i remembered what mary said in pride and prejudice : what is man compared to rocks and mountains . thank you emma for taking us with you in this beautiful journey

Emma! I think we need a storytime about how you met your bf!!! Also it is a wonderful place you visited, really loved this vlog

I grew up in southern Alberta and now I live in Utah, and I am ashamed to say I completely take the mountains for granted. I never think to appreciate how gorgeous they are until I see someone else who isn't accustomed to it appreciating them. My husband and I are taking our family to Banff in a few weeks. Watching your video has made me excited for it!

Omg I’m so happy you made a full video on this. The scenery is absolutely breathtaking 💛

Canada is so beautiful. I would love to visit some day. Especially for the mountains

Your admiration for nature is absolutely infectious!

Hi Emma, This was such a beautiful Vlog ! The camera work was perfect. I'm glad you and your boyfriend stayed safe (bears, and canoeing). It's hard to come home after all that beauty and exploring...but, you piqued my interest when you said there's something exciting at home ! Thank You for taking us with you ! Happiness, Cindy

What a great start to Sunday! Mountains are such beautiful things, aren't they? I appreciate all The Hobbit and LOTR references. Maybe the Grizzly Bear was Beorn! Should do a rendition of "Far Over Misty Mountains Cold". And of course we find the bookstores wherever we go! Thanks for another day-brightening episode!

Haven't even made if halfway through the video and I'm just so overwhelmed by the beauty of the landscapes and how you filmed it. Thanks for this breath of fresh air :)))

Awww, as a German who has lived close to mountains for most of my life you crying immediately was just the purest thing ever. So happy you had a great time! 🥰

It is so lovely that you are able to share these amazing experiences with someone you love. Back here in India, being in relationships before marriage is such a social stigma no matter how old you are. It makes me so sad that pleasures as simple as sharing a home or a vacation with your partner are SO HARD to experience here.

I mean this with all honesty... I had a crappy day - already in thoughts about Monday. Then I watched this. It gave me a bit of zen back and I smiled for 30 min and had a more relaxed afternoon. Thanks.

As a Saskatchewanian who sees magpies on a daily basis and who visits Banff yearly it is refreshing to see these things from the perspective of someone experiencing them for the first time. It reminds me to appreciate them more. Thank you. :) Also, "Tisane" is French for "herbal tea." That drink is a tea-based beverage, which is why it is called that. :)

AHHHH EMMA POSTED! your posts literally being such a smile to my face! you don’t feel like someone just talking to us about books you totally feel like a best friend lol. recently been reading a court of thornes and roses and wanted to tell you all about it!!

Emma, i have no words for all the beauty i've seen in this vlog! Bow river, Lake Louise, Lake Agnes, the beautiful cave, the incredible mountains... Simply amazing! Thanks! 💖

What gorgeous scenery! When I moved from a very humid climate to a dry climate, for the longest time, every time I touched something with metal, I would get shocked! Thanks for the upload. 😊

I guess it makes sense, but I was surprised to hear you say you've never been in the mountains. Im obsessed with the Rockies! My husband is from Colorado, we try to get into the mountains whenever we're there visiting family. Such an amazing experience. There are no words Banff and the Canadian Rockies is on my bucket list.

Wow emma! I’ve grown up in and around the Canadian Rockies and the way you captured your experience made me look at the places I take for granted in a whole new light! It’s amazing to watch someone take in a whole new place for them 🥰

Oh my DAYS I absolutely lost it when I read “first time seeing a magpie” - where I live I see them pretty much everyday. Silly but my Ma brought me up to always habitually greet them, “Morning Mr Magpie; how’re your wife and children?” for good luck hehe! They’re just the most wonderful bird to me. So happy for you that you finally got to meet one. Beautiful birds and a beautiful place! 😍

The vibe going on in your videos changes my day. “Continuez votre bon travail.”

Wow, so stunning, Emma!!! Reminds me of my time in and around Denali, Alaska. Core memory unlocked there! Beautiful vlog. Off topic, but I thought of you when they announced the new Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley game coming out!! So excited! 🏔️

I am born and raised in Calgary and still live there today! I’ve grown up hiking and exploring Banff and it made me soooo excited that you got to come experience the beauty of the Rockies!!!

As always, the views of nature captured on camera are just wow, awesome

This video makes me want to go on holiday.. looks beautiful. Glad your doing good 😊

Thank you so much for this video. My family and I started hiking last year during a family vacation. It was a true revelation for me. This video really brought those memories back and also made me want to integrate hiking in our regular life so we can build some stamina, perhaps plan hiking vacations. This video resonated with me. So thank you so much for this

I remember building this snow “fort” when I was younger and that same night we found a moose sleeping in it. Core memory 🥰 This was a really cozy vlog which reminded me of that! ❤️

Gosh, what breathtaking views! Thank you so much for filming this, Emma 😊

Thank you for sharing your experience 💕 I love how in touch and in awe of nature you always are. The part about not being allowed to feed the chipmunk who CLEARLY wanted you to fail at resisting made me lol.

Emma your vlogs are so healing!! thank you for being one of my virtual friends that bring only good vibes into my life!! sending you lots of love and my warmest hugs :3

I literally just saw your out of breath IG post at looking at the Rockies. 🏔 Even happier we get a video! I’m sure there is a HUGE smile on everyone’s face that you posted! 🥰

i love the way you vlog, i love you altitude, your general vibe, the way you talk about books. every time i watch your videos i just feel so nice and calm. have a beautiful day

This genuinely makes me so happy. I am dealing with the remnants of my multiple eating disorders in the past (orthorexia and consequently binge eating disorder). I am trying to repair my relationship with food, lose weight in a healthy way, but it can get tiring and when I get too obsessed with the journey, I want to see something outside of myself. I want to see things that remind me why I exist. Nature has never once failed to heal me. Such a beautiful gift from God to the inhabitants of this universe. The lofty mountains, the lush and green trees, the serene and beautiful lakes - serve as a reminder that there are things much greater than the obsession with our exterior, our beauty, things that will fade away with time. Have a good time being one with nature, Emma

Just what i needed! Thank you for always uploading on time 🥹

This was absolutely beautiful! Thank you for capturing the magical nature there ✨️ I also loved the music you choose for this vlog. It added so much to the watching experience ❄️💙

Beautiful! I live at 4,700 ft at the foot of the Cascade mountains so when you said you were going to the mountains for the first time I just couldn't imagine that as a possibility. That looked like a fun trip and yes the mountains are so dry it takes a toll.

literally started crying less than a minute in at the scenery just before you came in and had your casual breakdown so i can only imagine how moving the mountains and the town would be in person :')

This got me extra excited for my mountain hike this weekend! I remember seeing mountains for the first time last May and I had the same reaction--haven't been able to get enough, since!

I'm so excited that you came to visit the beautiful mountains of my home region♡ I love your videos, thanks for sharing your thoughts on your time here. I'm glad you enjoyed it! Also loving your nails.

Ahhh i love this video its so calming especially since my exams are right around the corner so ive been really stressing recently! Tysm and stay safe

Banff is beautiful! I live near the White Mountains of New Hampshire and it's hard to express how beautiful the mountains are until you see them. There is something so majestic and humbling about them -- even more so about climbing them! I loved seeing everything you did on this trip and I want to go to Banff now! Thank you for this great vlog. :)

How beautiful are those mountains and lakes and animals and the cave and the river! Thank you for taking us with you, Emma! 💚 it's like i'm already taking a trip here in my own bedroom haha

That's my kind of summer vacation - sweaters and snow!

Emma! I grew up in Calgary and used to go to Banff every winter as a kid. Now I’m in the UK but your vlog brought such lovely memories back 🥹 glad you had such a wonderful time ✨

i love mountains so much and this is such a beautiful vlog!!! it's so nice seeing you this happy! :)

Love this video! Got me super excited to go on my trip to west Yellowstone in two weeks. I live in Saskatchewan and I haven’t seen the mountains since 2018 so this trip is much needed!

Thank you so much Emma for sharing your trip to Banff with us

Oh this vlog is soooo nice..😍 The mountains,the streams and the woods were so pleasant to look at, since I am a loner. I felt like escaping in the woods Thank u soo much for the vlog 😊

It’s so interesting watching people see the mountains for the first time! I don’t go to the mountains as much as some people from Calgary but I usually go at least once per year. I don’t remember seeing them for the first time because I was so little. Both Australia and New Zealand have a strong culture of travel and a lot of young people go on long tours or get working visas for other countries, so that is why it’s common to see Aussie or Kiwi seasonal staff in Banff and other tourist areas in the mountains.

I loved Banff! It's been probably 10 years since I've been, but I remember thinking it was beautiful. You picked an amazing place to hike mountains for the first time :)

Her reaction when she found bookstore is so cute ☺️ and exactly us any readers can relate to 😂 also I just want to let you know everything about you are so comforting and inspiring to me, you’ve changed my life so much Emma you have no idea.. i fall in love with classics and literature books also because of you, how unpretentious and lovely sweet you are, despite what life has thrown at you and me, all of us..watching your videos makes me feel happy and continuing with my life and passion. I’m proudly said I binged on your videos including from 3 years ago ❤ glad I found your channel Emma..ohh, even my sister said when she saw me watching your video:”ohh who is that? She’s beautiful” 🤭❤️

I am so happy that you had a great time! Also, there were some gems in this video that made me laugh! 😂 The Appalachian Trail is also a beautiful place to go to if you are ever looking for a new trail!

Oh my God! I'm obsessed with the Rockies now! I really really really need to go to Banff!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍 Thank you so much for sharing this adventure with us, it actually felt like I was there too!!

Emma, I live about 3 hours from Banff and those beautiful mountains. When I found out you were there, I was very tempted to go and say hi to you. Those mountains are my favourite place in this world, and I’m so glad you love them. Love your videos! Sending love, Reyna.

So happy to see that u posted and that it’s 30min long! Luv ur content Emmie

What a beautiful vacation spot. I love the architecture of the cottages. I bet everything would look gorgeous covered in snow. This was such a lovely spot. Thanks for sharing :)

This is easily one of the most beautiful videos I've ever seen. Thank you for taking us with you haha😊

Oh wow, that was beautiful! Happy to hear you had such a good trip. I love all the Tolkien references. 😄

It seems like the world has somehow stopped out there. So beautiful and so calm. Stay safe and enjoy Emma! ❤️

Being from Calgary I loved watching you experience the Rockies for the first time. I still feel that joy every time

I'm literally at the airport right now waiting for my flight back to Toronto after spending time in Jasper and Banff! Stunning scenery especially along the Icefields Parkway 🤩

I absolutely love Banff! Glad you got to explore and enjoy its beauty!

The scenic view is breathtaking. Thanks for the vlog! You're amazing, Emma. Keep up the quality content and your enthusiasm for books is absolutely why I subscribe to you! Hope you're having a fabulous day

Oh Emma, this trip must have been so incredible! The views are awesome, spectacular - no words to describe. Thanks for sharing those moments with us! Also special treat was seeing you imagine yourself in Middle-earth, I had a real laugh when you shouted "Get off the road!" ☺️🥰❤️

Its summer here and the temperature is almost 44°C so can't really go out anywhere so thanks for a virtual trip to the mountains.

Absolutely love love love 💕 your channel you have inspired me to create my own book tube channel. Also the shots in this video “chefs kiss” 😚

Breathtakingly beautiful,serene and pure art of nature.

Loved today's video! We used to spend our Summer's visiting Canada and have been to these places that you are filming. It brings back really good memories. I hope someday we can travel in Canada again. 🙂

Ugh I can't wait to go back to Banff someday. Sending love from Montana💙

I used to go to Colorado every summer growing up, and the service workers there were almost always from outside the US. I think it’s typical in a lot of other countries for young people to live in North America for the summers in places like the Rockies. I always loved it because I got to meet people from different places! And they always had lovely accents 💙

Ditto to all things Canadian Rockies. Crying at the beauty. Being told there’s a mama griz right over there. Public areas closing due to griz traffic. Breathtaking. And good bookstores!

Went to Jasper, Banff, Lake Louise, Calgary and Vancouver in August 1994. Thoroughly loved it. There was less snow and ice when I went in August though. Cant believe there's that much snow in May/June.

What beautiful scenery! I've been to the Rockies in Colorado, but the Canadian Rockies look even more impressive! Ah, maybe someday I'll get there. I'm glad your most challenging confrontation was with a coffeemaker and not bears.

I was eagerly waiting for one of your uploads... So happy to see this pop up in my subscription box. Hope you had a great vacation💛💛

that was very beautiful and calm to watch i hope you had a good and relaxing time emma❤

I was hoping you'd make a vlog of your experience! The Rockies look absolutely breathtaking 😍

I'm do glad you came to Alberta! The Rockies are my favourite place 💕 hope your return flight went smoothly!

Emma, thank you for this great travel vlog. I loved the scenery and wildlife. Thanks for sharing.

Emma this vlog is absolutely sunning!! I hope I can visit the rockies someday !!

This vlog is Epic !!! So beautiful 🌿🍃🌳🌳🌲⛰️🏔️❄️🏞️❤️🇨🇦

That was wonderful! Thank you. Banff is the home of a very famous music area. There’s a famous art school in Canada I thought about seriously when I was around 17.

I love your vlogs, so happy about the new camera 🌸❤️

This video was the therapy session I didn't know I needed.

sooo calming ... thank you

So glad you’re back!

I’m from BC and a lot of skiing/snowboarding destinations around here are home to people from New Zealand and Australia. To my knowledge, they like to move back and forth since the seasons alternate and some tend to stick around.

Ahhh hello from the Rockies! I live in Colorado, the U.S. portion of these breathtaking mountains

Snowy mountains always reminds me of Ansel Adam's work. I would listen to Sigure Ros all day looking at those type of scenery.

The Red Chairs with the view -- Perfection! 👍💕

i used to live about 15 mins from banff and i absolutely adored it and still miss it

Awesome. Congrats on reaching the top. I've been to the top of Mount Reiner in Washington state. Insanely beautiful but the weather at the base of the mountain can be quite nasty. Lmao 🤣 I love bookstores too. So thank you for having two of my favorite things in one video. Mountains and bookstores. The best bookstores I have around me are Goodwill's 🤣

omg the nicest surprise to start my day!!!

such a cool vlog!!!!!! so happy you had fun emma!

OMG it looks so beautiful! New location for my bucket list

I'm a New Zealander; but my parents live in Calgary and I've spent a lot of time in Banff. So strange seeing you walking around the Fairmont - halls I've spent a decent amount of time walking. The world is small! (Also; lots of Kiwis do their gap year working hospo in Banff; Canmore etc! Funny you picked up on that!)

I just went to jasper and banff last month, it is unreal 😍😍😍 the icefields parkway is a must!

So stunningly beautiful, both the scenery and your wonderful response to it all. Brava. Tu es la meilleure, Emma.

I was just hoping you include your trip in a vlog and you did. 😭 Oh my gosh so happy!

I hope you get your Northern Exposure moose moment soon. The blue on the mountains is so beautiful, I'm internally bawling my eyes out.

I love this vlog so much.

This was such a beautiful video 😍 loved it