{"id":1055,"date":"2011-08-27T19:50:46","date_gmt":"2011-08-28T02:50:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2011-08-28T20:57:27","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T03:57:27","slug":"last-day-in-banff-tips-and-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minniebiz.com\/gmcmotorhome\/2011\/08\/27\/last-day-in-banff-tips-and-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Last day in Banff – tips and thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"

This would be our last day in Banff.\u00a0 We had some things to do around town and somehow stayed busy without doing very much.\u00a0 We explored a little bit more around Tunnel Mountain where we were staying and got another view of the Banff Springs Hotel.\u00a0\u00a0 Even caught a long distance view of a wedding in an awesome ‘cathedral’ of the Rocky Mountains.\u00a0 There are photos below but they honestly don’t do justice to the beauty and the size of the mountains.<\/p>\n

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If you ever come here – and you should – the Tunnel Mountain Campground is the place to stay.\u00a0 They have three levels of service:\u00a0 full hookups, electric only with water and dump available and free, and primitive – no hookups.\u00a0 At first we took the full hookups but after one night switched to the electric only sites.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 The scenery is everywhere while there is none at the full hookup sites.<\/p>\n

Tunnel Mountain is about a mile (1.5km) from town and there is plenty of free parking throughout the town.\u00a0 It was crowded but not bad.\u00a0 This is the peak season for tourists and there were plenty of them\/us but it was nowhere near capacity.<\/p>\n

We ate at the Old Spaghetti Factrory and then at Pad Thai.\u00a0 Both were very good and not expensive.<\/p>\n

There are only three gas stations in Banff and all of them are small and hard to get an RV in and out of.<\/p>\n

Banff is as unspoiled a tourist place as you will find in North America – my first.\u00a0 Canadians in Western Canada are as laid back as they can be.\u00a0 Everyone is smiling and seems happy.\u00a0 The air and the water are clean – the water is as clear as glass and tastes wonderful.\u00a0 The air had some moisture making it fuzzy in the morning but clear and bright in the afternoon.\u00a0 Mid to late August was wonderful – at least this year.<\/p>\n

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This would be our last day in Banff.\u00a0 We had some things to do around town and somehow stayed busy without doing very much.\u00a0 We explored a little bit more around Tunnel Mountain where we were staying and got another view of the Banff Springs Hotel.\u00a0\u00a0 Even caught a long distance view of a wedding […]<\/p>\n

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