Warning! Photo heavy post.
Tues: Flying in to Calgary. 3 hour wait in Ottawa accompanied by a 2 hour delay. Thought I missed Mike's birthday party when I finally arrived, but since he is a firefighter and on call, he missed it too. But that was just the dinner, there was a surprise party at their place for him and I got in 5 minutes before Mike came in through the back door and avoided the surprise. Phone was dead no pics.
Wed: Sarah and I headed out for Banff to take in the mountains and the busy town it is. Walked around and grabbed some eats. Then we went to Canmore. A former Adrian Orso dwelling. Although the rain started to come down hard it was still a nice town. We hit up the Bear Paw brewery and then went to her Uncle's place and had a beer in the hot tub while it poured! Then we went back to Calgary to meet up with some friends of Sarah's and went to dinner.
Thursday: We decided to go to the zoo with Mike and Ellen. One of the funniest moments was when the power went out in the penguin exhibit and the backup lighting came on which kept changing to different colours. The penguins started going nuts. Splish splash show ensued.
Friday: Leanne picked us up and we went to get some foods before we took off to go camping in Lake Louise. Since we had the whole day we went a couple of hours of Hiking. Since Leanne knew the area well we just followed. Also, Leanne's boyfriend Bryce joined us late on Friday after coming in from Edmonton.
Saturday: Full day of Hiking at Lake Moraine. Mike and Ellen drove in to join us. This was pretty exhausting but very worth it. We were in search of the $20 view.
Sunday: Last day before we left to go home. Drove back to Calgary with a brewery tour to be had at the Wild Rose Brewery.
