Friday, July 31, 2015

Northwest 2015 (Day 16 of 22): Icefields Parkway - Lake Louise - Banff - Calgary


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Last breakfast at the Sunwapta








Sunwapta Falls











Big Horn Sheep near Tangle Creek Falls


Athabasca Glacier

Heading south along Icefields Parkway










Banff, Kootenay, Yoho, and Jasper National Parks connect together


Lake Louise Visitor Center








Heading to the town of Banff





Banff


Whyte Museum

Neat painting that appears to move as you move

















Banff Park Museum


Running back from the car with our park pass

































Banff Park Administration Building and Gardens




















Heading to Calgary


The flat pasture land was a big change from the mountains that had been surrounding us for so long





Olympic Village from 1988 Winter Olympics




Delta Calgary South Hotel

Earliest hotel check in by far of our entire trip


We walked to the train station nearby



Headed to the Calgary Stampede















Stampede is a sensory overload


We had tickets to the evening extravaganza show













Saddledome - home to the former Atlanta Flames













These races were so cute



 
Adam watching the chuck wagon races on the monitor

We weren't really sure what was all involved with the Stampede. We watched a bunch of races and then found out there were still plenty of heats still to go, so we decided to leave the grand stands to get some food and explore.






We took the sky buckets












The scale was impressive. There were things going on all over the place.





Vance Joy - Riptide

Back to the grand stands for the show






These kids in their Royal Mounted Police costumes were so cute too. Helen got tickled and couldn't stop laughing when one of the kids fell over and struggled for awhile to get back up and into the show.













Big Finale

We really enjoyed the show. There was plenty of variety and it was all well done.

Enjoying some rides after the show







Coffee and poutine





Mini donuts for the road



Another long day