Had such a lovely day! We left our hostel around 9.15am. Was supposed to be 8.55am, but after such a big night there were a few stragglers! We grabbed a Tim Horton's (Gloria Jeans equivalent) on the go then drove to another hot springs. It was an amazing way to feel refreshed after only 4 hours sleep! The water was 40°C which was pretty hot, plus it's outside in the sun. But it was really rejuvenating! We drove about an hour to our next location, Lake Louis...

We were up early today - 7.15am departure! The gang had a 9.30am booking for white water rafting that was 90 minutes away. I was the only one not doing it, but Charles wasn't allowed to leave me alone in Banff so I had to take the journey to Golden with them. Charles wasn't doing the rafting either, so after dropping the kids off, we checked out the info centre next door. Charles wanted to hike up the mountain, so I opted for the gondola ride with a stop at the ...

Charles made us banana and choc chip pancakes for brekky...yum! We left around 8.30am and had mostly a driving day from Jasper to Banff. We made a few scenic stops, one of which is this photo but it just doesn't do it justice, it was breathtaking! It was funny because Charles gave us brown paper bags to put on out heads for the walk up to the lookout, so that we had a nice surprise when we got there! We also saw another bear as we drove! He was way off in the d...

We had breaky that Charles picked up at the local grocery store, then hit the road around 9ish. We drove an hour to Athabasca Glacier which you can climb. Oh and we saw a black bear beside the road on the way!! Amazing!! I wasn't sure about doing it, but they said it was easy. It was NOT easy!! We were all rugged up in warm wind breaking clothes, but it was hot, hard work!! Walking uphill on ice! Ok...so it was pretty cool (no pun intended) and I loved what I ...

We had brekky at 8am then most of the others went horse riding at the ranch. Those of us who didn't go on horse rides went with Charles on a short drive to see 2 different waterfalls. One of which, Dawson Falls, is known as "little niagara". It was pretty cool! Back to the ranch to collect the others and we set off around midday. After driving awhile, we stopped for lunch at this cool bikers pub which was all decorated and funky. Supposedly the "best burgers in ...