Friday, July 5, 2024

Banff and Canmore Day 4

   Another pretty early start... up and out by 8:30 to go on our last hike. Multiple people mentioned the Grassi Lakes hike in Canmore, so that's where we head. The 'easy' section was closed, so we got to experience the 'challenging' route. We all got to the lookout at the waterfall which was so so pretty.

  At the point, Madison waited there and Bailley, Abigail, and I pushed on upward. It took a while, but we made it to the Grassi Lakes. I've never seen water that clear, just spectacular.

  We turn around and head back down, collect Madison, and get back to the car. Now a quick drive to Banff to take our scheduled gondola ride to the top of Sulphur Mountain. 




  The views were great, probably the highest we've been. But wait, there's higher! We walk across the boardwalk to the even higher point to the old Comic Ray Observatory.  I ain't gonna lie, it was a really small area with quite the drop offs, so I wasn't very comfortable... but... we did it, all the way to the tippy top.


   Then a smooth gondola ride down, then a bus ride into downtown to get to Madison's tattoo appointment.  We hit a brewery for a bite and drinks, then Abigail and Bailley souvenir shopped while we waited on Madison to get done.

  Quite the physically active vacation... I think we got our moneys worth out of the Canadian Rockies on this trip. Spending time all together with the cool temperatures, beautiful streams and lakes, and majestic mountains made for a wonderful family vacation.


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