A Life Like No Other

September 08, 2012 ~ Johnston Canyon + Ink Pots in Banff National Park~ This morning was once again an early start just as it usually should be when you are planning on going hiking for the day.   Lunches for our hike had been made the night before so that we would be in less of a rush to get out the door, breakfast was had, the girls were dressed and fed therefore ready to go, the van was packed and we were on our way. By the time we had left the city it was just passed 9am.   The drive wouldn’t be complete without of course a stop at the nearest Timmy Ho’s for a nice cup of green tea   +   2 sugars and a double double   for my brother James. From there we continued our way towards Banff heading out on the Trans-Canada Hwy.   The trip is usually over an hour and this time because I wasn’t driving I was able to enjoy a good read…I almost finished the book “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” which I couldn’t put down because it was so amazing. I had only see parts of the movie

September 2, 2012 Last night Sarah and I decided that on Sunday we would go for a hike, however we didn’t know where. So after dinner we got home and began doing research on which place we wanted to go and at first we were thinking of going to Waterton National Park but decided that it was too far away for a day trip, so instead we decided to head to Lake Louise and hike up to the Lake Agnes Teahouse while James and Gramma stayed behind in Calgary with Brooke and Hailey. Our journey began around   0830am shortly after stopping at Timmy Ho’s and heading outside of Calgary via Crowchild. We had to keep it to the speed limit which was about 90km/h due to having to drive through the park and the fact that it is a long weekend and the police were out, so we took our time getting there. Once arriving at Lake Louise Village we headed straight for the Chateau Lake Louise to park the car and head out. Once the car was parked we looked up to whereabouts we’d be heading and the clo