Lisa and I travelled to Banff, Alberta May 19-26, 2004. We stayed four nights at the incredible Chateau Lake Louise Fairmont and three nights at the Banff Springs Fairmont Hotel. Both were awesome but the Chateau Lake Louise won hands down. These are some of the highlights of our trip.

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The road leading up to the Lake Louise Chateau	Lake Louise Chateau	Lake Louise Chateau II	The boat house on Lake Louise	Lake Louise area
Balcony at Lake Louise Chateau	Our bathroom at the Fairmont Lake Louise Chateau	Our suite at the Fairmont Lake Louise Chateau	Lobby of the Fairmont Lake Louise Chateau	The view from one of the dining rooms at the Lake Louise Chateau
Lobby of the Fairmont Lake Louise Chateau	The Fairview Dining Room	Lake Louise ice cover melting	Our room- Lake Louise Chateau	Standing at the Lake Louise sign
Lobby of the Fairmont Lake Louise Chateau	Lobby of the Fairmont Lake Louise Chateau	Lobby of the Fairmont Lake Louise Chateau	looking towards our balcony from the front of the hotel	Lisa in the sitting area in our suite at the Chateau Lake Louise
Looking back at the hotel from the opposite end of the lake	Lisa with the hotel in the background	Both Matt and Lisa in the foreground of the Chateau	Lake Louise Chateau Hotel Room	Lisa primping on the balcony
Room balcony at Chateau Lake Louise	Danger! Thin Ice!!	Athabasca Falls	Near Athabasca Falls	Lisa at Athabasca Falls
More Elk	Tangle Falls	A mountain goat	Another mountain goat	Bow Summit in the Canadian Rockies
Snow covered tree	Deep snow	Bow Lake	The Crow Foot Glacier in the backgound	Crow Foot Glacier
A view of the mountains around Lake Moraine	Water Fowl Lake	Water Fowl Lake- Water Spray???	Area around Lake Loraine	Area around Lake Loraine
Lisa thowing a snowball	Lake Moraine	A Mule Deer	One of many "Wildlife Ahead Signs"	A White-Tailed Deer
Another White-Tailed Deer	An Elk	Another shot of the same Elk	A LARGE ELK	Making a face for the camera
Lisa at Johnston Canyon Upper Falls	Another shot of Johston Canyon Upper Falls	The trail along Johnston Canyon	Black Bear	Food?
Are you looking at me?	Black bear foraging for food.	Still looking	Uh-oh!	RUN!
Mistaya Canyon	Mistaya Canyon II	Mistaya Canyon III	Mistaya Canyon IV	The Weeping Wall
The Banff Springs Hotel	Columbia Icefields Parkway	Columbia Icefields	The Bow River	Welcome to the Town of Banff
From the Dam Road along Lake Minnewanka	A Bighorn Sheep	A Push me-Pull me???	A large ELK	Eating the shrubs...
View from our Window at the Banff Springs Hotel	Elk on the Banff Spings Golf Course	A Canadian Goose on the Banff Springs Golf Course	A White-tailed Deer on the side of the road	A White-tailed Deer near the Banff Springs Hotel Tennis Courts
Lisa at the Banff Springs Hotel Corral	The start of our 3-hour horseback ride	Still on the ride though Bow Valley	The Banff Springs Hotel	Banff Springs Hotel from horseback
About an hour into our ride	Matt and Lisa on horseback	Ride'em Cowboy!	ELK on the Columbia Icefields Highway	Two Elk
Crossing the Bow River	Lisa on the Bow Valley Gondola in Banff	The view from our gondola at Banff	A view from our room at the Lake Louise Chateau	A view of Bow Valley
Another view of Bow Valley and the Hotel	At the top of the Gondola looking down at Bow Valley	Another shot atop a mountain overlooking Bow Valley	The Canadian Rockies at our back	Georgeous Scenery
Another view of the valley below	Looking down on the town of Banff	The Bow River Falls	Bow River Falls	Another Bighorn Sheep
On the balcony of our room	Crowfoot Mountain with Bow Lake in the foreground	Mountain Goats grazing atop a hill	A herd of Mountain Sheep	MOOSE AHEAD!!
A MOOSE!!	Another MOOSE shot	MOOSE AHEAD!	Another Moose!!	Ice remaining at the far end of Lake Louise
Our second Black Bear sighting	Bear on the move!	Perched atop a hill	On the move again!	OK, how often do you get to see a bear?
A Coyote	Mountain Scenery	Bowling Alley IN the Banff Springs Hotel	Lobby Area of the Banff Springs Hotel	Lobby of the Banff Springs Hotel
Guest Area of Banff Springs Hotel	One of the original meeting rooms in the Banff Springs Hotel	Sunwapta Falls	Sunwapta Falls	Lisa standing next to rapids on the Kicking Horse River
A grazing ELK with a radio collar	On the trail	The top of Wapta Falls	At the base of Wapta Falls	The Great Divide
Natural Bridge over the Kicking River	Matt at Natual Bridge	Emeral Lake	Lisa on the dock at Emerald Lake	THAT'S ALL FOLKS!!

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