Sept. 10th – Calgary, Banff
We went for some breakfast at McDonalds (McGriddle – a pancake-cheese-syrup type of thing, yummyyyy!!) and then called a cab to get to Cruise Canada. It was not far from Derek’s place. so he came along with us. The C25 we booked wasn’t available yet, if we wanted to leave right away we could get a C22 or C30… okaaaay….. C30 please!!:) That thing kicked ass!!!! With Derek we went to get groceries at Safeway and he borrowed us chairs… then we were ready to go on our way. WOOHOO!
video and more info: http://www.cruiseamerica.com/rent/our_vehicles/large_rv.aspx
The driving went very well (Nico’s a natural 😉 ) and driving through the prairies and foothills (where we saw a fox) we saw the mountains (and the sun!) coming closer. Very exciting!! We arrived at Banff (Tunnel Mountain Campground) around 6 I believe (not sure) and after a cloudy day in Calgary we found some sun there in Banff! Nice welcome:) We made something to eat and had our first “dinner” at the picnic table (each site has its own picnic table). We walked around the campground a bit and did some reading and stuff in the motorhome (we had a site with electricity).
Sept. 11th – Banff
Last night and early in the morning it had been raining, but around 11 it cleared up a bit. We had decided to stay another night in Banff and relax a bit. We went to the Gondola to go up to Sulphur Mountain, even though the weather was still a bit unstable. Since we were in no hurry we stayed up there a while, but we didn’t get a real good view on the Banff area… until we were about to leave! Then it was suddenly all there… and it was so overwhelming I almost cried! We also saw the first ground squirrels there, they follow tourists everywhere. Back in town we looked up Double You, the internet cafe of Anneke (who I knew from a Dutch Canada forum) and Gerard where we are now typing this 🙂 Tomorrow we’ll be going to Lake Louise.