Our first day, we drove into downtown Banff and took some great pictures of the famous Banff Springs Hotel. We didn't ask how much it was to stay there, but to golf there, it is 200 bucks per person. Can we say EXPENSIVE??? The prices in the rest of the town didn't get any better...the restaurants were outrageous as well as the grocery stores. At one restaurant, Cody asked for a side of ranch and they charged him two bucks for it...This led into a confrontation with our waitress (who was lacking in the "friendly" category from the start), and she didn't believe that the customer is always right. We ended up dishing out the two extra bucks.
Anyway, back to our trip. Cody and I went running on some beautiful trails in the hills of Canmore and were lucky to not run into any bears. When we first arrived, our hotel warned us that there were a lot of bears in the area. Don't worry, they just told us that if we ran into a bear...to talk to it and even sing to it. Yeah right. Its a good thing I didn't see a bear.
Overall, Banff National Park was absolutely breathtaking. Besides enjoying the scenery, we were able to relax and enjoy one another's company. I do have to say, however, that the best part of the trip wasn't in Banff.
It was in Calgary, where we all went to a Weird Al concert!! Cody was able to round up free tickets and backstage passes. The concert took place in a shoddy casino, but Weird Al put on a great show. Afterward, we were able to go inside his "personal traveling trailer" (according to Sherrie), otherwise known as his tour bus. He is so shy in person! I had never met him before, so it was pretty awesome.
On our way back home, we drove through Glacier National Park in Montana. The hills were extremely narrow and windy, so I'm glad that I was driving. As we approached Logan's Pass, we came to find out that the park has a free petting zoo.
There, on the side of the road, was a family of mountain goats. Okay, so it wasn't a free petting zoo, but these animals were a little too close for comfort. I was expecting either the dad or mom goat to attack one of the tourists taking pictures of them from six inches away, but they were very tame (luckily!)
We are glad that we made it home safely, but I think we are all not looking forward to going back to work (Jerald especially!). Have a good one everybody!
