Canmore

Mon 22nd Aug. Doug is still broken, but moving a bit better with the volterins in his system, but we still had another easy day. Drove into Canmore in the morning and got a site at Wapiti campground which is at the start of the town. The information centre was also right next door, so went over and booked the next three nights in a Banff campground - organized! The local Ammonite Factory gives free interpretive tours at midday so we rushed to get to that. It was really fascinating learning about the origins of this gemstone, there is an UTube clip called Alberta Fossil Family if anyone is interested. And I may have succumb to purchasing a small momento of this national gem of Canada After that it was a large grocery restocking at Safeways, with even a few treats thrown in. By this stage Doug was suffering so back to campground for a late lunch, laundry and for Doug to have a rest. I took the opportunity to do some exploring on the bike. Not long after I left, thunder started, and a few drops of rain, I decided to risk it and carry-on, hoping Doug would wake up and get the washing in if it did start to rain. I did about 2.5 hrs of biking around the trails of Canmore all the while had thunder rumbling but the rain only really started about 15 min from getting back. Met a lady who was saying at the Nordic Centre here, they store snow under sawdust for the whole of summer, so come Nov 1st the cross country skiing always opens, which seems quite amazing the snow lasts - I tried to find the sawdust heap but didn't and it was then it started to rain so thought I better get back. Step count D 5868, V 13234.Read more