Ride Report

So, if you read yesterday's blog, you know that we didn't do a three day, 100 km a day, bike trip. Instead, we camped in Banff and did two shorter rides. The first ride I did with my amazing sister-in-law, Pam (or Bernice, for short). Pam and I rode the Lake Minnewanka loop. It was a gorgeous ride. We met a big horned sheep and his kids, as well as a large elk. We stopped for a power bar at Two Jack Lake. It was a short, but great ride.

The next day, Jon and I biked to Lake Louise together. We rode the Bow Valley Parkway and faced a lot of climbs and a little rain. It was beautiful and had some really fun downhill sections. We stopped along the way for our peanut butter sandwiches. We met Pam and Owen and the kids at Lake Louise, although we didn't do the final climb to the lake--4 km of steep hills--and I was glad for that.

Pam and Owen rode back to Banff, and Jon and I drove the kids and our bikes back. Laurel and I were in our car and decided to take the Bow Valley Parkway home, instead of the highway. Here are a few things we saw on the way...