what are the chances of the timing on that that as soon
as I'm saying we're not going to see any wildlife
This is insane it's such a beautiful slow flurry it looks like the movies but I don't
know if we're going to be able to get out today or what we're even going to do welcome to Banff
who cares how I slept look at this this is so magical when I thought of doing van life
in Canada in April I did not think we would get this I am equal parts like in awe and
also scared I think we have winter tires on but we don't have chains like we've never
driven in the snow before what does this mean for the rest of the trip
Van
life is still so romantic to me the fact that we are surrounded by snow right now cuddled up
in bed drinking a fresh coffee that Jordan took all of the effort to make this morning
outside in the snow for me I really want to remember this feeling because I have
this nag at the back of my head being like are you gonna go through some stuff like
the roller coaster of van life is insane you go from the highest highs to the lowest lows
so I want to remember this High because I'm concerned of what today's lows are gonna be
I'll help
so yesterday we drove here from Banff and we were frantically trying to find a place
to stay and eventually after a while we figured out we could stay in the
Lake Louise overflow car park which is what we did we were told that it would snow overnight
we did not expect this so everything we had originally planned for today is sort of out of the
window given the current weather because Jordan spent like three hours researching the best hikes
that we could do around i made such a good list I had a list of the best I had like hard medium
easy oh we were going to pick anything we're gonna have amazing views but now there's just
snow everywhere everything's closed every single track is closed so the plan is we're gonna go to
the info center in town and chat to them see what they sort of suggest the only definite we know for
today is Lake Louise but I don't even know how much of that we're gonna actually be able to see
We just spoke to the people here at the information center and they've given us
an equally good itinerary that I planned and we can't do and it was a lot quicker
so we are going to go down to Lake Louise because it's still open even though it's completely frozen
over there's people walking on it so we're gonna get a bit of a different view than the like iconic
Lake Louise that you're thinking of but I think it's cool that we get a unique experience here and
then we're gonna head into Banff but we're gonna go a different sort of Highway with a slower speed
limit and there should be a couple of stops on the way there is one hike that they said should
be good in this sort of weather and it's quite small and quick so I think we will pull off there
and sort of gauge how it is really it's in the hands of the weather and that's about it for the
day other than that maybe a cafe hang out in the van for probably way too long look at this weather
jeez it just took it to a whole other level here
I can't even see what is meant to be like like what's meant to be water it's just all white
there's nothing now this is an experience I wasn't expecting it like Louise I was thinking Beautiful
Blue Lake mountains in the background instead I am ankle deep in snow walking on Lake Louise
I can't believe we're on the lake at the moment just surrounded in snow how many
people have been walking on Lake Louise in snow up to their ankles oh and on their faces
and just start rolling
I love snow love it love it live it love it that's it's snowy wow you
just can't see anything beyond the people how are they all rolling snowman so easily
This is so much more fun in such a different way than I ever envisaged when we were planning to
come to Lake Louise I thought we'd come here and there'd be heaps of people we'd all be looking at
this beautiful Lake instead all you can hear in the background is people giggling and laughing
and having the best time a woman literally fell up to her waist in snow and everyone was laughing
at the poor woman it was I love that everyone's having a good time though no one's like you know
that was a very different but cooler than expected you know whats nice? we can just go home
now we are going to hop on the A1 to get the more scenic route to Banff the lady that helped us in
the info center seemed very confident that we should find it quite easily so fingers crossed
and if we do take the correct way we should be able to see a place where we
can stop for a hike now she's did say number one right yeah
she said take this eastbound yeah and then we should see signs yeah
there may be a place that we can stop and see like a frozen waterfall but to
be honest we might be snowed in completely we'll find out
The weather has taken a turn the snow that's coming down is huge and the road we are on
definitely hasn't been snow plowed yet we have seen a few signs that say we should
see wildlife in the area but I don't know how that can be the case like surely they're all
hunkered down avoiding the snow like they're not out having lunch in this
never know there was a little elf back there!
What are the chances what are the chances of the timing on that that as soon as I'm saying
we're not going to see any Wildlife there's like a little deer or something I think I
have pictures in here was this guy white-tailed deer guess what we get to do is check off our
first animal of the trip. One down nine to go I really don't know how we're gonna go given
that the weather is the way that it is I also am not sure on this hike because that's a lot
of snuff it's like a blizzard now it's gotten out of control given how bad this is I think we
just head on to Banff if we can even get out of here and maybe find a cafe or something
that sounds really nice pass some time this video is not going at all the way we wanted it to go
to be fair there's a bunch of people here from what I could hear in the info center
at Lake Louise Village a lot of them were suggesting people come this way
given today's weather I think even if we were to do the hike we wouldn't be able to take the
camera out in this anyway so we wouldn't be able to film it and yeah I'd rather get to a
cafe here we go hopefully we see maybe a elk or a moose would be cool and then a coffee
we are so focused on the road and finding an animal that we've done
that thing you do when you're trying to find someone's house and the music
has been turned right down because it somehow makes you pay better attention
it's 1 30. hopefully there's a free campsite somewhere around here that the information
place will know about I'm hungry but we should probably eat in today since we got supplies
but we can still get hot chocolate yeah yeah okay
it looks like it's starting to clear hopefully this is the weather for tomorrow
I can't cross my fingers with my gloves
that was delicious so while we were in town we went into the information center to try and
figure out what it is we could do today and all about our plans for tomorrow and we're worried
basically we're gonna have to wait until tomorrow check 511 Alberta and hope for the best that the
road isn't closed today we can go to a lookout and we went to a nice cafe and that's about
it yeah so we may be having an extra day here than we planned we finally got some visibility
it looks amazing so we're going to get to this Lookout quickly before it becomes invisible again
starting route to surprise Corner the destination is on your left surprise Corner arrived
today is not really going to plan but that's van life baby,
this view is amazing the fact that the skies have cleared for this to give us this view
is pretty good view I'm real happy with that otherwise we just wouldn't have seen anything
now we just have to hope for the best for tomorrow yeah there's meant to be a lot of
snow so we might be on the iceford parkway we might not be going anywhere so we'll see
what five on one says and go with that I didn't realize my hair was covered in it that's so cold