Conley Update

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 […]

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 […]

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 lanes and […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]