After an uneventful flight from Toronto to Calgary we picked up our rental vehicle, a Lincoln Towncar, and set out for Banff. Although the area around Calgary is suburbs and farms, much like home, there is still a subtle difference. It is hard to put your finger on exactly what it is - the roll of the hills is gentler, the colour of the of the foliage is a little yellower. The rivers are all the cool aqua blue I thought only existed in the shallows of the ocean in the Carribean. We later discovered that melting glaciers feed the rivers and create the beautiful blue-green colour. (I had a bath in the evening and was astonished to see the same tinge in water only a foot deep in the tub). But soon enough, a huge
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