I decided to take part in a tour run by Moose Network as I wanted to explore as much of the West of Canada as possible in the little time that I had. I also thought that after travelling alone for so long it would be a fun and interesting way to end by travelling with a group. Taking the Hoodapus tour was the best decision I made and I had such an awesome experience! I was super lucky that the group I toured with was full of brilliant, funny and outgoing people who I became really close to. Also our tour guide Colin was AMAZING! I had originally planned to do the tour within a week, however I had so much fun I hopped off in Banff where I stayed for an extra 5 days before rejoining the tour with the next bus! My time on tour was full of meeting new people, seeing new places, epic sights, skiing, hiking, partying, snow, and much much more! This is going to be a hard one to put into words so I'm going to let photos do most of the talking... here is a little (but not all) of what we got up to on the tour...
Meet Roger the party bus...
And that's our tour guide Colin in the orange...
First stop... The Bridal Veil Falls...
Lunch Stop...
Beautiful views as we picnic!
Boat Party in Kelowna...
Getting to know each other in an empty hot tub, on a boat, on a lake, in Kelowna...
Big Horned Sheep...
Just some of the wildlife we saw on our journey from Kelowna to Banff. We also saw a cougar!!!
Beautiful sunset as we drove through the Rocky Mountains...
Lake Louise... Walking on thin ice and (nearly) naked snow angels!
Colin and Belinda shedding their clothes for nearly naked snow angels on Lake Louise!
Walking (& jumping) on top of a frozen Lake Louise!
A stop at one of many canyons...
A night making s'mores in Athabasca Falls...
Group dinner of Fajitas at the HI Athabasca Falls hostel.
Toasting marshmallows and making s'mores!
How many marshmallows can you fit in your mouth Colin?
We met a beautiful husky...
An early morning walk through the snow in Athabasca falls.
Taking a walk at Johnston Canyon...
A night out at The Dancing Sasquatch and Agwa bombs...
Happy hour at the Samesun hostel in Banff.
The famous Agwa bomb!
Bad influence...
We took a potato named Sanchez to the dancing sasquatch (its a long story!)
Drinking the famous time machine!
One of many photo pit stops!
Another lunch stop...
Beautiful views over a frozen lake as we sat and ate lunch!
Belinda making the most of the powder!
Group dinner at The Old Spaghetti Factory, Banff...
Sunday Funday at Aurora, Banff...
Sunday is the night to go out in Banff!
Elk chilling out in someones front garden!
Awesome views in Banff...
We saw a beaver whilst hiking along the Bow River...
Hiking the Hoodoos trail, Banff...
Hiking the Cave & Basin trail, Banff...
Hiking the Golf Course trail, Banff...
We saw wolves whilst hiking the golf course trail!
Banff Hot Springs...
Amazing way to relax after a day of skiing and 3 days of hiking!
Our way of saying goodbye to Roger the party bus...
A walk around Shuswap lake before dinner...
Ice cream stop at Duchmen Dairy, Sicamous...
Ice cream pit stop on our way back to Vancouver!
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