This morning we woke up to blue skies again. As we only made a fleeting (and gloomy) visit to Moraine Lake the day before, we decided to go back again this morning.
We got tea and pastries from the hotel’s cafe and finished packing our bags. We said our last goodbye to the most amazing view from our hotel room and checked out.
We drove the scenic route to Moraine Lake via the Bow Valley Parkway and played our favourite game: hunt the bears! We kept our ours eyes on the bushes and saw… deer! Well, not quite bears, but still lovely.
Moraine Lake was a but cloudy, but we gave ourselves more time to explore today and we climbed to the top of the rock pile to get the classic view of the lake. The blue of the lake seemed intense from up there, but at the bottom it almost disappeared and looked clear. There's definitely some science going on here!
After looking at the lake and the ten peaks for a while we thought it was probably time that we hit the road. By now the car park was totally full and cars were stacked up along the highway for ages. If you ever go to Canada, my advice is get up early and get out there before mid morning!
We drove down the main highway towards Banff and waved as we passed it on our way to Canmore.
We parked up in Canmore and had a wander around. It’s a lovely little town and somehow I managed to buy yet another t-shirt. Oops! We also bought a big holdall so we could check an extra bag onto the plane tomorrow full of our wares.
We had lunch at a bar and sat on the patio with a few of the mountains. Well, better make the most of it, eh?
After lunch we wandered some more and got a SINGLE SCOOP of ice cream from the Old School Bus ice cream company, which was housed in, yes you guessed it, a big old yellow school bus.
We ate some of the ice cream (it was way too big) and then got back on the road, destination: Calgary.
The scenery changed dramatically after we left Canmore. Within a few minutes we left the mountains behind and were in the prairies, with the mountains receding in the rear view mirror.
We spent the drive giving out imaginary awards to our favourite parts of the holiday. Stay tuned for an awards post after this one!
We got to out hotel in Calgary and chilled for a bit before going out to explore Calgary. We walked up to the river and went in search of a sculpture called Wonderland. It was pretty impressive.
We walked along the river and listened to about three different songs coming from the Calgary Folk Festival that was on an island on the river.
At the Peace Bridge we had a little sit down before wandering back towards Stephen Avenue Walk, which is a long pedestrian street with restaurants and bars.
We had some dinner at The Libertine and played a few games of Rummy while we waited for food.
Back at the hotel we finished packing and chilled out.
Calgary seemed like a lovely place, but we were sad to be leaving the mountains and that our holiday was coming to an end. But wow! What a holiday we had.
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