Banff has many hotels and lodges and shops. There are a couple of museums. And a large expensive hotel. We went to the Banff Trading Post where I bought some earrings. We went to the Banff Park Museum and the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. And we dined at the Fairmont Hotel just outside Banff. We also saw lots of “Bears” scatters about. My son actually saw a grizzly on one of his hikes. Very exciting. I saw a black squirrel and some chipmunks. And some deer were crossing main street in Banff. Next time…

The Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel is a luxury resort originally built by William Cornelius Van Horne in 1888. Van Horne was a Canadian railroad magnate who built the first trans continental railway in 1885.

Around Banff…

The Bears…

Next time – hiking the Continental Divide…