Our WM advised us to leave early if we wanted to see any wildlife, so at 8:00, Denny, Rudy and I headed out. We had left Rudy behind so many days we decided to take him and this was a great day to do it. We planned on touring Lake Louise and Lake Moraine in the park and then bring Rudy back to the RV before heading into Banff. It worked out great. Lake Louise is beautiful. The Fairmont hotel is right in front of it and it is just picture perfect! The water is turquoise and the mountains are huge and snow-capped. Amazingly gorgeous. Lake Moraine was pretty, but very rustic and had lots of logs floating around the front of it. We walked around each lake for a while until we decided we better not go too far. There were many people there from all over the world. Lots of dogs, which Rudy had to say hello to in his special way-if you know what I mean :-) After the lakes, we drove back to the RV and left Rudy for his afternoon nap while we drove into Banff for lunch and a walk around town.
Lunch at the Grizzly House was a huge buffalo burger. We have learned to like them. They are drier-not as much fat- so if we would leave off the mayo, they would be much healthier!! We were stuffed when we walked out. The restaurant was really old (I can't remember how old but enough that we were impressed). This is a very upscale town and has a lot of nice designer shops. Of course, I had to buy a light fleece jacket with Banff on it as a souvenir. This required going in and out of a lot of shops to find just the right jacket at just the right price. Then we drove up to see the Banff Springs Fairmont hotel. A really, really nice resort.
We arrived back at the campground around 5 and were so stuffed from lunch, we decided to forego dinner. Had our drivers meeting at 8. The Columbia icefields are tomorrow and that is a real highlight of this trip. Can't wait! Oh by the way, even though we left early, we didn't see any wildlife except Rudy.
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