Day 16 - July 25, 2010 11:30 PM

July 25, 2010
11:59 PM

Banff and beyond.

We woke up at 7:00 to get breakfasted and packed up before 9:30. Overall today seemed to be a bit lower energy day with people being less interested in the surroundings. At 9:30 we were off for horseback riding. It was a trail ride up and down some hills. It lasted about 1 hour and 45 minutes. I stayed in the car and grabbed a nap and listened to CBC Sunday morning.

After horseback riding lessons we once again toured around the town checking out various points of interest. We stopped for lunch at one of the malls.

We then went to the Banff Springs hotel and spent an hour or so touring around this huge elegant hotel. B, P, S and D once again snuck up and gave themselves an unofficial tour of the rooms.

Then it was off to the Banff Hot Springs. We found these to be less impressive than the Miette Hot Sprints we visited earlier in the vacation. We then stopped for slirpies. J found a good deal on a snowboard and took the guys card in case we decide to order it once we get home.

B took over the driving and we headed out to Calgary. On the way we stopped to see Olympic Park. The boys ran down the bobsleigh run. We then went to find McMahan Stadium and the Saddle Dome. We also passed the Calgary Tower which has been dwarfed by many larger buildings around it.

After supper we relaxed a bit in the hotel pool and headed off to bed.