Rundlestone Lodge Banff

Tumbling Creek CG to Paint Pots Trailhead
11 km - 4 hours











It rained steadily throughout the night. When it suddenly stopped, Celine awoke from her slumber. As the precipitation resumed, she wondered at the ...

... We opted to skip this activity. We just couldn’t see paying $40 each to walk on ice and look for ice worms. Yeah, I know, you’re all calling us idiots for passing up the opportunity, but we just didn’t see much merit in this particular tour.

Instead, we stayed behind and visited the Icefield Centre which features interpretive displays about the Columbia ...

... Sydney on a working holiday. oh we met 2 couples at the B&B , 1 from the Gold Coast, and the other are his parents from Canberra.. small world. After dinner we walked the main street, it stays light until around 9:30pm, doing some window shopping and taking in the town. It a large town, think Thredbo but 20 times bigger, with mountains towering above us. Finally we walked home to the B&B to plan tomorrow and sleep.

... several locals and tourists on the trails and everyone was very nice and helpful, I felt safe walking around Banff by myself. Usually Banff is busy this time of year but the town, this year, is very quiet with few tourists. Since there are so few tourists it means hotels are giving discounts, ski hills have reduced rate ski days and restaurants which are normally expensive and full are ...

... Mirror Lake and then taking the Plain of 6 Glaciers trail, which lead through woodland to the start of the Moraines! We began climbing up the slippy trail through the moraine, massive icicles and frozen falls cloaking the right hand valley side. The awesome Victoria glacier coming into view. The trail swaybacked up the moraine, through low scatted trees. Suddenly a noise like thunder was heard, instantly recognizable as thunder anyways, but suddenly I realized avalanche!!! I turned my camera ...

Hi Folks! We had a picturesque cycle from Cranbrook through Kimberley to Wasa, where we swam in the lovely warm lake. It was so tranquil. Next day we had a 70 mile cycle up the Columbia Valley, from Canal Flats through Fairmont and Windermere to Radium Hot Springs. Fantastic scenery and no big climbs. There are 16 golf courses in the area as well as a few hot springs. Stayed at Misty River Lodge/Hostel run by ...

... had a choice if I wanted the visa. During our first few weeks back we had a nice picnic up the top of the Banff Gondola (17/7/08) with some friends from work. Pity the day we choose to do it, it starts ******* down with rain. Never fear, we still had our picnic - we just dragged a table under some cover and off we went, no problems! We were lucky that summer was definitely in full swing when we got back with some nice days around 27o C and 28oC. I decided that ...

... up snow covered rocks and the path was becoming less obvious the further we went, so we turned back. I was pretty hungry when we got back into town so we went to Tony Roma's to try his so called famous ribs and enjoy a beer. The place is similar to what Cobb & co used to be like (for those in NZ), but the food was pretty good. The next day the weather hadn't improved (it seems mornings are regularly average), so ...

... AND this is just one of the many hotels in Banff! Have not met an abundance of Canadians as yet. I haven't really mentioned too much about the weath** ov** h**e.. somedays it is so cold that your face can sting and then feel numb aft** about 2 minutes outside and ears, oh my goodness they can really hurt and ache, a v**y hard pain to describe (I make good use of the hood on my jacket). Not much looks silly ov** h**e, so it is normal to see people ...

... that that will get me through. I'll keep you posted. As for future travel as I am sure a lot of people are just waiting to hear where I run off to next. University will keep me in the country until April when I finish my exams. So that's that. I will work and study, and save until then and decide later what my next move will be. Move meaning back to Europe or over to OZ. Who knows. This world is too BIG! Got a few more people I met traveling I might get ...