Archive | October, 2008
Titus the Kicker
The last week or so, Titus has been learning to throw. He will take one of Francie’s tennis balls and throw it. Well, it’s not really a good throw, but it is a start. He gets it in hand and kind of waves his hand back and forth and usually lets go on the downward [...]
Continue reading...The Banff Chronicles: St. James’s Gate Irish Pub
30. October 2008
I’m not one to blog about food, but I’ll make a few exceptions. If you’re looking for details so descriptive you can literally taste the food, you need to read my wife’s blog. I’ll just provide the necessary details. We’d just hiked 10 kilometers and we were hungry little bears. We had heard about a good [...]
Continue reading...The Banff Chronicles: Bow Valley Parkway
29. October 2008
After all the hiking around Lake Louise, we decided to take the Bow Valley Parkway back to our hotel. This is a less traveled (I guess) two lane road that covers the distance between Banff and Lake Louise. It’s only a mile or so from the main road running parallel, but more nestled in the [...]
Continue reading...The Banff Chronicles: Moraine Lake
28. October 2008
Before we left for Canada, we both did a little research. Sara actually emailed a photographer from Banff. I’m not sure how Sara connected with her, but she simply asked this local what to do while in the area. Amazingly, she emailed Sara with lists of things to do and see. One of her suggestions [...]
Continue reading...The Banff Chronicles: Big Beehive Dome
27. October 2008
While Sara and I were eating our lunch, we talked about the possibility of hiking to either Big Beehive Dome or Little Beehive Dome. Both of them promised amazing views. Sara was actually entertaining the idea. She suggested the possibility of me hiking it on my own if she wasn’t up to it. I’d be [...]
Continue reading...The Banff Chronicles: Hiking around Lake Louise
26. October 2008
The night before we went to Lake Louise, I did a little web research to find out what we wanted to hike. Sara had let me plan the day activities. I found a helpful trail map with descriptions of the trails, so I was trying to decide what trails to do. This is where we [...]
Continue reading...The Banff Chronicles: Lake Louise
25. October 2008
We decided to make Lake Louise our first destination while in Banff. Although not in the town of Banff, it is in Banff national park. From our hotel, Lake Louise is between 45 minutes to an hour, depending on traffic. The drive is absolutely amazing, but sometimes the road narrows to just two [...]
Continue reading...The Banff Chronicles: Customs and tight connections
17. October 2008
Two days before we left for Banff, I was very concerned about our connection times. We were flying from Calgary to Austin with a connection in Houston. Unfortunately we only had 40 minutes to connect in Houston. Since flying from Canada was technically an international flight, I figured that there was absolutely no way we [...]
Continue reading...The Banff Chronicles: The Delta Royal Canadian
16. October 2008
I’ll be honest, when visiting Banff there are two hotels that really stand out from the rest. The Fairmont Banff Springs and the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, both of which I’ll mention in this series and show some pictures. When booking this trip by redeeming reward points, we considered staying at both of these hotels. [...]
Continue reading...The Banff Chronicles: National Park entry fee
15. October 2008
This was one of those things we didn’t budget. In all of our planning, we neglected to see if there was a park entry fee. Being there for five nights, we had to fork over about $80. For not too much more, we could have gotten a season pass! Fortunately, this pass was good for [...]
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30. October 2008
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