Day 3 - Banff National Park/Lake Louise

After breakfast, we headed out for Banff. Mountains graced the entire drive. Along the way, we stopped for a helecopter ride around the three sisters mountain formation outside the small town of Canmore. Then we headed into Banff. We stopped for lunch at the Post Hotel, a very Swiss-feeling mountain lodge. We also stopped to see some vistas in Yoho, just over the British Columbia line. Then we headed to our hotel for the next two nights, the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. The hotel is stunning and the surround landscape is jaw-dropping. The back of the hotel has a beautifully landscaped garden, and then the lake which is bordered on all sides by snow-capped mountains and the Victoria glacier formation. Looking forward to the next two nights and this little slice of heaven. Lisa and I went out for an evening stroll after dinner and discovered the mosquitos here are large and plentiful... will have to remember that for our hikes tomorrow!Read more