Banff, in the Canadian Rockies - UPDATED!!!

Well, sorry for not posting these last few days.  We were staying at a campground whose Wi-fi was truly lacking (read "nonexistant!"), so we had to rely on our own Mi-fi, which is a bit on the pricey side ($25/100meg).  That meant nothing other than work related, I'm afraid.  We were staying in a town just south of Banff National Park, from the campground you could see the "Three Sisters", shown here to the left of the photo.  It's really hard to get a picture that really expresses all the mountains that surround you, but I think this is pretty good.

While we were there we spent a day in the park, having lunch at Lake Minnewanka,

and going up to Lake Louise, which was spectacular!

Today we moved to a resort in the small town of Banff.  The town reminds me a bit of Jackson Hole, WY.   The resort is the Hidden Ridge Resort, and they've been very accomodating, even letting us check in at 11:30 when normal check in wasn't till 4!  We have a 2 bedroom + loft "room", with a bonus rec room.  It's four floors, with a kitchen, dining room, living room as well as the rec room.  We have spread ourselves out as much as we can!  Six of us, on four different floors, watching five different TV's!!  I think we needed the space, and the down time.  I was afraid the kids would gripe a bit about all the stairs, but they've been running up and down ever since we arrived.  I just hope they don't expect this type of lodging every four weeks!

Banff National Park (which the town is within), is really spectacular!  The Rockies surround us, and the views are amazing.  Mario took quite a few photos, so I'll put a few up as soon as I can get them off his camera.  Well worth a trip if you haven't been!