Our leaders said we were all so good and well-behaved that they treated us to coffee and doughnuts this morning at nine for our drivers meeting. Even though we weren't leaving until noon, Denny and I still woke up early. However, we didn't function very much. We just had a 60 mile drive today. Our campground is very nice and only about 15 miles from Banff and 50 miles from Lake Louise. When we pulled in and got set up, within 20 minutes we had a huge rainstorm. That was perfectly ok with all of us as everyone was planning naps today. We were all woke up with the loudest clap of thunder and lightening. Denny said that hit something close by and sure enough it did. Fortunately for us, none of our group was hit. However, 2 very large expensive motor homes about 200' behind us were. Lightening hit a spruce tree behind their campsite, traveled thru the ground and up their tow chain into where their house batteries and inverter was. It totally destroyed their electrical systems. Major, major damage. One of the coaches was totally electric. Needless to say it was the talk of the campground with some saying they saw what they thought was a fire ball when it happened. No more chains on the ground around the RV! The storm soon passed but left those poor people in a mess.
After that rude awakening, we all went into town to dinner at Craig's Roadhouse. We had chosen our selections several days before as we usually do on these caravans. It makes it easier when there is a large group coming in. Denny and I had Salisbury steak,potatoes and gravy and veggies, topped off with Bumble berry pie. Very good. We decided to ride around town after dinner and see what all was there. Canmore is a neat little town that is filled up with condos and lots more construction going on. You couldn't tell there is a recession here. It offers, as do all these little mountain towns, skiing, snowmobiling, white water rafting, horseback riding, hiking, etc. Very quaint and touristy.
Back at the RV, we had an early night as we have a free day tomorrow to explore the area.
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