Travels of Pauline and Chuck: May 21, Heading to Banff, AB

We left Revelstoke, B.C. for the beautiful ride to Banff National Park, Alberta, 180 miles. Not setting any records, just doing what we want. I don't know the names of the 'hills' we were passing by but as you can see they were pretty.


One of many falls, just melting snow

And as soon as the snow is gone, it becomes construction season.

And it took a lot of construction to cut this gap for the road. Oh, and do watch out for the Elk.

And if you don't have construction you have protection, like this Avalanche proctection tunnel.

For both the Railroad and the highway. Here they were clearing away the last seasons debris from the avalanches.

Wildlife overpass

On the road we saw these wildlife overpasses. There are 23 of them in the western Provinces and they say the are saving the lives of a lot of the critters. Cameras were installed on some & we saw a video in Banff showing wildlife using these a bunch. If fact we saw a black bear after we just passed one of these and it looked like it was heading there. He would not stop and pose for us. Darn.

And we made it to Banff National Park staying 3 nights at the Tunnel Mountain II CG-- 500+ sites, many empty as this is between seasons. It's a very nice 'parking lot style' campground (for ease of snow removal, as there are many ski runs are around) with a lot of wildlife, & great views, (when it wasn't cloudy & raining or snowing).