We left Kananasksis early this morning in heavy overcast. It did start to clear shortly so that we could see the tops of the mountains. We drove to Canmore where we bought gas and groceries, and then went to McDonalds to use the wifi. However, the parking lot there was too small for us to find a spot, so we went instead to the visitor information centre. They don’t have wifi, so we walked back the 200 m or so to McDonalds and bought some coffee and a muffin. That allowed us to catch up on our email, and post the blog and pictures.
From there we drove to Lake Louise, and got here just before noon. There was a very long lineup waiting to register, and it was moving slowly, so that we finished our lunch before we got to the booth. After we got set up on our site we checked and finished packing for our trip to Lake O’Hara. I looked at my socks and noticed that the toes and heels were getting pretty thin, so we went into the little mall in town where I got socks, a carabiner for Enid’s knife (we’d forgotten to bring the one we usually use), and a nice large scale map of Lake O’Hara, with a description of all the trails on the back. We think that we are now all ready to go.