Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Day 14

   Today Teri and I separated from the kids so we wouldn't have a mutiny on our hands.  They were given 15 Canadian dollars and told to have some fun.  Their idea of fun was eating Cup O' Noodles for lunch and going to get (2) chocolate milkshakes from that 'Shakes' store and coming back to the hotel room to veg out.
Teri and I on the other hand continued exploring and went to Lake Moraine (adjacent to Lake Louise but after 10 miles hiking yesterday we couldn't drag ourselves to go see it).  Lake Moraine is the most beautiful lake yet.  We attached several pictures and a video but the camera just doesn't do it justice.  We spent a good hour just sitting and marveling over the color of the lake and the stillness.
   Our next stop was Johnston Canyon.  The lower falls were a 1/2 mile walk, the upper falls 1 1/2 miles one way.  I chose to go to the lower falls, Teri chose to continue to the upper falls.  Pictures of both the lower and upper attached. 
   This evening we had tickets for a dinner show called 'Oh Canada, Eh!'. 
~Logan~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   The show was alright. Funny, but slightly questionable from the moral point of view... Ahem! Anyway, yeah: got to see a Mountie! Fake, but a Mountie non the less.
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   Tomorrow will be a very long day as we need to leave our hotel at 6:30am and head towards the Athabasca Glacier (3 hr drive one way) where we have an ice walks tour scheduled.
Lake Moraine

More of Lake

Clark's Nutcracker

more Lake Moraine (my new screen saver)

Lower Falls at Johnston Canyon

Upper Falls at Johnston Canyon




Mountie!

Drive back from show

Sunset... 9:00...

3 comments:

  1. Good Morning to All,
    You must be experiencing a little bit of what I imagine Heaven to be like - the beauty and peace! Love the screen saver, but I would have to squeeze a bird in there somewhere.
    Disappointed we couldn't view the videos, so we'll have to comment on those later.
    Logan & Kendal, I like those cups of noodles when it is cold. Granddad said, "Those shakes must be something special, too."
    Hard to believe you'll be doing an ice walk, and we'll be perspiring doing the grass!
    Have a great day. Love & prayers, Grandma (Mom)

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  2. Mr. Adams,

    Another nice blog from you.
    I am responding during my 5 minute "lunch hour" at work so I can experience what it is like to actually be on vacation. I am envious of you.

    You are doing great if it takes until day 14 to separate from your children! Our family would not have done so well.

    The pictures are awesome!!! Canada is a beautiful country.

    With all this hiking, you guys must have lost a lot of weight .... well, you do talk about chocolate cake alot, so maybe not so much weight loss.

    Logan, how much is 15 canadian dollars worth is US dollars?

    Enjoy your ice walk today !!!

    Mr. Pursel

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