Blogs from Bow Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, North America - page 2

We have stayed in some gorgeous hotels that you only see in travel brochures. The first was the Banff Springs then the Chateau Lake Louise and the Jasper Park Lodge. All unique, old world hotels, with wonderful staff and everything laid on. As part of our tour our breakfasts and most of our dinners are all inclusive. The breakfast is usually a buffet and the dinners 3 courses. Seriously concerned about our middles, in fact we are considering skipping breakfast tomorrow with a stint in the gym instead. We shall see, sounds great the night before!... read more

. Ok, so we have been looking at the weather forecast—and today is supposed to be rainy… But, the last 2 days have started off overcast and then brightened up in the afternoon… So, we are keeping our fingers crossed that today is a good day as we have a lot of miles to cover!! Although, with the first glimpse out our window this morning—things don’t look to promising! Statistics Starting Destination: Bow Lake, Alberta, Canada Ending Destination: Bow Lake, Alberta, Canada Ending Destination GPS: N: 51° 40.702’ W: 116° 28.019’ Elev: 6420’ Miles Driven: 249 Miles Hiked: Approx. 1 mile Vertical Elevation Change: 98 feet (30 meters), not counting the stairs to the restaurant! Inappropriate Foot ware Update: Seen being worn on the Glacier—Teva’s (without sox) The Icefields Parkway img=http://i... read more