Oh Deary deer.....and goats....Oh and MOOSE!

Day 9: Total Mile Count: 550 miles. Golden B.C., to Banff, Alberta: 85 miles. Conditions: Good.

Canadian Rocky Mountains–noun
The chief mountain system in North America, extending from central New mexico to N alaska. Highest peak, Mount McKinley, 20,300 ft. (6187 m).

Looking at the title, it may be a given about what we saw/did today. Earlier in my blog I commented on how we were disapointed with the amount of wildlife we had been seeing, however, today we had many sightings. On Kicking Horse River Pass we saw two mountain goats attempting to cross the road, very skeptical of the two passing bikers. Later on, while climbing a small hill I looked to the right and saw three deer just hanging out. But the most exciting was the moose! There were three of them and they were so timid and didn't even feel threatened by the many cars stopped and people taking pictures (might I add, I was the first one to notice them)

Somehow today managed to spread out to be a 94 mile trip in total, so me and mama bear are totally pooped. (Shes already asleep) We climbed the kicking horse pass, made it all the way into banff, then realized we were to tired to make it up the 3km hill to our hotel, so we admitted defeat and walked.

Tip of the Day: Wake up earlier than normal and go outside. Its nice.