Banff Fox

Vacation added on to a work trip.

...  are offering lunch and dinner specials.  Restaurants, I am told, are relatively expensive all over Alberta not just Banff.  But what I like most about the restaurants in this area is the menu selections of meat.  Several restaurants ...

... but cooled down REALLY quickly so it was a bit of a quicker hike back to the hotel. Going white water rafting tomorrow !!! woo hoo Banff Part 2 White Water Rafting......woo hoo! We left the hotel at 7.45am (this is hard work) to head to Canmore to get ...

Compared to current Ontario temperature of -30, Banff still feels warmer, even on a cold day like today.  Perhaps, it's because Banff is sheltered within the mountains or maybe it's the dry air.  In Ontario, the sun comes up around 7:30am, in ...

... they were just amazed.  I said that the different seasons always offer different experiences.  We continued on to Banff and checked into the FOX about 4:00.  This hotel is owned by the same group that the timeshare we stayed in with Deb ...

... to the Spaghetti Factory and it was delicious. Had a great group dinner with the 6 of us, and had a relaxing last evening in Banff before we start our journey home to BC tomorrow. (well, home for us, continuing vacation for Mom, Dad, Gig and Uncle ...

... , but Brad and I have had a long few days and decided to veg out for a bit. Tomorrow no travel, we stay in Banff another night. Apparently we're going up the Gondola, should be great scenery. Distance Travelled:    179 miles or 279km ...

... drive. John and Lori took us out for a fabulous and memorable dinner afterwards at 'Le Beaujolais', on the corner of Banff Avenue and Buffalo Street.  Tip:  when making reservations at this restaurant, ask for the corner table that faces ...

... was a beautiful setting and Max had done a good job of lunch, with rolls, strawberries and chocolate!!!   Heading back towards Banff we stopped at a couple other places on the loop before heading to HRR to visit Kaitie. Lucky for us we did, ...

... ; I did have plans to picnic this time but they went haywire in Waterton with a lack of services available and no real planning ahead on my part.  I found some great foldable picnic baskets in Banff that would be a great option when we ...

... But what a shock, the Icebergers had beaten us to it. In fact the whole town had given itself over to the Terry Fox Festival. The entry sign to Banff gives Terry top billing and we can’t wait to see how he managed to get TRT to give him the time ...

... caught the gondola back down the mountain and Phil and I went for a dip in the hot springs. We went for a walk down to the Banff Springs Hotel and I showed Phil a few of the function rooms and lounges that they have in there. We stopped for a pint in one ...

Howdy folks, I had arranged to meet Lenka, Adam and Steffie at the Fox Hotel to go for a hike and we got picked up at 1:45pm. We drove out to Johnston Canyon which I had been to around 3 months ago in the height of summer. Johnston Canyon is located along ...

... "You'll be sorry if you miss this" screams from mom, he got up and got ready.  It was about a 40 minute ride from Banff to the Alpine Heliport in Canmore, and we made in plenty of time. (So...Greg could have slept a little longer!)  In any ...

A Kiwi we met said he had two favorite places in the world: the highway between Banff and Jasper and the highway between Westport and Greymouth, New Zealand. I agree. The coastline is wild, with many views and spectacular sights. It was hard to go ...