Calgary and Victoria
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It was a pleasant drive to Calgary. The weather forecasts continue to be wrong: they call for rain and thunderstorms and I get clear, sunny, and warm. Day 2 and I headed out with Ivan to meet Susan and her kids: Jane, Sam and Andrew. We continued out to the ski resort of Sunshne near Banff to hike the trails of Sunshine Meadows. An old school bus runs you up the 5 kilometres and the majority of the elevation to the base village where most of the trails flow into. From there you get to head out on a network of many kilometres of hiking trails. All have good footing and rest benches along the way. We did the hike to Rock Isle Lake and onwards to the look off of Monarch, and finally a circuit around Larix Lake. If you are interested in gorgeous hiking read on at http://sunshinemeadowsbanff.com/sunshine_meadows/sunshine_meadows.htm Next I met Jeanne to celebrate her birthday with lunch at The Broken Plate Greek restaurant. From there we continued on to wine tasting and shopping at the Wi