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Even with the smoke, Banff exceeded my expectations. Luckily it was only Smokey 1 out of the 4 days I was there. Thought it would be something to scratch off my bucket list one and done, but I’m already thinking about planning another trip. What an incredible place full of beauty and wonder. Really glad I pushed myself to put my rental car to full use.

Day 1 - Drove the fields Parkway up to Athabasca Glacier. It paid to get up early. Barely any people at all the stops, but driving back the parking lots looked full and crowded

Day 2 - Agnes Tea House, Big Beehive & Devils Thumb at Lake Louise. Was again glad I started this early. No problem getting a parking spot at Lake Louise. 5th in line for the tea house when it was open so not a lot of people up there. Devils thumb was a hell of an experience. One of the most challenging hike I’ve personally done and it was incredibly rewarding. By the time I got back to Lake Louise and the Fairmont, it was a zoo. Completely different atmosphere. Drove to the ski lodge and took the shuttle to Moraine Lake. At first I scoffed at the price of the canoes for one hour, but I was pretty dead set on doing it so I paid up. Somehow had the entire lake to myself at 3pm. Great experience and well worth the cost. Finally got back to my hotel in Banff. By the time I hit the hot tub, showered, and ate, it was only 7:30pm and the sun was high on the sky and I felt weird being at my hotel with so much light, so I took a random drive to Emerald Lake for sunset which was not on my itinerary. Wow. Best decision. The lake colors with the mountains and sky. And that Drive! Driving by the town of Field was pretty neat

Day 3 - Johnston Canyon and Tunnel Mountain trail in the morning. Again, was nice to do these in the morning. Did Johnston canyon around 7:30am and there were only a handful of parking spots left. The trail to upper falls was fine, but the entire walk back there were a ton of people. Tunnel mountain was really busy at 10am. The hike kind of whooped my butt, main because I Didn’t realize what an incline that would be. Played a round of golf at Stewart Creek at 2pm and then drove to Kananaskis Mountain lodge to stay the night.

Day 4 - this was my free day with absolutely nothing planned. I ended up checking out the suspension bridge and doing half of the Upper Lake hike. Upper Lake ended up being one of my favorite parts of the trip and the drive around there with the mountains was incredible. Highly recommend.

I watered these using Saratoga spring water this past Sunday. They looked fine at that time. Last time watering before then was 2 weeks prior.

I noticed a few days later that the bottom sides are starting to shrivel and wrinkle. I’ve been keeping them on a window sill in indirect sunlight that gets a decent amount of light. I moved them to a window sill on a different wall that gets less sunlight. Located in Southern California. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. This is my first time. TIA.

Booked a night at the JW Camelback in Scottsdale for work today. The property is typically way out of my budget, but I was surprised to see the room was heavily discounted to $265. I was still a little hesitant, but then I noticed it includes $100 resort credit and labeled as an Endless Sunshine Escape rate and shows up in my bonvoy account. Is this a thing I should look out for more often?

Only been a Bonvoy member for a year, but this tops any welcome gift. Water, chocolate, and Five complimentary adult beverages. Thank you Moxy Banff!