Dinner and Dessert in Banff

We looked at several places to eat and settled on Wild Bill's. It's a microbrewery, so they had their own beer and that's always fun. And they had free wi-fi, which helped make the final decision.

We had made the dessert decision much earlier in the day as soon as we saw this ice cream place called "Cow's." Dr. Mari loves cows and we all love ice cream, so there ya go. As we read the sign in the window proclaiming it was "The World's Best Ice Cream," Karen and I realized we had consumed ice cream at the Cow's on Prince Edward Island when we were traveling together through the maritime provinces several years ago.

 

 

 

Jasper

We made it to Jasper. Good thing we're far enough north that the daylight is up for a really long time or we would've arrived in the dark and not seen this cute little town. I'm not sure why I don't have more photos of Jasper. We walked down this main street that parallels the train tracks (and we saw a Transcontinental Train in the station...ahh the train across Canada! ... another day/another trip). We picked out a steakhouse for dinner--Karouzo's. We could smell steak cooking somewhere when we drove into town and we all like our red beef so this seemed like a great night to partake. Happy Birthday, Rodney! After dinner, we stopped at Grandma's Place for ice cream. The nice gentleman there made sure that Rodney got an extra scoop for free for his birthday. We visited with a sweet, elder, Canadian woman and her daughter who were enjoying a little vacation time together. What a long, full, exciting, breathtaking, wonderful day.

 

 

Bunk House Cafe and Ice Creamery

About 10 minutes from St. Mary in Babb, MT we found The Cattle Baron. The menu is fun and clever. Lunch was delicious. And how can you not have ice cream for dessert when the Bunk House Ice Creamery is calling your name?

 

(A little Lightroom lesson before lunch)

 

There's Always Room for Ice Cream

What better way to top off local dinner and brew than local ice cream?! I had huckleberry. Yum.