12. Is this all natural?
13. While working at the (Banff) Gondola on a rainy day I was asked to turn the fog off at the top so they could see.”
14. While working at the Gondola, I got asked when we release the animals so they can start feeding them. I had to remind them that this wasn’t a petting zoo, the animals are wild and come out when they please — and please don’t feed them.”
15. Where’s that place where I can see the bear in the cage? Can I get a photo with him?
16. If I see a bear when I’m hiking, can I just keep walking past it?
17. Can you guarantee wildlife sightings?
18. Where is the rocky mountain?
19. What’s the best trail to take a bike on to see a cougar?
20. Where are the animals kept at night?
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Ping!
It’s like the European questions on American travel forums.
What’s the best way to take a day trip from Las Vegas to Yellowstone?
How much would it cost to rent a motor scooter for a trip from Chicago to New York?
Is the water in Las Vegas safe to drink?
Wasn’t Lucky Pierre Agarniere, the Burglar of Banff-ff??
(obscure F Troop reference)
Banff is spectacular. I’ve been there twice, and it was awesome.
We have heard some of these in Lake Tahoe.
Too funny
Too Stupid
When I worked in a clothing store in Waikiki, newly arrived tourists from the mainland USA would sometimes ask me if we accepted US dollars.
It’s amazing, or maybe just pathetic the contortions people will come up with to make themselves feel superior. A few of these are silly, but most are just uninformed questions. Maybe travel agents should recommend an informational course on Banff so these poor canucks don’t have to feel they are mingling with the great unwashed.
Years ago, I spent about a week in Ravelstoke.
Indescribable!
“Turn off the fog”? “TURN OFF THE FOG”?!
My sister does historic reenacting. Sometimes I’ve gone to visit her at these reenactments and it’s been quite interesting and informative. But the questions the “tourons” ask can be hilarious. She will be giving a demonstration of cooking and people will want to know, “Is that a real fire? Is that the kind of fire they had back then? Why did they have the battle here in a national park?” or “Why did they have the battle here where there are all these monuments? Didn’t they get in the way of the fighting?”
The really sad thing about this was the tourists were from Redwood City, California, a little over an hour away...
At our Chamber of Commerce it is "when do the deer turn into elk?" I suppose the other variation has been asked. lol
4. Do we need snow tires or chains to drive to Lake Louise in July?
I don't think that is such a dumb question. It has snowed, blizzarded even, in July here at only 8,000 ft much less what can happen at 12k. It's smarter than people who know nothing of an area and just take off over a mountain pass or through a desert unprepared and don't ask anything.
At the back of the hotel, everybody has a camera.
I watched a bus load of Japanese. They spent a great deal of their alloted time organizing the pose for large group pictures and then small groups of two or three. It was a comical event.
With the spectacular mountain and lake views, they were intent only on each other.
They came and then on command....whisk, they were all gone.
I’ve heard that some questions posed to rangers in Yellowstone are (1) what time do the animals get let out? and (2) what time do they turn on the geysers?