Canadian Rockies Day 9

Canadian Rockies Day 9

Lake Louise.

We woke up in the moning after a reasonably good night sleep in the hotel. I decided not to make coffee in the room and wander down to the restaurant to sit and drink my coffee. Why coffee today and not tea? Don't know, just is.

After a while, Jim and Doug joined me and we ordered up some breakfast.  As usual, food was good.

Back to the room to gather up the gear and women.

We left Lake Louise Inn  at about 10 AM and headed to Lake Louise for some touristy type stuff.

Lake Louise 

 We hiked up the Mirror lake trail a bit, just to see what was there. Jim, Sandy and Doug went as far as the Mirror Lake but no further. 

It is a very beautiful area. I think though, what we will take away with us, is, how crowded it got! We had arrived early, parked and started our sightseeing. When we were ready to leave, a couple hours later, there were thousands of people and cars in the lake Luise area of the park. We had trouble getting out of the park. Cars were everywhere.

Too crowded for me.

After Lake Louise, we headed for Parsons BC. Since camping was in such short supply, we decided to stay in a BC hotel for another night. We found a bed and breakfast in Parson that had a room for 4 available for the night. We paid a little extra and squeezed Sandy into the sitting room.
When we arrived at the hotel, we were greeted with, a long gravel drive. We just can't get away from the gravel for more than a day or two. 

The home was set up with 14 guest rooms and cabins. Most all of it made, finished, or constructed by the owners. 

We had eaten dinner before we arrived at the hotel because we were going to be late. When we got there we claimed our respective rooms, showered up, then went outside to relax and admire the surroundings.

 Jim and I planned on finishing the JD begun a couple days earlier,Doug would have a beer and Pam and Sandy, sodas.When ordering a beer for Doug, the owner, Rino, talked him into a nice lager beer. Doug resisted at first but then relented. When Rino handed Doug the stein of beer, he told us, in his thick German accent, that this would help Doug drink like a German. Get exercise while he drank. Doug appeared to be having trouble with the stein. Rino left and went back to the bar. Doug looked at me and said"This is heavy! It's got to be 20 lbs." I told Doug, it's just a stein, they're a little heavier than the regular glasses.

Doug handed me the stein and I nearly dropped it. Turns out Rino had been given this as a sort of gag gift. It was a stein turned out of steel bar stock, with a steel handle welded on, then enameled to look like a stein. We all had a good laugh over this.
After most of the other guests had gone to bed Rino and his wife came out and joined us. We spent the next hour swapping stories. He has just as many as we do! We had a really good time at this B&B.
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