Hmm... We saw a bear on the side of the road between Banff and Jasper, but I think the real winner was the hotel we stayed at in Edmonton. It was on Whyte ave and called the Strathcona; I'm pretty sure it used to be an hourly room kind of place (perhaps it still is?). We ended up having to pay a little more than the base price because our room had a bathroom. When we get inside, the room does have a bathroom, but there's no shower head in the bathtub, no shower curtains and no fuckin door on the bathroom. I had diarrhea at this point, likely from overconsumption of caffeine, so every time I had to go, I had to run down the hall to the smelly old public bathroom. Blankets had burnholes, place was filled with weirdoes, but it made up for it in other ways.Originally Posted by Rick Scarf
Not yet.
Sort of? I got a job in northern B.C. and drove out there to work and then drove back. This was purely a pleasure roadtrip with my gf to head out to Vancouver and back and see some sites.
I did! I found out Wisconsin really, really likes cheese - every rest stop on the road had pamphlets for going to watch people make cheese. What the heck, Wisconsin?!
Way out of our way. We never spent longer than 2 nights in any place (even that only happened twice) and we made it back to Toronto, after driving all night, about 4 hours before she had to start her new job.
if you tilt your head right, yes. But it's better to buzz like you're playing a trumpet.
Banff has some sweet things to do, if you're at least a little outdoorsy. If you don't mind going far out of your way, take the ice roads to Jasper from Banff: it's some of the most dramatic scenery in North America. If you're heading up to Jasper, there's a HI Hostel beside a gondola that has one of the best views I've seen in my life of the range with a short hike to the actual summit. Make sure you bring water/food because you will get tired up there, but the restaurant built into the gondola area is pretty decent, if a bit pricey. Stop by Lake Louise for a little hike. Go to Radium Hot Springs and take a bath or something. There's an easy hike with a rewarding view at Tunnel Mountain as well. For more suggestions, talk to outdoorsy looking Calgarians - most of them are pretty familiar with Banff and they'll tell you the best places to go.
In Calgary, I can't really say. I spent most of my time out in Banff or visiting friends at their place. There's a location in NW part of Calgary called Kensington (hilariously) that was a wicked coffee shop called the Roasterie. I highly, highly recommend that place. It's cool as all fuck, the coffee is delicious (and roasted on site) and it's a good place to hang out. If you can arrange rafting down the Bow River, that's something to do, too.
It was very nice and I liked it a lot.
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