Banff Springs Canada August 2011

So we planned a little trip to Canada where my sweet hubbie found a conference to go to, and invited Twila and Grandma and Grandpa to join us.  It was a wonderful trip.  We stayed in Banff for 4 days and then in my next post I'll show pictures from Lake Louise (one of my favorite places:)

The view from just a little bit above our hotel. 

Love their cheesy "cheese" smiles

My little hikers - at this point Trey and Ty are 1/2 mile ahead of us

Banff Springs Hotel - not where we stayed - but we walked through and it is gorgeous

Grandma and Grandpa met us for a Subway dinner by the river

The next day we took a little gondola ride for some beautiful views

Ty again - way ahead of me - I used to be that person!!!!!

The brochure described it as a 1/2 mile hike at the top - they failed to mention it was all stairs

But we made it there

All of us who embarked on the venture made it - Celia even hiked most of the way

And they're off - racing back to Grandma and Grandpa

 Celia did sucker MeMe into carrying her down the stairs

Ty and I ventured off path a wee bit

And saw some wildlife

And then back to base camp for some ice cream

And of course some juice after all that hard work

It was beautiful

And then we went for a mountain bike ride while Celia napped:)  Britain is quite the biker

And saw momma and baby moose

And occasionally we had to walk our bikes

And then we were off again