October 8 – Lake Louise

We awoke to very light snow fall and low clouds.  We can’t see much of the mountain across the valley from our hotel room and certainly none of the mountains surrounding the area. We had a leisurely morning with a late breakfast/brunch at the hotel in their coffee shop with views overlooking the valley and then went back to the room to finish packing. 

We were picked up at 1:15 for a combination tour and drive to Lake Louise.  Ed, our driver, stopped twice for photo opportunities and for discussions about the formation of the mountains. 

We arrived at iconic Lake Louise mid-afternoon to more snow.  The lake is beautiful but the clouds are low and the snow is coming down much more steadily.  Our room is on the 8^th floor facing the lake so we have awesome views.

After dropping off our luggage we grabbed the cameras and headed down to take some photos. 

It was interesting to see that as cold as it is and as snowy as it is that people could, and were, taking small red canoes out for a row around the lake.  Brrrrrrr.

The lake is beautiful but the hotel sort of makes the entire scene, so we walked around to take pictures of the hotel also.

We had dinner reservations tonight at the restaurant overlooking the lake.  

Today is Canada’s Thanksgiving Day so Phyllis and Mary opted for the turkey dinner.  It was very good but nothing like a typical Turkey Day dinner at home.  The Executive Chef had to put his spin on everything.  Among other things the turkey and dressing was rolled up in speck (bacon) and the cranberries had been reduced to cranberry leather/chips.  Tasted like cranberries but very different texture.  The desserts were all excellent and the pecan tart that Mary had was almost like pecan pie.  Decadent.