Sweet Home Alberta

The skies weren’t blue, but the mountains were just as majestic and awe-inspiring as they were when I left them two weeks ago. It’s hard to believe that we are already on the second province of the tour. While BC was beautiful and scenic at every stop, Alberta is my home and I am happy to be home. I was sad to have my BC-pal Denise head back to Vancouver, but I was ready for the beginning of a new adventure with Geoffrey Alan, the Prairies Regional Ambassador.

Our first stop? Beautiful Banff for a breath-taking (literally!) hike up the Tunnel Mountain Trail. A group of employees at the Delta Banff Royal Canadian Lodge, Geoffrey, myself and our new four-legged friend Frank, wound our way up the steep pathway searching for garbage to pick-up. Happily Frank was the only one who found a single piece of garbage, which he thoroughly enjoyed chasing after on the mountain top.

While our intentions to clean-up the Tunnel Mountain trail-way were unsuccessful (way to go hikers for keeping the trails clean!) we did make it to the top after only a minimal amount of grumbling. No expedition would be complete without marking the conquered territory, which we did with our Delta Community Cruiser banner, perched high above the bustling town of Banff.

Not long after we conquered the great Sleeping Buffalo mountain (Tunnel Mountains former namesake) we were back on the road in our shiny red Prius! Geoffrey and I both live in Calgary, so we were looking forward to rejuvenating our road-spirits at home for a couple of days.

Our next stop is the Delta Kananaskis Lodge & Resort for a hike of a different nature. Can’t wait to see my friends there and to conquer yet another obstacle for a good cause.