Hi all,

So last weekend I went to Calgary for a few days to see Dream theatre and Opeth, it was awesome, one of the best concerts that i have ever been too

This week I have been working from 6am until midday 5 days a week, which is perfect for me as it leaves me the day to do what i want, but it also means that i get rather tired at times.

from the hoodoo trail

On monday me and two of the guys i live with went for a hike along the hoodoo trail. it was a really pretty and pieceful trail, there were lots of deer, elk, squirrels and gophers watching us as we walked along the trail.

On Thursday me and a froend decided that we would hike up one of the local mountains 'Sulphur mountain'. it was a beautiful day and i have been wanting to do this hike since arriving in Banff. It took us a total of 1 hour and 40 minutes to get to the top of the mountain, with quite a few stops along the way as it was all uphill, and the mountain was still covered with snow, so walking along the trail was very exhausting as the snow was melting and very slippery. here it a picture of me taking a break in the snow half way up the mountain. it was about 27 degrees and i was hot and needed to cool down.

Here I am at the top of the mountain, the highest mountain i have ever climbed up and well the tallest mountain i have actually ever been up, very exciting.

Here is the pretty view from the top overlooking all of Banff. it was so pretty up there, so worth the hike. we didnt want to hike down the mountain though, so we caught the gondola back down.

Here is a picture of the Bow river taken a 2 minute walk from my house. i thought i would throw it in because it is pretty, and i go there quite alot. its amasing that although you cant really tell in this picture, the waterways around Banff are all a pretty green due to the elements that are dissolved in the water, its really cool.

Still in Banff

Hi all, sorry I haven’t been posting, its not easy to access internet over here, but here is what I have been upto lately.

I moved into my staff accommodation on Tuesday the 29th. It’s so nice to have my own place and not to be living out of a bag anymore, I actually have a wardrobe!! Here is a picture of my house, its pretty cool. It is broken up into two parts; I am in the back with 11 other people, 10 which are from Ontario, and one from Korea. Everyone here is really nice so it’s a lot of fun.

It was kinda sad to leave the hostel, but its not too bad as you leave one group of nice people and meet a new group right away. We have had a few nice sunny days this week. I wore myself out trying to do as many hikes as I could while it was sunny. I did a lovely hike along the Cave and Basin and Marsh loop trails. It was beautiful. I have so many pretty pictures.

After moving in a few of us went down to the Bow River and sat at a table drinking beer. It was beautiful. I never thought that I would be sitting in the middle of the Rocky Mountains, next to a pretty river drinking beer. It was fantastic. Although we are at a higher altitude here to what I am used to at home which means that after just 3 beers I was quite drunk, but it was a great afternoon. Below is a picture of the spot at the river that we drink at.

With the people I live with we have been doing a few pretty little hikes close to where we live. We went up over the train tracks and walked through the marshes at the bottom of Cascade Mountain for a few hours.

There are so many squirrels and deer around Banff, its pretty crazy. When I walk down the street I am usually walking around looking at the mountains, and on the way to work the other day I almost tripped over a deer, it’s crazy. They just walk around the streets, it’s really cute.
Went up to the Banff hot springs on Wednesday afternoon. It was really pretty up there, it was raining slightly so being in the hot springs with rain was quite refreshing. It’s so pretty there you just sit in the warm water and look at the mountains.

After a week of beautiful weather I woke up to find it snowing heavily. We had decided to go for a hike up Sulphur Mountain on Thursday as most of us had that day off, but it was snowing pretty heavily so we went up the gondola. Couldn’t see much from the top, but the tickets were free so we thought we shouldn’t waste them. It is so amazing to think that the town of Banff is surrounded my mountains, but when it snows you can’t see the mountains at all.