Road Trip Part Trois (Canada)

  Oh man alive I slept so well last night - even on the lumpy rucksack pillow! Guess the days events properly wore me out!!   I swear I even woke up at one point to congratulate myself about how comfy I was and what a great sleep I was having 😂 Also, what I didn’t mention yesterday is that we’re quite near a train track and the trains like to parp parp their horns (or whatever they are) like every 45 seconds!  Well of course that’s ok is a wild exaggeration as the trains here are SO long they take about 157mins to go past!!  And boy has Dan got excited every time we’ve been in the vicinity of a train. He tried counting the carriages one time. Got bored - or confused- at around 18 I think. (But then, as I’ve just found out whilst writing some of this up over lunch,  he didn’t even bloody know what town he was in thought we were somewhere called Smile..  We were in ‘Field’…  I give up! ) How funny though that the trains don’t flipping wake him up at nig...

 I had the worst nights sleep last night. I was far too hot, the pillow was like a lumpy rucksack and there was so much noise from outside (and inside!) When we checked in the guy on reception did warn us that the Elks, Cougars and something else that I can’t remember could be quite noisy at night. I think that also made me keep waking up to see if I could hear them 🤷🏼‍♀️ Honestly thought I could at one point and was desperately grabbing for my phone when I realised the strange noises were just coming from Dan!  Anyway, once we were both up, later than I’d hoped for due to my tiredness, we pootled out for a delicious breakfast wrap, rented some bear spray (yep it’s a must even if you’re not going on big hikes) and also purchased a pre-packed sandwich from the petrol station on the corner. I know, me, buying pre packed sandwiches from a petrol station but I just wanted something to have in my bag as I knew there wasn’t much to be found on the Icefields Parkway.  And yes ...

  Well that ridiculously early night worked a treat!   Hmm ok I shall back track ever so slightly…I was having a lovely chilled time writing up the blog and then reading my book (The latest Thursday Murder Club) when Dan arrived back within what felt like seconds, all excited and refreshed from his time in the pool and jacuzzi. ‘Let’s go to the sauna’ he says. Ahem I’m in my PJ’s Dan.  ‘Yeah it’s fine get changed’ …‘Into what exactly, I’ve told you I forgot to pack any swimwear’… ‘oh it’s fine, just wear some knickers or something’.   NO DAN.. for one I was all happy and chilled here and for two, really, just my knickers or something 😂😂!  Anyway, he calmed down the giddiness and settled in and I think we had both crashed out by 9pm..easily!!  Awake nice and early, as you’d expect and then a quick early morning wander for breakfast. A nice simple breakfast too ☺️. And then we were off again.. Banff bound. The journey was long but seemed to fly by much...