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After enjoying our first two nights in Vancouver we headed towards the Rocky Mountains. Our first stop was in Kamloops for one night and now we enjoyed to beautiful late summer days in Banff. The clouds, cooler temperatures and rain are moving in already. On our way from Kamloops to Banff we had a short break in Salmon Arm that has a nice harbor where we discovered some wildlife: Ducks, ospreys and otters.

Later that day we entered the several National Parks in Canada and got a first impression about how many people are still traveling during this time of the year.

Banff is pretty crowded but leaving town early keeps the crowd away until later that day. We drove along the Bow Valley Parkway (HW 1A) and enjoyed a really beautiful day.
Some images are already in our gallery: Banff NP 2011

Today we tried to find some of the burrowing owls in Marco Island and we were lucky to identify one occupied nest. The two owls were almost co-operative until a swarm of starlings scared them back into their hole. We take things pretty slowly, enjoying the days off the office with warm temperatures and clear blue skies.

After a day of rain, clouds and now some cooler temperatures we enjoyed another lovely sunset at the famous Naples Fishing Pier.

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Today we spent relaxing Sanibel Island and enjoying another session at the chiropracter and the late afternoon we decided to head into Cape Coral and look for another location with burrowing owl nests. We found several but most of the either not occupied or the owls hiding in their hole. One location seemed to be most promising and we spent some time there.