One Night of Camping in Banff Canada

During our epic road trip to Canada in 2007 Lindsay and I found ourselves in Banff Canada which is easily one of the most beautiful places in the world. After touring around the local highlights (Lake Louise, Banff Lodge, etc) we spent the early evening strolling around Banff’s cute downtown area. We did some shopping and sight seeing before eventually getting some dinner. We were trying to decide were to stay for the night and ended up getting a nice secluded campsite about 15 minutes outside of town. I don’t remember the name of the camp ground but like most in the area it was incredibly scenic. Since we already had dinner we simply bought some Starbursts to roast over the fire and sat there talking, laughing, etc. We then retired to our small little tent and all 3 of us (Me, Lindsay and Sundance) got real cozy. We had brought a tiny little generator and ended up watching a movie before settling in for the night. Everything was perfect until the middle of the night when I was woken up by Sundance barking like crazy. Lindsay jumped up and unzipped the tent so that her and Sundance could take a look around. It was of course pitch black so Lindsay would shine the flashlight in one direction, while both her and Sundance’s heads would move in that direction, and then go in another direction. It was hilarious because there heads would move from side to side in perfect unison following the light. I remember making the conscious decision that if a bear was going to kill me I would rather not see it coming so just laid there and tried to go back to sleep (the opposite of “manning up”). Despite the flashlight/bear fiasco in the middle of the night we ended up sleeping very well and woke up the next morning ready to go. We ended up driving the entire way from Banff Canada to our loft in Salt Lake City in ONE DAY! It was a long drive but the 3 of us just turned on the tunes and took in the amazing scenery as it passed by. It was the perfect ending to a truly epic road trip through the beautiful western US and Canada.