Grassie Lake and Canmore

This was our last day in Canada. We headed to Canmore, about 18 kilometers away from Banff. We explored the town's weekly Mountain Market. It was a mix of farm market and artisans. I wish we had known about it last Thursday because we would have bought fresh produce for our week. We are a yummy piece of appl strudel from a German bakery. This bakery had peels 500 pounds of apples per week!
We then headed to the Grassi Lake trailhead. It was a pleasant and steady incline thru the forest, past a waterfall and then up several very steep stone steps to a pair of mountain lakes. Both were small, but pretty. The second lake was completely shaded by the tall mountain on the eastern side. Later in the day when the sun gets higher in the sky, I am sure the water sparkles with the light. We were not going to wait the two hours before that happened, so we headed back down. We herd a strange huffing noise, but could not see any movement. We think it could have been a bear. We have seen paw prints, bear scat and now noises, but no bears.
Back into town for a great lunch outside at a mountain view cafe. Delicious food as well.
Off the Calgary, spend the night and then head home tomorrow.
I do have to say that the everyone we met was very friendly. I am going to miss the phrases- " no worries"(no problem); " for sure" ( instead for yes) and "yah" and "ehh".
It has been a great trip and it feels like we have been gone forever. I think we will return. There are so many things we could do, but ran out of time. Lots of bike trails, rafting and of course the never-ending hiking trails.







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