Thursday, Day 5 Johnston Canyon Falls

The morning started overcast but mild, today we were going to hike Johnston Canyon and check out the falls. Parking was, once again, challenging but after a few laps of the parking lot, we found a spot. Today I was prepared with my trusty bottle of water, sneakers and leaving my purse at the condo. Away we went! The start of the trail was nicely paved but as you get deeper in to the canyon, the trail gets more uneven and narrow. Sometimes you are on a catwalk hanging over the rushing waters. It's about 1/2 mile in to the lower falls, mostly uphill. It is said to be an easy walk but mom and dad Filtz found it challenging (heck, I did too, my ankle was angry from me doing all those stairs the day previous in sandals) so the Lower Falls was it for me. Connor and Tim opted to go to the Upper Falls, another mile in so Mom, Dad and I slowly made our way back, resting on some of the benches provided to take in the view, waste some time and make our way back to the restaurant to wait for the boys to return from their hike. When we reached the restaurant/shop, we took a look around the shop and found some reasonably priced treasures. I found a multi-purpose knife/tool (like a Swiss Army knife) that had the name Connor engraved on it for $13. Norm chose to buy it for Connor. I found a gift for my neighbour that is watering my tomatoes while I am away. Once our purchases were made, we went to have coffee and wait for the boys.

We didn't have to wait long! Our first cup of coffee wasn't even drank yet when we saw them come by. Norm dashed after them and we had lunch. I tried the Bison and Brie Burger, Sophie had the hotdog which was split with bacon and cheese, Connor had chicken strips, Norm had a burger and Tim had a chicken burger. The food was fantastic and reasonably priced. Now that we were fed and watered, it was time to head back to Lake Louise so Norm could take a look around at the hotels for when he brings family here. Then we picked up a couple of groceries and boogied back to the condo to chillax and BBQ for supper. All in all, a great day!