June 30, 2010
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Playing Tourist in the Rockies
Driving up to Banff from Calgary late yesterday afternoon, my original plan was to just go to the Upper Hot Springs for a swim and drive back. However the weather was sunny, dogs safely ensconced at my sister -in-laws farm,
that I decided to take a mini vacation and play tourist for a day.
Booked in overnight at the Tunnel Mountain Youth Hostel
and drove and hiked ( okay hobbled with crutches ) to some of my favorite spots: Bow Falls 
in the town of Banff, the Vermillion Lakes Drive 
where much evidence of early summer in the budding willows 
and nesting birds including loons and red winged blackbirds, 
Lake Minnewanka 
for an ice cream and watching boat launching, a packed lunch stop at Two Jack Lake with many mountain sheep on the highway, 
all in coats in shedding mode, a cheeky Richardson's ground squirrel 
and 
two families of Canada geese and goslings. 
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beautiful pictures, looks like a wonderful place to have a mini-break
Un vraiment beau voyage!
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