Posing with our "crabby" travel blog mascot. On May 26, after a somewhat bumpy start to our trip at EZ Air Park in Eagan (where a parking attendant sitting in the booth right in front of us made us use the self check-in) we enjoyed a quick flight from MSP to Calgary and arrived in the Banff area. From there, we met our friends Darsey and Pat from  Fargo, ND, picked up our rental car, and made the 45 minute drive to Canmore arriving well past dark. We were excited to wake up to this morning view for 7 days. On May 27, we headed to breakfast and found more beautiful mountain views everywhere we looked.  It was not an exaggeration to say everywhere you turned there were stunning mountains. Then we headed to the Banff Upper Hot Springs for a nice long soak.   Banff Upper Hot Springs is a historic outdoor mineral hot spring located high on Sulphur Mountain in Banff National Park.  We enjoyed relaxing in the naturally heated, mineral-rich waters for an hour or so. ...