Banff - Vermillion Lakes, Lake Louise & Lake Moraine

On our second day we drove out to some of the lakes near Banff, which are all stunning in there own way. The further we went into the Rockies, we were surprised to still see snow and ice on the lakes! Our day was top off by seeing a Grizzly Bear and her cubs in the car park at Lake Louise, as you can imagine this made our day.

Banff National Park

After the upset of losing Midnight, we decided to go to Banff for few days to get out of the house as the first couple days were horrible having to get use to him not being with us!!
Therefore on the 30th May we took a slow drive to our hotel in Banff, our room was ready so we checked in and went for a stroll around town. After our stroll, we chilled in the hotel hot pool & steam room before getting ready to for dinner (only ate in the hotel bar) having a complete relaxing day.
We stayed at the Banff Caribou Lodge & Spa, which was lovely- http://www.banffcariboulodge.com/

Sunday 27th May 2012 - Our Beautiful Boy Midnight

Todays update comes as a very very sad day for us both, after taking Midnight on his walk at 6:30am when we returned home he collapsed from what the vet said was heart failure caused by his illness DCM. We rushed him to emergency Animal hospital and they said he was in a very bad way. They told us that the next 24hrs would be crucial, thus less than an hour after we came home, they called to say things had worsened. On our return to the hospital, the Dr informed us he had passed away shortly before getting there. They gave us time to spend with him, it was like he was asleep minus the snoring. We are gutted to say the least, this has been a major shock, as we always expected the worse but not in this way.  We would like to say we couldn't have asked for a better dog, he has been smashing, funny, and had a personality of his own no other dog could ever match.

We love him with all our heart and will think of him everyday. xxxx

Dec 2002 - 27th May 2012

26th May 2012 - Elbow Falls