Every September Victor and I take a ‘just-us’ trip. I know – we are very fortunate that we are able to do that and grateful for the grandparents who can take care of the kids – although these days ‘taking care of the kids’ literally means just driving them around from one place to another:)

We only had a week for this trip – Victor does not have much vacation left this year (darn corporate America and their limited vacation time!) so we wanted to go somewhere relatively close-ish. I always joke that I don’t love nature – I mean, I do but I am more of a city girl – I would choose big cities or tiny villages over a natural park any day. But Victor loves nature and being a great wive that I am, we chose to go to the Canadian Rockies – Banff and Jasper. And let me tell you something – we LOVED it!!!

I’ve heard about Banff and Lake Louise and Canadian rockies and we have seen beautiful places all over the world but nothing prepared me to stunning scenery that is Canadian Rockies! We hiked all over the places (and we are not even hikers!), saw waterfalls and glaciers and mountains and lakes, ate delicious food, stayed at cool places and had a great old time. If you are looking for a place that literally makes your jaw drop, you gotta check out Canadian rockies!