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in Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies . The lake was such a gorgeous color of icy blue aquamarine with the snowy bare rocky peaks and forests of evergreens...it was breathtaking. I'm planning a 5000 mile road trip in my car across the USA I am going out to the Rocky Mts. Yesterday I made a hotel reservation. I used the Top Secret Hotel Deal from Travelocity. and got the Ramada Inn Salina, Kansas...The website said Welcome to the hot spot of Central Kansas! Live life to its fullest in our arcade and fitness room. Expend your energy in a wild game of ping pong, or baskteball. Make some waves on our new 145 foot waterslide in the indoor pool. Travelocity doesn't tell you what hotel it is until you buy it. The Ramada sounds like a kid magnet and since it's Friday September 2nd of the big Labor Day weekend, I am sure it will be packed with families having a last big blow out before back to school but they do have a free breakfast. The drive to Salina, Kansas is around 900 miles I wanted to do it in one day, but driving 14 hours and 36 minutes straight is rough. So I am trying to figure out what time to leave. But you can't predict it exactly due to traffic accidents, construction tie ups, rush hour in major cities etc: All I know is I will be pretty zombified by the time I reach there....grin! and sure you must think I am crazy driving that far in one day. Diane (the maniac driver) Take care my friends and thanks for putting up with me!