Day 34 & 35, Banff to Kelowna to VancouverToday was a strange day as emotions were running high on the bus as we slowly headed back to Vancouver. Brit David jumped off the bus in Banff to go to Calgary but he got up to wave us off and it felt strange leaving him behind. It may a few of us realise that the Moose tour was drawing to an end and that most of us would go back to travelling on our lonesome, something that did not appeal to all.We came across a bear...

Day 33, BanffToday was our free day in Banff so you might think we would be taking it easy, having a lie in etc? WRONG!! We were collected outside the hostel at 7:30am along with Phillip and the kids, Brit David, Izzy and Zoe and whisked back to British Columbia to the Kicking Horse River for a spot of White Water Rafting. The drive took a little over an hour and we soon arrived. I began to get butterflies in my stomach and wondered if I had been temporarily insa...

Day 32, Jasper to BanffWe did what we did yesterday in reverse.Or not!A few of us rose early to take an early morning drive to Jasper to go wildlife spotting and collect three newbies. Almost instantly we saw an Elk by the roadside (except that I got over excited and thought it was a bear and received a stern telling off!) We saw a couple of baby Elk running through the trees a little way back from the road. It was worth it and great to be out and about at the qu...

Day 31, Banff to JasperSo, as I said at the end of the previous blog there were quite a few sore heads as the bus set off towards Jasper. Our first stop was at Lake Louise, another emerald green glacial lake, which is said to be the most photographed lake in Canada. It was very spectacular with a large glacier on the mountains in the background (see the photos, words don't do it justice)Last night, shortly before bed, ALL of the men said they would take a dip to ...

Day 30 was another long haul to Banff, a similar distance to the day before. We travelled to Revelstoke where the "old group" and a couple of newbies went kayaking. The lake is actually man made. Every year the Colombia river is flooded in order to power the Hydroelectric station. We met Terry, his wife and daughter who run a family business giving Kayaking lessons to the Moose tours and taking them out onto the lake. It was a great couple of hours. The...