Flowers everywhere! It was another early start to try and beat the crowds as we headed off to the sunshine meadows. The meadows are high up in the mountains and are reached by using a shuttle bus. Once There you can hike around at your own leisure, with many different paths to choose from. We decided to take the longest path to get the most impressive views. The tired legs were worth it! The flowers create an explosion of colour amongst the pine trees. The path...

Paradise!! We started the day nice and early, by heading off towards lake Louise gondola. Once we were there we received a free buffet breakfast with our lift pass!! We both made the most of this offer! After filling our bellies we waddled over to the gondola. As we climbed higher the views became more stunning. By the time we reached the view point we had amazing views of lake Louise and the surrounding mountains. It looked so inviting that we had to go and ...

Hey bear! Today we moved onto Banff! The drive was once again epic but stunning! We continued down the road named icefield parkway - which is an absolute must if you ever come to Canada! It's about 150 miles long and takes you from jasper to banff. During the journey the road climbs high through an amazingly diverse range of mountain scenery, from surging rivers, high alpine forests, glaciers and azure blue lakes. Not to mention more wildlife spotting including...

And relax... Today we decided to have a chill out day so we headed to the miette hot springs. The springs are heated up naturally when water seeps deep into the ground, it is then forced back up to the surface at around 40-50 degrees. The water is then cooled at the springs and spilt in to 4 pools, 40 degrees (lorna's favourite) 38 degrees (stef's favourite) 20 degrees (cold) and 14 degrees (madness!). Stef took the plunge into the 14 degree pool and lasted abou...

Took a wrong turn?!?! We were both tired this morning after staying up to see the stars! It was just amazing how many stars were visible! The longer you stared the more you saw! It really was magical, we even saw lots of shooting stars! And Stefan's fire kept us warm! So today we settled for a nice relaxing bike ride down some country paths.... or so we thought! We navigated our way successfully to pyramid lake. This lake was very tranquil and less visited th...