Banff, again!

Ryan and I took a belated anniversary trip to Banff.  Here are some of our adventures.

We decided to be totally geeky tourists and stopped at a "scenic view" to take pictures on the drive.

We were lucky - despite threats of record snowfalls, the weather wasn't half bad.

Apparently Ryan is from Japan.

Our room was really neat.  A fireplace loft suite.

After checking in, we walked into town and wandered for a little while.

We spent a good deal of time relaxing, but did take in some neat sights.  We did the gondola, although it was a pretty snowy/cloudy view at the top.

All these mini snowballs, rolling down the mountain.  I kept trying to make one of my own, and imagined it rolling all the way to the bottom.

We hiked all the way to the end of the trail, just to say that we did.  It was very serene.

We went and saw the falls.

We tested out some new camera lenses (Thanks Val) and caught some really neat photos of the ice over the water.

We were super nerdy and took photographs of a fancy hotel that we did NOT stay in...ha ha.

We had a nice relaxing evening at the hot springs while it snowed on our heads.

We ate some yummy food (too much, probably!)

I'm going to leave some space now before the next picture, in case anyone is squeamish.  I probably shouldn't have put it next to the yummy food pictures, but that's just how it worked out.  

Okay, here goes.  I have a confession:  Ryan and I are murderers.  On the way home from Banff, we were marvelling at the synchronized motion of a flock of tiny birdies when SMACK.  One of the little ones at the bottom curve of the formation met the grill of our vehicle.  It was seriously stuck in there.  Luckily Ryan is a manly man and could handle the removal....he took a picture of it before though.  Scroll down if you're brave enough...and then this blog post will be over!