A Road Trip of Stunning Views and Quiet Bliss

By: Susy Q Touted in travel brochures of the 1920′s as “the greatest drive in the Canadian Rockies” for its spectacular scenery and raw natural beauty, and the first to cross the Continental Divide for motor vehicules, the Banff-Windemere Highway was regarded then as a “not to be missed” section of the “Grand Circle Tour” – originally encompassing 16 National Parks in Canada and the United States and stretching 5000 miles in length. This Highway, only 18 miles west of the fabulous resort town of Banff, climbs steeply from the Alberta entrance up into a high elevation that separates Banff National Park, itself a World Heritage Site and celebrating its 125th birthday party in 2010, and Kootenay National Park in...

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