Rain, Work, & Canoes

I’m starting to discover that when people said it rains in June, they actually ment it rains every single hour of every single day. The only time the rain lets up is when it snows or hails.  I only get 2 days off per week where I work and the weather has been miserable every time I plan to do something on my days off. So I haven’t been to Lake Louise yet, or Jasper, or the Ice Fields.

A few weeks ago the hotel played host to the Banff International Media Festival. This was the busiest I have ever seen the lounge ever! One of my managers commented on it saying this is the busiest he has ever seen a restaurant in his entire career. There were a lot of celebrities wondering around the hotel during the week and it was pretty cool to see them. 

Today a friend and I decided to try our hand at canoeing because it was supposed to be a nicer day. We got our canoe passes from the staff housing office (which is free for employees).  The rain started as soon as we got into our canoe and after awhile we thought the rain was letting up it started to hail. After around 5 min of the hail the sky cleared up and the sun started to shine (for the first time in a long time). It was a great way to spend the afternoon and we managed to get some great pictures!