About those coyotes

Canada day 2: Ghost Lake-Banff

Since I still had a bit of a jet lag, I went to bed a eight last night. My tent was pretty close to the highway, so I could hear the traffic passing by all the time. At 9:30 I woke up from some screaming, so I thought first there was a car full of drunk party girls driving by. Then I realised, it’s more a howling than a screaming, and it doesn’t sound human. So I had to get out of my sleeping bag, open the tent zipper and stick my head out, and there were two coyotes 20-30 metres away from my tent. I was too scared to get out my camera, so I just went back into my tent and hoped they never noticed me. They did that howling thing a couple of more times during the night, but seemed to never get closer to my tent.

I woke up at seven, which means I added eleven hours of sleep to the ten hours the night before. So I guess the jet lag is officially over now.

Fortunately, the sun was still shining and there was no wind today. So I had a wonderful ride to Banff. Roughly seventy kilometres through beautiful nature.

The campsites were fully booked when I arrived here. So I checked in at a hostel instead. They have a bar and a happy hour, so I’m fine for the moment. Gotta get some food soon.

Tomorrow it’s Canada Day. That’s why all the places are booked out. My plan is to climb higher in Banff National Park and stay on a camping ground 90 kilometres from here. It’s a first come first serve place, so I really hope it won’t be full when I get there. Because I don’t really have a plan B. Stay tuned!