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Jasper to Banff
... she was snapping away with a posh looking camera. I didn't remember her having this camera before & was wondering why she had waited until now to produce it. Turns out it wasn't her camera & she was just taking pictures for some guy, looks like the photo's won't be appearing in a fancy magazine just yet! We pulled into the Icefield Centre where you have the opportunity to do a glacier walk or tour. By this time it was pelting it down with Ice cold rain & there was a ...
My day with Stormy
Dinner at Largo last night was great, we started in the Fairmont Longue with a cocktail, I had a Mojhito and Deb a Dirty Martini. At Largo we had the Grilled Sampler for two it came with Wild Boar Sausage, French Lamb Chops and Italian Sirloin with salad gnocchi and roasted potatoes. We split a bottle of red wine and the meal and the view were perfect. After a long day of traveling we were both anxious to get back to the room and to bed. ...
Jasper - Banff (Icefields Parkway)
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Vor uns lagen nun nur noch weitere 17 km bis zum höchsten Punkt des Bow Pass, die wir uns für den nächsten Tag vorgenommen hatten. Pünktlich als wir die höchste Stelle erreicht hatten, zog sich alles zu und Regen setzte ein. In 3 km Entfernung (bergab!) lag allerdings unsere Rettung: ein Cafe am Ufer des Bow Lakes, in dem wir uns mit einer heißen Schokolade und einem großen Schoko-Cookie belohnten. Mussten anschließend aber bei Gewitter weiterfahren und ...
Exploring Banff
Banff is a lovely town and we are excited to explore. Our first stop is the Whyte Museum where we see a terrific wildlife exhibition, including the history of a brilliant invention - an natural animal bridge for wildlife to safely cross the highways. It both minimizes human-caused accidents and provides a safe crossing for many types of animals. The museum also has a wonderful archive of photos and artifacts of the people that first came to the wilds of the Canadian Rockies. ...
Banff National Park -- Sulphur Mountain
... gondola terminal, a boardwalk leading 600 meters (0.4 miles) to the summit of Sanson Peak, really part of Sulphur Mountain, where there are the remains of an old Cosmic Ray monitoring station abandoned decades ago, now a novelty of historic interest.
The trail takes you down as you came up, much easier not having to fight gravity but still requiring caution so you ...