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Day 54: Monday, July 26th Heading to Seward Day II

We spent the night at our newest favorite camp spot at Hidden Lake.  The spot we had before was taken, but we camped across the road.  Thankfully there was a pavilion close to our campsite for Scott to cook breakfast in.  He had to take the tent down in the rain though.  Quite humorously we listened to the country song “Rain is a Good Thing” as we cruised out towards some partial sun and back to Highway Number One or the Sterling Highway.

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Day 25: Sunday, June 27th Columbia Icefields to Grand Cache

Scott made a delicious breakfast this morning of Pan Fried Granola from the Cooking the One Burner Way book by Melissa Gray and Buck Tilton.  When Scott and I traveled the country back in ‘97 we enjoyed many good meals from this book. After Scott made the blueberry bread and Brooke’s first campfire he sat down and looked through the book again for the first time in a while.  Breakfast was delicious!

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Day 24: Saturday, June 26th

Today we are headed to what Scott calls “Stifler Falls” or really Siffleur Falls.  It isn’t on any of our maps, but it was a recommendation from a guy named Chris Scott talked with at our campsite in Drumheller.  It is not easy to find, well at least for us.  After passing it up by ten miles, we are here! :-)  It turns out it is a very popular trail.  It was just under five miles and two and a half hours, but we took our time when we were overlooking the falls.  This photo is of the first ten minutes of this hike.  Brooke was hanging onto my leg begging me to carry her.  Scott finally scooped her up and after twenty minutes of her complaining about being hungry and then finally fed, we finally had a peaceful hike.

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Day 23: Friday, June 25th Banff Day 2

What a difference a day makes.  Long hike #2 at Johnston’s Canyon today was so much more peaceful than yesterday’s Screamfest.  Brooke was enjoying riding on Scott’s back so much that she would occasionally would lay back in her “easy chair”.  The hike today was almost two hours long, three and a half miles, and again about 500 foot elevation gain.  This trail was very popular and we spent a bit of time waiting to be able to pass others on the narrow walkways along the creek.  The views were incredible.  This hike was a recommendation from a Canmore Park worker at the dog park.  Thanks!

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Day 22: Thursday, June 24th Canmore near Banff National Park

We drove down the road a bit from our campsite nestled in the Rockies to have breakfast and attempt to fish again.  Brooke really enjoys plunking rocks in the water instead, so Scott taught her how to skip rocks this morning instead since the fish were long gone.

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