Four Points By Sheraton Canmore

... you couldn't find a parking place, especially with a dually. O well, best to just move on. We came here to see the scenery and the wildlife, and guess what, we saw some sheep and then a black bear. He was just walking not too far off the road digging for something to eat. We took his picture and videoed him also. How exciting. We stopped to eat lunch near a ...

... does that job first thing in the morning. OK onto better and brighter things ...... well you couldn't get any better than Lake Louise - the whole reason we'd made the trip here. She was stunning. In the photos you will see, in the lake, the reflection of the snow capped mountains towering above. Would look very different in summer, b ut still quite magical I would imagine, and probably a very well used lake, at that time of ...

... for a flight from Montreal to Rome, Italy for $288CAD - so I grabbed that fast. It was all the other flights, buses, hostels that I had to work out. I decided on a tour from Vancouver to Vancouver Island as it seemed the best way to see it all in the short space of time I had and this way I would have the chance to meet new people, not travel by myself and see places that I wouldn't have gone to on my own. Also, during this time I had to say ...

... we came to. I doubt we made 15 minutes down that one. It felt more like bushwhacking than hiking a trail. Really, faith is the only reason I believed there was a trail at all. Then...I couldn't even believe that. Back we went, an idea that met with absolutely no resistance from me. This time we tried left. Now, on the first path we took, I asked Julie if we were even on a trail, and she said it was obviously a trail. I shuddered to think what sort of ...

... age of the hostel's clientele was probably about nineteen, so it made a nice change to speak to the older end (he said, sounding like an old fuddy duddy!). We even shared a pitcher of beer at their expense, so I obviously made a good impression... The next morning, I made my way to the car hire place and picked up my sporty-looking Toyota - three days freedom beckoned, surrounded by some of the world's most amazing scenery...

... Mum had to ski down the mountain and get gloves and goggles. We quickly started to remember our skills and we all improved a lot after our first few runs, especially Daddy who went skiing with Mum while we were in skischool. Tom: Skiing was great. I got way better than last time at Mt Hotham, and I elarnt to go on really bumpy runs too. Alex was my instructor and he was fun. The snow was really good and one day it was very sunny so we got quite burnt.

... Bozz & Janai had Tuesday off work, so the four of us drove to Sunshine, which is about a 20 minute drive east of Banff. The weather wasnt nearly as nice, it was gray and just a little bit snowy! First we caught the gondola to the ski fields, then spent the morning going up the Strawberry lift and doing the various runs from there. They were great for us all as none of us are very experienced boarders ... very powdery, something we don't have in ...

... everywhere you look is breathtaking, and the energy of the people is contagious. After a couple nights in Banff, we headed up to Jasper which is equally amazing for different reasons. Along the way, we stopped at Lake Louise and Morraine Lake. Although they were beautiful, the hoards of people and RV's were not mentioned in the brochures. We will spend two nights here in Jasper and then head west to Golden.

... Trans Canada Highway travelers came to a halt and then police car came racing up the line up of cars and whizzed past us. An ambulance came by shortly after. By this time we had all turned off our engines and then the word came to us that we would be sitting there for about 4 hours. There had been an accident just north of Radium Hot Springs and our road was closed as well. What to do, what to do? We could turn around and backtrack 70 miles to Golden and wait ...

... it right." Johnny - one of the most politically-correct guys on earth - became actually ticked off, as Adam pretended to be disgusted by hsi friend's comment the rest of the night. "I thought I knew this guy." We spent one final night in the cattle-raising province of Alb**ta. We returned to Banff National Park, wh**e we checked out Lake Louise, a Canadian icon. It had a beauty that lit**ally stunned you. The milky-blue Lake Louise opened up before us like an ...