O Canada day 5

Monday was an absolute beautiful day, not just weather wise but scenery wise as well. We took a bus into Banff and spent the day surrounded by the Canadian Rockies. For lunch, we went to an Irish pub and restaurant and sat up on the second floor of the restaurant where the patio was. We sat on the patio looking right out at the massive mountains; they are just amazing. At one point we saw an elk and we also saw a mule deer. The mule deer had antlers that made it look like a reindeer, just the way the antlers were shaped. Of course, I didn't get pics of those two animals because the batteries in my digital camera had died and the gift shop we went to at one of our stops were all sold out of double AA batteries. In fact, two of the gift shops we went to were sold out. Of course they were. We also took the gondola up one of the mountains. We climbed to well over 7,000 feet. The view was incredible. The animals were very bold as they would take food offered by people. I've got some pics taken while I was feeding one of the chipmunks and the birds weren't shy either. A couple of times I thought I might get my hand taken off. The whole day was just lovely. We crashed fairly early; before 8pm.

Today is our last day and we will once again make the most of the day, enjoying the city, attending a workshop or two and trying to just relax.

Enjoy your day,

paul