Friday, June 22, 2007

WHAT’S WITH THE SKIRT?


(Whitney with skirt guy)

6/21: Banff National Park is named for the Canadian Pacific Railway station, which in turn was named after the Banffshire region in Scotland. The valet guy at the Banff Springs Hotel has taken this to an extreme with his attire. Curious what’s in his purse too?

On our last day in Canada, we cruised through downtown Banff (akin to a Vail or Aspen I suppose), took a gondola up to the top of Mount Sulfur for some more impressive views, then ended up at the Banff Hot Springs. The hot springs were a little disappointing since the spring water is pumped into something that looks like my community pool (I was expecting something like stone formed personal hot tubs nestled in to the mountain side). I’m still not convinced that it’s just smoke and mirrors with some genius marketing. Betcha they’re just pumping in warm hose water and charging $20 a head.

Marathon trek tomorrow, some 450 odd miles. NoDoze and Mountain Dew should do the trick.

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