Yoho to Banff

Sun 21st Aug. Doug is broken, his lower back has finally said enough. And we have ran out of water in the van, so time to move on. Doug dosed up on volterin and we headed down the Yoho valley road to the bottom, where we did a short walk (or more little a hobble for Doug) called a "Walk in the Past" which led to an abandoned steam locomotive. Driving up the Kicking Horse Pass we stopped and read and saw the spiral tunnels they built back in 1907 to make it easier for the trains to navigate the "Big Hill". While we were there a train heading down came pass the viewpoint went into the tunnel (of the lower spiral) came out and down underneath the tunnel, and the train was so long you could see it on three different parts of the track (trees blocked most of the view so I don't think the photos will show much) - very interesting though. Carry on to Banff, stopped at the information centre by the train station to get campground information, decided probably best to try out Canmore way as there were a few first come campgrounds. The first one was all full, so carried on about 10 minutes past Canmore to the Three Sisters campground and found a site, however at $31 for no facilities apart from toilets we thought quite expensive but decided to stay and have a restful afternoon. The weather hasn't been the best with rain and thunderstorms so a good chance to catch up on my Find Penguins posts. We also enjoyed a shared can of "D'ont Poke the Bear" berry cider to celebrate 3 weeks of Canada (first lot of alcohol).Read more