You what I love about this list? I am not doing anything in order—when I wrote this list in January, I wrote a list of the all the ideas I had for myself to try and accomplish this year. Things that had been on my mind, things that I had put off for 1000 reasons, things I wanted to experience again and for the first time.

Usually I am a pretty methodical person, but this list is an experience and I will take the opportunities as they arise!

So when Sarah, Kelsy & planned to ride our bikes on the Legacy Trail (from Banff to Canmore) we added in as much as we could including the Nordic Spa (take me baaaack!) and whitewater rafting to finish our trip off! The bike ride deserves its own post!

We rented E-Bikes from Banff Cycle which was incredible! We had our bikes from 9 am to 7 pm and we used almost every minute of our rental.

The start of the trail is right outside of Banff. These were E-assist bikes which meant we did have to pedal the whole time. I will admit, the first 10 minutes I wondered what the hell I had gotten myself into as one way of the trail is 26.8 kilometres and its been a hot minute since I have been on a bike! Hahaha!

The trail was so picturesque with the trees and mountains and just really feeling like a part of nature. The trail was steady but not in a crowded way. I actually felt connected to all the other people riding by on their bikes too.

We had a good pace but none of us took any notice of the time to arrive in Canmore or return to Banff! We just enjoyed the scenery and making some photo pit stops along the way!

Banff is absolutely gorgeous and I don’t know what it is about mountain air and seeing the mountains, but it is so good for the soul.

Across Canada in our parks you can find over 400 red Adirondack chairs that are placed in peaceful and gorgeous locations. It is always fun to come across a set as they demand a photo! So we were excited to find this pair on our way to Canmore!

We were so excited when we say the ‘Welcome to Canmore’ sign! Haha! Half way was done. We decided to bike into town for lunch and got a recommendation from a local. Their Main Street was shut down to traffic so we also enjoyed doing a little shopping! The bikes had some storage on the back which was great for our purchases!

After lunch we headed back to the trail for some more amazing views! We even saw a bald eagle on top of a tree right along the trail!

On the way back, we took a little detour (with no idea where it went) and emerged at the most amazing place known as Cascade Pond! I cannot believe that I have been to Banff so many times and did not know this place existed! The view was so fantastic, there was a little waterfall and tons of picnic benches and another set of red chairs!

Like, come on! Look at this! The water was like glass!

We road around the pond and found this bridge, I don’t know what it is about a bridge but one must cross it!

I think this picture captures how I felt about this whole awesome day! My heart is so full to finally! FINALLY! After years of driving by people on this bike trail and looking out my window and thinking “I want to be like them” to actually doing it with my friends!

Finding another set of red chairs was awesome too and we spent some time sitting, relaxing and visiting.

We when headed back into town we stopped by the ‘Welcome to Banff’ sign (you can see it across the road) and then decided to ride around town and find the big BANFF letters that have been relocated by the train station (they are a huge tourist attraction and the original location was causing traffic jams and parking issues). It’s definitely a must do photo opportunity when you visit!

After we dropped off our bikes a drink on a rooftop patio was required! It was a great way to end an awesome day!

I am so proud of myself for making this happen. It was one of my most desired experiences to check off my 50 Things List and my heart is so full knowing I have had the experience and the 600 photos to prove it. I will not be running out of scrapbooking content any time soon!

Thanks for being a part of my journey as I will be sharing another hike and white water rafting next (#41 ) soon!