Back in Banff

June 5, 2009
Banff, AB

Today was a travel day. It actually started out very early, as the rains came - hard - in the middle of the night. After a week of nice days, what did we expect? We got an early start, around 8:30 AM, stopped at the local free dump station, and headed back toward Calgary, bypassing the city to the north. Back on the TC-1, we were soon in Canmore (fuel stop) and then back in Banff, where we stayed at the Tunnel Mountain campground where we stayed last weekend. This time, we actually paid the park fee (C$140 for the annual fee for Geri and I - you need to buy an annual pass if you're going to be in the parks for more than 4 days; nice ratio) and got full service sites. Once we arrived, it started to rain, but that didn't stop the small band of elk that were grazing right outside our coach. We made a quick trip into the town of Banff, with stops at the Visitor's Centre for information, and a tour of the overlooks for the Bow River Falls in town.

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Suitably cold and wet, we retreated to the coaches for the evening. Geri had done all the prep work for fajitas, and we dined well. Of course, as we started to make dinner, it started to flurry (yeah, snow) outside. Who knows what tomorrow will bring?