Tuesday 28 July Banff It's very very cold. I have to wrap a blanket around me while I eat breakfast. We drive around the flash mountain homes. Once in town we stop and do a river walk. The town appears to be in a black out, so no wifi. We head on to Banff. We have to stop and buy a pass for the park. Banff is beautiful of course. We drive through the town and down past the castle like hotel and bow river falls. We stop at the information centre and stay awhile...

Monday 27 July Malcolm is so cold he gets up and has a warm shower. I steal all the blankets. It's late by the time I get up and shower. Breakfast and then to the supermarket for wifi. After catching up we head off on our way. We stop at franks fall a mountain rock fall that squashed part of a town. A lot of rock and an interesting story. It's raining, so we keep driving and stop for lunch when it's stopped. Eventually we find a campground just out of Canmore ...

Sunday 26 July Ugh! Oh sleep! Where art thou? Amazingly I think I sleep better in a tent! We eat pack and head to the info centre to figure out what to do. We decide on a historic fort town. It's quite interesting and quite well done but a lot of wondering around. It's about 3 when we are done and we have lunch before going back. We decide to walk around the lake paths before parting ways. I see a little snake. Mal thinks he sees an eagle. Once back at the car w...

Saturday 25 July After camping so long and being so exhausted I hoped to sleep well. No such luck. But nice to have a private bathroom close. We join for breakfast and then head out for a drive. It starts raining too. We head into a national park and stop at some hot pools for a break. It's still wet when we stop for lunch in the car. But as the afternoon comes it does lighten to stop. We go for a walk toward a lake and back. We stop for pictures and views. The...

Friday 24th July We end up leaving sooner than originally planned because Malcolm wants to catch the free ferry across the lake. The petrol is getting lower and lower! We get to a town and stop at the info centre for directions and toilets. The petrol station is just up the road! It's then a short trip to the park where we meet Doug and Damon. We sit and catch up then head to a lake for lunch. Once at cranbrook we check into our hotel then head up to a historic...