We left relatively early this morning, heading to Banff, Alberta – Canada. We have reservations for two nights at Lake Louise and may extend it for another night as we have much we want to do.
We arrived at the Lake Louise campground a little after lunch. We had thought we had full hookups here but that wasn’t the case. We have 30 amps for electricity but no water and no sewer. That means no laundry will get done here. The weather is perfect – high 60’s to low 70’s. After eating a quick lunch we grabbed Daisy and took off in the car. Our first stop was to walk around beautiful Lake Louise. Bill’s knee is about 90% better, thank heavens. We even took a short canoe ride and, yes, Daisy went with us. The canoe ride was pretty bad for me. I sat in the middle seat with no backrest and my back hurt so badly that we had to come back very soon after we started. I am often a complete party pooper but neither Bill nor Robbie complained about it. Soon after that we left for Emerald Lake. We had never been there before. Someone at our last campsite in Cochrane told us about it. She claimed it was even prettier than Lake Louise and I think she was right. It’s about a 40 minute ride from Lake Louise. The water truly was an emerald color and it was in the middle of a beautiful forest. We took lots of pictures there and then headed home. We were all tired. Bill barbecued and we went to bed early. I should say Bill and I went to bed early. Robbie stays up late every night and then he’s up with us early each morning. I don’t know how he gets by on such little sleep.
It rained and rained and rained this night but not until we were all tucked away inside and the barbecue and chairs were put away. Luck has been with us on this trip as far as the weather is concerned.
