Had an easy day today - We've been trying to buget and not spend much over the next week HA! Had a mooch around town today and stumbled into the Dollar store, where we thought we could pick up some cheap snacks and toiletries. As we approached the doorway I hesitated going in, as at first I thought it was the wrong doorway, then as we entered thought it was full of cheap junk! We had a good rummage around to find nothing actually cost a Dollar and there were thin...

Cascade Mountain - 2998metres above sea level. I climbed 2534metres - got to the first peak. Climbed Cascade mountain today with a few people from the hostel. Met at 07:30 and took two cabs to the bottom of the mountain. We set off at 08:15. Everyone had hiked before except me, so was a little apprehensive as to whether I would be able to hike up! As soon as we set off it was an upward climb from the start. I found stopping for regular breaks helped, but co...

Lovely sunny day yet again! Took a free bus ride to our third activity - horse riding! Was so excited and it didnt disappoint! We arrived to find a dozen or so male horses kept in small paddock all saddled up, but looking quite sad! I noticed that there was no grass nor hay for them. We were then asked to line up against the fence and the guides led out two horses at a time. I was first to mount! I had a white horse named Navahoe, who was so well tempered! Amy ...

Went to one of our booked trips today as the weather held out, we decided to go canoeing on Bow river. Amy didn't want to steer the boat so she sat in the front seat. I wasn't confident with steering as I'd never done it before, but gave it go! It was so much more difficult than I thought it would be! It was hard enough to paddle upstream let alone steer aswel! My arms ached for a while after! We then went to the Banff Gondola as it was a fairly clear day. The ...

Set an early alarm to catch the 09:30 GreyHound to Lake Louise today. Was about a 30minute ride away. Once arriving, we had a long walk up the mountain by road side to get to the lake. It took a little over an hour to walk, but once there - it was well worth the hike! I'd seen Lake Louise in pictures and had wanted to visit, but I was speachless as to just how magnificent the scenery was! The colours in the lake was nothing like I'd seen and the deep snow ontop o...