After spending a cold night in Banff I got up, cleared the snow from my tent and then made my way to Johnston Canyon. Johnston Canyon was one of the neatest places I visited, a fair amount of the trail was a catwalk that was suspended over the side of the canyon that made its way to 2 waterfalls.
The lower falls was interesting because you could go through a natural tunnel that allowed you to get a very nice view of the falls.
The upper falls was taller but you did not have nearly a good of view as you did with the lower falls.
After Johnston Canyon I made my way back to Banff for lunch and then I went to check out the “cave and basin” a national historic site that is the birth place of National parks in Canada. These natural hot springs are what first attracted people to Banff, although you can no longer go in these hot springs there are other hot springs you can go visit if you want to.
The Cave
The Basin
On the way back to camp for the night I spotted some white tail deer.
Tomorrow it is time to start heading home which will take me through my 5th national park on this trip and some of the worst weather yet!
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I woke up to a brisk day but not nearly as cold as the previous night. Before heading down to Banff I made a trip to Maligne Canyon which is a little ways outside of Jasper.
After this it was time to make the long drive down to Banff, on the way the weather started to turn for the worse…
One of the things about the roads through the Rockies especially the Ice fields Highway is that even along the sides of the roads there are some breathtaking views and scenes. Here is an example of just one of the waterfalls along the highway.
Not to long after stopping here I saw my first real wildlife, bighorn sheep.
Tomorrow time to explore some of Banff!
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On my way home from Nanaimo after spending the weekend their I decided to make a quick stop in at Niagara falls in Goldstream park.
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I have realized that I have quite a few pictures of waterfalls from Vancouver Island so I thought I would combine them into one post. These pictures are in no way even being close to a complete list but these are a very of the waterfalls I have seen and have pictures of. Although I have not been to it or have pictures of it I have to mention Della falls which is the tallest waterfall in Canada at 440 meters and is located near Port Alberni, I really hope to be able to make it out to see it sometime.
We will start with Niagra falls which is in Goldstream park just outside of Victoria.
Spring.
Fall.
Winter.
Next we will goto Little Qualicum falls.
And the last stop for now is in Strathcona park.
Lower Myra falls.
Lady Falls.
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