2015 Summer Roadtrip: Day 43—Sunday—7/26: Banff Fairmont Springs Hotel, Bow Falls, Bow River, Caves Basin, Lunch in Banff, bighorn sheep at Lake Manawanka loop.

We drove to the opulent, gorgeous Banff Fairmont Springs Hotel. Wow, it is incredibly nice. Again, this is how the other half lives J. We enjoyed walking through the different conference rooms, halls, and lobby. The views were great. We also drove to Bow Falls, a small but impressive waterfall on the Bow river. We walked along the river for a while enjoying our last day in Banff. After eating lunch in Banff, we then drove to Cave and Basin, a historical site with a sulphur smelling cave that contains hot springs. These hot springs were what put Banff on the map. It was a nice museum. We then drove to the RV to get Denise’s luggage and dropped her off at a hotel 10 minutes away where the shuttle picks up passengers. We told her we were going to drive 10 minutes from there and look for bighorn sheep—which she hadn’t seen on the trip. She joked saying that as soon as she leaves, we’d start seeing all the wildlife. Sure enough, we had one of our best animal encounters when we pulled over at a turnout and Sarah spotted about 8 bighorn sheep behind our car about 30 yards away. They were beautiful—especially the larger mom and her adorable baby. We got to see them climb on steep rocks, run, then climb down more steep rocky hillsides and cross the street very near us. It was wonderful. Sorry you missed it, Denise! We then went back to the RV and watched movies (it was raining) and packed up the RV for our early departure tomorrow to drive to Montana.