Below you must endure our entire travelog (I'm just trying to makeup for my lack of posts lately).
After a two-day journey we arrived late Wednesday afternoon to find a quiet campsite -- the family was off enjoying the sites of the Park. Dave and I setup our tent then decided to go into town for dinner -- yes, we camped. :(
Thursday we enjoyed a pleasant morning at camp before heading off to Lake Louise. Dave has been telling me stories about the Teahouse restaurant there ever since our first date. We joined the rest of the family and made the three-plus mile hike up the mountain to the fabled Teahouse where we enjoyed $6 chocolate cake and peppermint tea. Let me tell you, that $6 chocolate cake was totally worth the price and calories after that long hike. Yummy!
Friday Dave's family packed up and headed for home. We decided to stay another day because there was still so much to see in the Park. Natural Bridge was our first stop, then we spent an hour canoeing on Emerald Lake. Finally we made it to Takkakaw Falls -- the most amazing waterfall I have ever seen!
Saturday was my birthday. It started off packing up our campsite. I have decided that what I really dislike about camping - besides the cold temperatures at night - is having to take down camp. Everything is so dirty and nothing fits the way it should in its original packaging. So once you get home you have to set it all up, clean it out, and then take it down all over again. Seriously not cool.
Anyway, it took us something like two hours or more to put it all away. Next we headed out to Johnston Canyon and hiked up to Lower Falls and Upper Falls. After a quick lunch at a nearby picnic site we then hopped on to Hwy 2 and began our two-day journey home.
Despite camping it was a very fun trip. We had a blast and we'll be back sometime soon -- but maybe this time in a hotel or a camper.
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