Lake Louise

The last week of our holiday was spent after a hard two day drive from Ucluelet at Lake Louise in the Rockies. We stayed at Lake Louise Inn which we had stayed at five years earlier. We were disappointed on the first night to find out that the cookout season was over and the large gazebo where we had previously sat in front of an open fire and ate burgers and sweetcorn was closed. However most evening we took some drinks to the gazebo while the kids played at the treehouse and made wigwams from branches, grass and leaves. Most mornings we swam in the pool and in the afternoon went to the lake. One day we took to the lake in canoes. Kirsten, Adam and I reached the end of the lake. Meris and Hannah said they could've done had they wanted to....One morning I got up at 5am and went to take sunrise shots of the lake. Another day I hiked from Lake Louise up to Lake Agnes and then ran the three miles back down the mountain. Apparently deck shoes are not best suited to fell running and I gained a nice blister. The end of our trip came far too soon and we drove to Calgary and flew back to a grey Gatwick. The 17kg of excess baggage indicates we probably bought too much stuff while we were away but it will give us good memories of a fantastic summer.