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...