Had we had a enough of our young travel companion after 3 days on the road all the way to Drumheller? It was time to head home and find out who would survive.
An hour and a half from Drumheller we were back in the city
of Calgary. We stopped there to have lunch at a Red Lobster
and our young travelling companion got to hold a live lobster.
Where was the photographer when that was happening?
At the end of the day we settled in at
Noah's Ark Campground
This campground is under new ownership and they are
breathing new life into the old projects, like the ark shown
below. The Ark building houses a frozen yogurt shop and
would make for a great road side stop when travelling the
highway in the Revelstoke area.
By now on this trip we had started to see the forest fire smoke
lingering in the air. This photo below was taken at Mara
Lake, you can barely see the hill behind.
We still had 2 more days of horse play before heading home
so our next stop was The Enchanted Forest and all I can say
is each of us had a blast at this place. They have a nice gift
shop and you can feed the ducks before you leave but the
funnest part was enjoying the whimsical little houses scattered
in the forest. Adults can even fit inside of some of them. I
know this adult fit inside of as many as she could.
Thank you for your wonderful hospitality at the end of our vacation.
We all survived & had a great trip!
An hour and a half from Drumheller we were back in the city
of Calgary. We stopped there to have lunch at a Red Lobster
and our young travelling companion got to hold a live lobster.
Where was the photographer when that was happening?
After a great lunch we hit the road again headed for the
Rockies of Alberta. We drove into Banff to have a look and
we were so over whelmed with the crowds of people we did a
big U-turn and head back out of the village. On to our next
stay for the night.
We reserved a site at Lake Louise Campground which is on the Bow River.
Then we drove up the mountain to actual see Lake
Louise. It was not very warm out and it had started to
sprinkle rain.
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| LAKE LOUISE |
All the rivers we saw in the rockers were amazing colors of
turquoise and now so was this glacier feed lake so we looked
it up to see what caused it.
A fine Silt, which is created when rocks underneath the surface of
the ice are ground from the movement of the glacier. The rock
flour is very light & stays suspended in the water. The sunlight
then reflects off the rock flour and gives
the waters their spectacular
turquoise color.
The weather turned as soon as we started to head down from
the lake. Thunder and lighting hit, thank goodness we were
at the head of the pack. Torrential rains started to fall as we
drove into the small village of Lake Louise and parked the
RV in a now flooding parking lot. Hopping between puddles
each of us with our umbrellas over head, we headed to the
hotel to find a bite to eat.
After a hot meal we retired to our camp site.
The whole night it poured rain with thunder and lighting
but our favorite place to be was right inside the motor home.
We have an aluminum roof on our rig and you have never
heard such a nice sound as when it rains on that roof. Last
year in New Brunswick on the Fundy coast we got caught in a
warm rain storm that we will never forget. Snuggled up on
our beds looking out all three windows that surround us. It
our beds looking out all three windows that surround us. It
was so warm out that we even had the windows open during
last year's storm.
The next morning we had nice hot showers at the
campground facilities before heading out. The rivers were
now running muddy brown from the storm over night.
Day 5 we spent at Three Valley Gap.
Family built and run for decades 3VG is a resort hotel in the
mountains and at the edge of a lake. They have a restaurant
over looking the beautiful gardens and a carefully constructed
ghost town to visit which is what we did most of the day.
At the end of the day we settled in at
Noah's Ark Campground
This campground is under new ownership and they are
breathing new life into the old projects, like the ark shown
below. The Ark building houses a frozen yogurt shop and
would make for a great road side stop when travelling the
highway in the Revelstoke area.
By now on this trip we had started to see the forest fire smoke
lingering in the air. This photo below was taken at Mara
Lake, you can barely see the hill behind.
We still had 2 more days of horse play before heading home
so our next stop was The Enchanted Forest and all I can say
is each of us had a blast at this place. They have a nice gift
shop and you can feed the ducks before you leave but the
funnest part was enjoying the whimsical little houses scattered
in the forest. Adults can even fit inside of some of them. I
know this adult fit inside of as many as she could.
After that we stopped at a place called the LOG BARN 1912
A wonderful place to shop for food and enjoy playful goats.
The Log Barn grounds are covered with large statues of all
kinds, great for many photo opportunities.
After that stop we had two beach days swimming in the
Okanagan. And finished up by visiting some friends in Lake
Country and enjoying their new home. Today our thoughts
are with our friend as the man of the family is heading out of
town for work on a 4 month stretch.
Okanagan. And finished up by visiting some friends in Lake
Country and enjoying their new home. Today our thoughts
are with our friend as the man of the family is heading out of
town for work on a 4 month stretch.
Thank you for your wonderful hospitality at the end of our vacation.
We all survived & had a great trip!
