Banff Canada

Banff National Park

After our beautiful drive thru the Canadian Rockies, we arrived at

Banff National Park to an almost empty campground.

The temperature was just about perfect.

We stayed in the campground named Tunnel Mountain Trailer Court

but the name is a misnomer...   This is no trailer court!

Full Hookups 30amp.

All the sites are long pull thrus on each side of the road.

We were parked a few spaces down on the right.

The views from the campground are beautiful.

Everywhere you turn is a mountain vista.

I was pretty much locked up for our 3 days here as work has been partiuclary crazy lately,

but we did manage to get out late on our last afternoon for a break.

Fortunately this was our second time here and the first time we had our

Canadian friends as tour guides.

Below - the Banff Springs Hotel is a local landmark.

One of the grand Canadian Railway hotels, it was built in the late 19th Century

by the Canadian Pacific Railway to create more passenger traffic.

A quick shot of the two of us.

A Change of Plans

Our next stop was to be Jasper NP about 180 miles north, but Kate and I agreed

that we are sort of pushing ourselves to make the trip back to Alaska this year and our hearts

are not really into it.

We've been gone from home now about 7 months  - and Alaska was going to add another 

2 or 3 months to that, and we are both ready for a change.

So we've decided to point the bus south and east instead, and start to head for

home and put the Yukon and beyond back on the shelf for this year.

I think if we stay home this winter then we'll be more fresh and ready to
make the trip back up there next spring.

So, instead of RV-ing, the scent of pine, and mountain vistas it will be 

Boating, the smell of the Ocean and summer life on the coast.

Hardly a losing proposition.

So for the next couple of weeks we'll be running towards the coast

and who knows what we'll see along the way.

The Lincoln Presidential Library is on the list.