Monday, 17 July 2017

Canada Tour- Banff to Calgary (Approx 130klm drive)

Depart Banff to Calgary. Not a pleasant drive down route 1 today, due to all the smoke and very poor air quality. Arrived safely in Calgary and headed out to explore the city.

Sitting Eagle.

Me and an amazing sculpture.

Calgary Tower.

Views from the Tower.

Steve standing on the glass floor.

Steve looking down.

Looking down at the cars.

Views of the city.

Steve all relaxed.

Views out to Bow River.

Saddle Dorm.

Bow River.

When I'm cleaning windows!!

Pretty.

Nice.

This building is being renovated and this is the tarp around the scaffolding- we loved this.


The Calgary Tower & Parks.

Very good.

Inside the Bank & Baron Pub.

Steve waiting for his beer.

Sunday, 16 July 2017

Canada Tour - Banff.

We have had a couple of days in Banff, we really like this place, it has a great atmosphere, stunning scenery and the food is outstanding.
We did a scenic walk today and covered many streets in Banff, the Bow river walk, Bow falls, Indian trading post, Whyte museum & Buffalo Nations museum.
The fires are still burning as pictures will show and we may have to cancel hotels and change our route for the next few days!

Steve in Banff Avenue.

Steve taking a stroll.

Steve in the helicopter (Whyte Museum).

Miss Daisy taking a drive.

The Bow River - Banff.

Buffalo Nations Museum.

Dee by The Bow River.

The Parks Museum.

The Bow River.

Steve at the Indian Trading Post.

Buffalo at Nations Museum.

Mousse at Buffalo Nations Museum.

Who's the dodgy looking one on the end?


Loved these.

Banff Avenue.

Some baby ducks.

Banff National Park headquarters.

Taking a stroll.


Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel.

Steve at Bow falls & Rapids.

Bow falls.

Nice.

Steve & his twin.

Me and my twin.

Steve cooking my dinner. (I wish).

The fires around Banff.

The sky is glowing.

The sky is on fire.

The peaks are missing due to fires.

Another fire begins.


So today we walked Beaver St, Elk St, Wolf St, Bear St, Caribou St, Buffalo St, Bow Rd, Banff Ave, Cave Ave, Mountain Ave, Rabbit St, Squirrel St, Moose St, Bighorn St to name just a few.
An excellent day, with lots of good food.
The funniest thing must have been in the Buffalo Nations Museum, doing the virtual reality Buffalo tour and if you stand still they came right up to you, the buffalo are huge, on my 2nd attempt I tried to stroke a Buffalo! It was excellent.