We thought we'd have an easy day to rest our legs, so went to Moraine Lake and borrowed canoes. It was 10am and the sun was still behind the mountains so it was freezing! We paddled to the other side of the lake to warm up, then the sun came up and it was gorgeous. There were incredible peaks all around and the lake was so blue! We stayed out for over an hour, looking at the views, enjoying the calm and occasionally arguing about how to steer.
Then we drove to Lake Louise, the most famous of the Rockies' lakes. Of course it was packed. There's a hideous monstrosity of a Fairmont hotel on the lakeshore, where we had a tasty lunch with a view. Then we decided to go for a walk.
We set off around the lake at 2.30pm with the sun beating down on us. The lake and surrounding mountains are amazing and we walked past gigantic fallen rocks and huge cliff faces, on a busy but not over-crowded path.
Then came the uphill section. It was mostly exposed all the way up and it was so hot in the sun! We could see glaciers and rocky mountains and lovely rivers from the trail, which were beautiful, but I was overheating a bit much to fully enjoy it. Eventually we made it to the tea house at the end of the valley and had lemonade and pie in the shade, ahhhh. Then it was after 4.30 and cooler and we had an enjoyable descent but were knackered again at the end! We definitely earned a beer over dinner.
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