What do you have to have when you're in Canada? Maple creme cookies? A&W? A trip to Roots? A bucket of Tim Bits? Or possible all of the above? I mean, are Tim Horton donuts the best donuts around? Nope. But Tim Bits make us smile! We've been going to Tim Horton long before we started reading Louise Penny, but I still REALLY wanted to order Gamache's Double Double. You know, just to have an inside literary joke. ;)
On Monday we traveled from Idaho to Canmore, Alberta. It wasn't as long as Sunday's trip, so we did sleep in a little bit (whew!). We didn't bring our large cooler (aptly named the death cooler from the amount of cooler related injuries we've sustained), but we did bring a little one big enough for keeping cold drinks. You know what's great about coolers? They keep your stuff cold! You know what bites about coolers? You have to deal with them ASAP in the morning. You know, before coffee, before you've come to terms with the day (or the heat!). As usual, and as promised, I survived. Barely.
Early in the day, we rolled up on Columbia Lake in British Columbia. Guess what it's known for? It's the source of our mighty Columbia River! How cool is that?
The rest of our journey was filled with anticipation as we kept getting little glimpses of the Canadian Rockies. We were awestruck then, but wait until you see tomorrow's pics!
To get to Banff, we had to drive through Kootenay National Park. And guess what strolled across the highway? The cutest black bear! We didn't get a picture, just enjoyed getting to see him.
We are staying in Canmore, which is just outside the park. The mountains are big, and the town is lovely. It's very international here, like much of Canada that we have visited. For dinner we had pizza. We chose the chicken, bacon, ranch pie. It was tandoori chicken! When have you ever seen that? (It was delicious!).
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