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 Took my evening workout to the streets of Banff tonight. The town is very clean, situated in an incredible valley between mountains but still at high enough elevation to be a “cool town.”

And they seem, to this outsider, to be very open to all the outsiders. There is a city employee that walks the sidewalk alongside the bus stops (yes, the town employs a street walker!) to answer any questions about which bus takes you where, and picks up passengers at sign number (insert numbers 1-9 here) at what time, etc. And they seem buses are free!

So tonight, in waning sunlight, I walked the perimeter of downtown Banff and took a few pictures. Enjoy:














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