Banff 2009

As some of you know I had a two day field trip to Banff for HOSP 244. We went to Calgary, Banff, Johnston Canyon and Rocky Mountain House. Our day started off with heading south so we could get a tour of the most wonderful chocolate ever created: Bernard Callebaut. After seeing their $800, 31 pound Santa Claus and free samples we hit up Big Rock Brewery in the SE. We were only supposed to sample two kinds of beer and ended up sampling all of it. In addition to the sampling we got a free pint of beer for free and the daughter of the creator of Big Rock was selling us a six pack of beer for only $10. She's probably one of the coolest ladies out there.

We continued on to Banff for a ride on the gondola and a nice trek up all the stairs on that mountain. The scenery & the Banff Springs was beautiful, especially on the gondola. After that we went to our hostel, got ready for our tour and supper at the hotel. The hotel has some great history to it, especially the ghost stories about the bell boy and then bride who died from falling down the stairs.

The next day we went on our 5.4 km hike of Johnston Canyon. Not gonna lie, it was a bitch to do and we complained all day and my legs are feeling the burn today. I think this is finally when I say I need to get into shape. Anyways, after our brutal hike, we took a two and a half hour drive to Rocky and went to Wild Horse Mountain Ranch and Outfitters to go horseback riding and play Mantracker.

So after we bitched and complained about how tired/hungover we were, it was actually a great two days and a great experience. I can't wait for next year and pictures will be coming soon!