Banff

Playlist
Gentle Giant – The Power and the Glory
Uriah Heep – Demons and Wizards
Uriah Heep – The Magician’s birthday
Various – Holiday Hits Vols 17 & 16
Grand Funk – E Pluribus Funk
Grand Funk – Phoenix
Grand Funk – We’re An American Band
Sarah Harmer – We Were Here
Roy Harper – Valentine

Up at 7 after listening to the jukebox for around four hours....

Breakfast at 8 – another monster meal with home baking, today in the company of a German couple along with our Italian hosts...

The Germans had yesterday made the trip we planned today and were carrying out today the trip we were to undertake tomorrow – it seems everyone in the national parks follow the same routes – not surprising as there’s really only one road...

We picked up some sandwiches from Safeway...



...and drove through the rain to Lake Louise...



...where the weather brightened up considerably but was still crisp and Alpine...

We walked round this beautiful lake, with me snapping pics all along the way to the flats the far end...















Then we walked all the way back again...



We drove back towards Banff and stopped off at nearby Moraine Lake, said by many to be even more picturesque than Lake Louise – and I think they are probably correct...











The sky became more and more blue as the day progressed but we still experienced light flurries of snow as we bade farewell to the second lake of the day and headed back towards Banff...

We stopped on the way at Johnston Canyon and walked the mile and a half or so up to the waterfalls...







Prior to re-entering Banff, we took a turn away from the town and drove the steep road up Norquay Mountain from where we enjoyed our fourth set of spectacular scenery of the day...



In the evening we visited Wild Bill’s for a “peyto” mushroom burger for me and chicken wrap for Anne before taking a constitutional round the town for the last time, stopping in at a wee bar off main street where a large crowd of Japanese kids were busy getting very drunk and filming each other doing so - I think I make a cameo appearance in one of the videos but don't suppose I'll ever know for sure...

Back home I was soon asleep again but woke at 1 a.m. and, once again, snoozed for the remainder of the night whilst listening to the trusty Jukeboxes, accompanied by occasional train whistles and horns through the night...



Highlight of the Day : The scenery...