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Gordcanuck

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12. We drove in from Calgary,
Sat Sep 27, 2025, 09:21 PM
19 hrs ago

and found Banff beautiful until you wanted accommodations (but we already knew that from the internet). We continued on to Revelstoke, hoping to get a glimpse of nearby Lake Louise. No soap, all roads to it were closed due to volume of visitors. In future we will avoid postcard tourist sites that feel like downtown busy sidewalks.
My lesson is that I will be seeing more of my own country 🇨🇦 before visiting overcrowded cliché destinations.

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Pretty photo: Banff, Alberta. [View all] applegrove 22 hrs ago OP
Beautifful! markodochartaigh 21 hrs ago #1
OMGOSH!!!!! I was there!!! Back in ahhhhhhh, 73 or so. Absolutely loved Banff. a kennedy 21 hrs ago #2
Was approximately there 45 years ago today.. cilla4progress 21 hrs ago #3
My parents did that for their honeymoon too in September applegrove 21 hrs ago #4
Cool! 1980 for us cilla4progress 21 hrs ago #5
I had a summer job at the Lake Agnes Tea House. applegrove 20 hrs ago #7
Sounds cilla4progress 20 hrs ago #10
Sublime too. applegrove 20 hrs ago #11
Gorgeous photo, beautiful place. There in 2015 on Canada Day and the parade. surfered 21 hrs ago #6
Great shot irisblue 20 hrs ago #8
Just lovely. Thank you. niyad 20 hrs ago #9
We drove in from Calgary, Gordcanuck 19 hrs ago #12
I'm so glad I was there before it got to crowded. I look applegrove 19 hrs ago #13
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