Sadie and I drove the few hours down and over to Banff today to use massage coupons that her brother gave us (2 Christmases ago!). The roads were good (contrary to the forecast!), and we hit snow about 40 minutes from Banff itself. Our massages were at Pleides Spa in Upper Banff. It was nice, though for the 3-hour drive and the $20 provincial park admission fee I can't say that it was fantastic (but it was nice). My maseusse had a good ole' time working out knots in the muscles that connect the top of my glutes and my hips (or some such thing!), and I was suuuuuurrre feeling bruised later! I wonder if that explains the pains I'd been having running, all those knots... The best part of the massage for me was actually the steam room afterward, a nice long soak in the hot steam, I looooooved that!
Anyway, shaking myself out of my virtual steam room now... we also walked around Banff for a couple of hours before our massage since we'd arrived early. Sadie was disappointed that it was not yet set up for Christmas - their parade kickoff to the holidays was still 2 weeks away, like most sane people! I took a few pictures here and there, but it was pretty cold and mostly it just looked like plain old Banff: people, snow, cars... that about covers it! Oddly, though I meant to I never got around to taking any actual photos of the spa (not that it was all blinged out or anything, but it was nice looking!), but here are a few pictures from our walk and a couple of things from the shops.
Anyway, shaking myself out of my virtual steam room now... we also walked around Banff for a couple of hours before our massage since we'd arrived early. Sadie was disappointed that it was not yet set up for Christmas - their parade kickoff to the holidays was still 2 weeks away, like most sane people! I took a few pictures here and there, but it was pretty cold and mostly it just looked like plain old Banff: people, snow, cars... that about covers it! Oddly, though I meant to I never got around to taking any actual photos of the spa (not that it was all blinged out or anything, but it was nice looking!), but here are a few pictures from our walk and a couple of things from the shops.
This is the view from where we parked. We drove around for about 10 minutes since Banff is quite small and has a lot of visitors. We ended up parking right beside the (mostly) frozen water... very pretty!
Sadie and Whiskers, she just couldn't resist (although I must say, despite his charm and general scruffiness, he did not end up adopted!)
Silver bells... silver bells... and balls, and beads, and dangley things... one beautiful wall of many decorations inside a store that is all about Christmas, all year round.
I have always thought that the little nutcracker dolls were a little on the creepy side... maybe I need to go and see the ballet so it stops freaking me out? Regardless, the shelf of them all lined up was a neat photo op!
I have always thought that the little nutcracker dolls were a little on the creepy side... maybe I need to go and see the ballet so it stops freaking me out? Regardless, the shelf of them all lined up was a neat photo op!And finally... the Canadian Christmas Goose, how could you not love it??
(Oh ,and just a note: I love it in the store, NOT in my house!)
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