At least twice during the summer of 1983, we drove 90 kilometers west from Calgary to the resort town of Banff, which was located on National Park land in the Rocky Mountains. During the summer, Banff could be a busy town indeed, with a summer population that was estimated to be double the year-round population. Banff Avenue was the main thoroughfare of town, with a Phil's hamburger place at the edge of town, and then a lot of shops and restaurants in the downtown area, leading to a bridge across the Bow River and the Banff Springs Hotel on the other side. We took plenty of pictures of the old hotel and some of the downtown area, and on one occasion, my Dad and I went for a swim in the hot mineral baths, which are fed by spring water which comes out of a mountain at a considerable temperature. In fact, we were told that the water is so hot that people bathe in the pools year round.
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