of the most wonderful places in Canada! During one of my conversations with one of ...
Banff
... to the hotel, wow is the only word that describes the opulence and scale of the hotel, one can understand why the travellers came here in its early history. The photographs are the only way to show what we mean!!
So after our relaxing evening and the following morning after our walk around part of the lake we headed off to Banff, within the Banff National Park.
Our first stop was Kicking Horse River Valley, which provided a ...
Glaciers and snow in summer?!
... sigh!
Banff was pretty and we hiked through the Johnston Canyon and tested out the hot springs in Banff (we like our hot springs!).
Alas, we needed a break from such beauty - we started looking down at the ground: it got tiring craning our necks upwards and always seeing such beauty (I know, tough life!). Next stop Calgary - the heart of the new west.
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Rain go away!!!
... about to drive in to....
Happy Birthday Roger...Its raining its pouring our old birthday boy is soaking.... Bam, Rain!...Bam, hail!....Bam, cold!...Bam, black bear crossing the road...Oh yes you heard me...Black bear crossing our road and then stops to say Hi to us... Well not really a HI but a slow down this is my turf...Kaki, take a picture...kaki, get the picture of the bear...Snap...Snap..Snap...Beautiful pictures taken of ...