After checking out of the Mountain Pine Motel (we were the first customers of the season!), we spent the majority of Monday morning exploring Glacier. It is absolutely beautiful! A lot of the roads were only open to certain points, so we only saw a fraction of the park but what we did see was awesome. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves!
We crossed the border into Canada around 1PM and stopped in Calgary for a late lunch. We hit some rush hour traffic outside of Calgary which put us behind, but we still reached Banff by 7 or so.
After checking into our hotel, we walked around and explored the town. It reminded me a lot of North Conway with a Colorado twist! After stopping for a beer at the Banff Brewery, we called it a night.
It’s hard to find the words to describe Banff National Park. It’s absolutely incredible. We had never even heard of it before until our friend Ashley tipped us off, insisting we should stop there. I’m so glad we did (thanks Ashley!). We drove along the entire Icefields Parkway north to Jasper, and around every turn was an incredible scene. We made as many stops as we could, but you really need at least a week or two to have adequate time to see everything. I’m hoping we’ll be back sometime soon!
Tomorrow we’ll be getting on the Alaska highway. We’ve plugged over 3,700 miles and stopped for gas 14 times so far, but we’re more than halfway there now – only 1,860 miles to go!
