Friday July 24th

Josh and I decided to head up a day early since we wanted more time to really explore the area, do a little hiking, and get accustomed to our surroundings. We tried to leave Portland at 4:30 in the morning, but after a snooze or two, lots of stressful packing of the car, we were off at 7am. The car was so full that we weren't able to see out any window behind the front two seats. We were carrying enough food for a week (except produce which is not allowed across the border, camping equipment for 6 people, hiking stuff, day hiking stuff, and millions of other must-have items. The drive was pretty long and boring. We arrived at our campsite that was reserved just outside of the park. It was HOT, which I did not expect (remembering the last time I was there and froze the whole time). The campground was like a KOA with nasty pool and all (and yes, we did swim in it because it was HOT damn it!) We went to bed pretty early.

Banff trip - Friday July 24th, 2009