We’ve spent the last couple of days in Calgary on the last stop of our Canadian West Coast trip. We fly tomorrow from Calgary to Boston to start the East coast portion, and we’ve had a bit more of a chill out while we’ve been here in Calgary really to recover from all the hiking we’ve been doing. Our Airbnb is really nice and comfy so it’s been a nice place to hang out, it’s got a huge TV so…
We have now arrived in Calgary for the last leg on the west coast and I am writing this whilst catching up with Wimbledon on the “small” TV in our new apartment. This post is a quick update on our last few days in and around Banff. After our busy day in Lake Louise we decided to take it a bit easier on the Tuesday, starting with a dip in one of their famous hot springs. We decided to go…
After our long scenic drive to Banff yesterday (check it out if you missed that post), we spent our first day in the area visiting Lake Louise and the nearby Moraine Lake, two of the most famous and visited lakes in the Canadian Rockies. You can’t actually drive to these lakes, they’re so popular and Lake Louise only has a very small car park (which fills up by 5am for sunrise), and the road to Moraine Lake is blocked to…
I am currently writing this post whilst on the shuttle bus ride back from our day at Lake Louise and Lake Moraine so watch out for Si’s post on that soon as the scenery was stunning and we’ve got loads of photos to share. It was hard to say goodbye to our unique cabin in the woods in Valemount after having such a comfortable stay there but Banff was calling which is the penultimate stop on the West. To get…