{"id":191,"date":"2016-05-04T05:01:40","date_gmt":"2016-05-04T05:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journey2alaska.wordpress.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2023-10-06T03:34:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T03:34:24","slug":"more-of-glacier-beautiful-banff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taberobrien.com\/index.php\/2016\/05\/04\/more-of-glacier-beautiful-banff\/","title":{"rendered":"More of Glacier & Beautiful Banff"},"content":{"rendered":"

After checking out of the Mountain Pine Motel (we were the first customers of the season!<\/em>), 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\u2019ll let the pictures speak for themselves!<\/p>\n

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Wild horses spotted near St. Mary, Montana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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St. Mary Lake, Glacier National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Lake Sherburne, Glacier National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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On the highway approaching Banff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u00a0a beer at the Banff Brewery, we called it a night.<\/p>\n

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View driving into downtown Banff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s hard to find the words to describe Banff National Park. It\u2019s absolutely incredible. We had never even heard of it before until our friend Ashley tipped us off, insisting we should stop there. I\u2019m so glad we did (thanks Ashley!<\/em>). 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\u2019m hoping we\u2019ll be back sometime soon!<\/p>\n

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Johnston Canyon Lower Falls, Banff National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Morant's
Morant’s Curve<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lake
Panorama of Lake Louise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Waterfowl
Panorama of Waterfowl Lakes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan River Crossing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Panorama of the road leading up to the Columbia Icefield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Columbia Icefield & Brewster Glacier in Jasper National Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tomorrow we\u2019ll be getting on the Alaska highway. We\u2019ve plugged over 3,700 miles and stopped for gas 14 times so far, but we\u2019re more than halfway there now – only 1,860 miles to go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 … <\/p>\n

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