Day 9 - Wednesday, July 8/2009
Starting Location: Claresholm, AB
Ending Location: Banff to Claresholm, AB
Distance Travelled: Approx. 370 miles or 600 km by truck only.
Today, we drove via truck to Banff National Park and the Lake Louise area for some wild white water rafting. The drive thru the Rockies was amazing as the mountain tops were slightly under a cloud layer. Snapped pictures constantly as we drove along Hwy 1 thru to Wild White Water Rafting which was about 1 hour west of Lake Louise. The air temperature is only about 13 degrees and there is a drizzle. It's better than tomorrow as the forecast is for a high of 3, with a chance of snow in the Lake Louise area.
At the rafting sight, we dressed in wet suits, booties and gloves and rafted along the river with our guide Ted, who hails from Pickering and has been guiding for 27 years. The river had category 2,3 & 4 rapids with category 5 being the strongest navigable rapids. It was a riot as we all got soaked and laughed all the way. Tremendous views along the 14km water route. This is an excellent venue and is highly recommended. Had coffee, cookies & watermelon after the trip back. An awesome adventure.
We dropped Amber & Carly off in Banff as they are now on their own for a concert in Mission, BC. Drove back to Claresholm for the night and are eager to visit the backcountry, Waterson Provincial Park and the buffalo jumps. Weather is supposed to be wet again tomorrow, but is expected to greatly warm up by Friday.
Gas:
Claresholm $.939/li 16.245li $15.25
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