This would be our last day in Banff. We had some things to do around town and somehow stayed busy without doing very much. We explored a little bit more around Tunnel Mountain where we were staying and got another view of the Banff Springs Hotel. Even caught a long distance view of a wedding in an awesome ‘cathedral’ of the Rocky Mountains. There are photos below but they honestly don’t do justice to the beauty and the size of the mountains.
If you ever come here – and you should – the Tunnel Mountain Campground is the place to stay. They have three levels of service: full hookups, electric only with water and dump available and free, and primitive – no hookups. At first we took the full hookups but after one night switched to the electric only sites. The camping is at the side of a paved road and it is a little more crowded than the full hookups sites but the sites are arranged end-for-end and are on each side of the road. The scenery is everywhere while there is none at the full hookup sites.
Tunnel Mountain is about a mile (1.5km) from town and there is plenty of free parking throughout the town. It was crowded but not bad. This is the peak season for tourists and there were plenty of them/us but it was nowhere near capacity.
We ate at the Old Spaghetti Factrory and then at Pad Thai. Both were very good and not expensive.
There are only three gas stations in Banff and all of them are small and hard to get an RV in and out of.
Banff is as unspoiled a tourist place as you will find in North America – my first. Canadians in Western Canada are as laid back as they can be. Everyone is smiling and seems happy. The air and the water are clean – the water is as clear as glass and tastes wonderful. The air had some moisture making it fuzzy in the morning but clear and bright in the afternoon. Mid to late August was wonderful – at least this year.
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