Being a weekend it was VERY busy (I was hoping not but I was wrong). Parking was very hard to find, we had to park about 1/2km from the trail head. Not bad since it was downhill but let me tell you the hike back was BRUTAL back to the car. This trail has 2 paths, 1 called ‘easy’ up the service road, a second through the forest that is more difficult. We...
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We sat down and Maria promptly yelled GRACE GRACE. After Grace we enjoyed a nice meal under cloudy skies. Our hike earlier in the day will be posted shortly.
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A good hike, take the harder path up, gives you the extra workout at the end.
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Easy hike, amazing blue water. Pictures to come.
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All Hailey wanted was a nice picture by the lake, but Maria had other plans. Gotta love Hailey’s reaction the background. We managed to distract Maria with a rock so we could get the real photo (bottom).
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Today we drove about 45km to Lake Louise. About 4km off the highway we parked in the highest ‘large vehicle’ section. A short walk down to the lake, and then 5km to circle the lake and back. Still ice on it, but they were getting the canoes ready for people to rent soon. Don’t need to say much more than WOW and look at the pictures.
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The Cave and Basin National Historic Site is the birthplace of Canada’s national parks. You can read about it here. As you walked up, you see a pole indicating the distances to other National Parks. I think we need to edit Point Pelee distance. It was closer to 3000km for us. And it’s totally the wrong way 😉 The main feature was the initial cave the brothers...
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Being a Wednesday, I had a long day at the office (ie. Starbucks). With Kaelyn’s exciting secret (let’s say she was asked to send in a tape for a Disney movie), we wanted to give her as much time in the afternoon as we could. Plus the weather wasn’t too great. So we decided a nice warm swim after dinner was the best way to end the day.
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