Honeymoon log, August 11

Ahh...day 2 of honemoon bliss. I never thought I'd enjoy doing NOTHING so much! No work, no phone, no computer (well almost no computer...just using this for blogging! We have a no-email rule in effect!)...it's heaven. We have some free wireless access in our hotel room in Banff, so I'm posting this now. I'll post more about day 3 tomorrow morning. Read on for our second post.

So the princess finally woke up at around 7:30 or 8 a.m. so I started breakfast for us. Bacon, eggs and toast was on the menu, and then we quickly gathered the fishing gear and headed down to the lake. The surface of the lake was like glass. At first, Lila was hesitant to go out because it really was chilly this morning (as it was last night). But after seeing how beautiful the lake looked, not to mention the fish jumping, we both agreed that an hour or so of fishing would be fun. It was warm out in the lake, but the fish didn’t appear to like our worms or flies because we got nary a nibble. I rowed us back into shore after about an hour, and then we proceeded to pack up camp to head out for the day.

Our first stop was Kamloops, which Lila described as an ugly city. It’s very arid and the hills around the city were just barren and brown….not very pretty. We made a few stops for gas, reading material at Chapters and foodstuffs at Save On Foods. We then hit the road again, deciding to travel the ~400 km to Lake Louise today. We stopped in Salmon Arm for lunch, and on a whim decided to try Hannah’s Cookhouse, a small unassuming little place right in town. We were incredibly surprised at the quality of the food there, and would heartily recommend it to anyone passing through. Lila had Beef Dip and simply loved the juice. I had a Smokey Mountain Burger (cheese, bacon, mushrooms and barbecue sauce), and it was one of the best burgers that I’ve had in a long time!

From there we hit the road again and didn’t stop until we hit Golden. We passed through gorgeous scenery near Revelstoke and through the Roger’s Pass, but then I needed a break from driving so we hit the Dairy Queen in Golden. After a quick pit stop for gas, we hit the road for the last 85 km to Lake Louise. The scenery was once again breathtaking as we entered Banff National Park and made our way to Lake Louise. We got into town at around 7:45 (with the 1 hour time difference) and proceeded to find a hotel as the campsite was full. The first motel-like place we saw was called the Mountaineer Lodge, so we checked it out and found that it was reasonably priced (ended up being the best price in town – considering there are only about 4 hotels in town). We checked in, then went down for a hot tub – or should I say “warm tub.” ;)

We showered, then headed out for dinner at a local pub at the Post Hotel. We both were not incredibly hungry, but we decided on a French Onion Soup each, and we shared some nachos. Lila said that this French Onion Soup was THE best that she had ever tasted. I agreed that it was awesome, and filling. We were tired so we headed back to the hotel, read a little, and then headed to bed. For Thursday, we’re planning on going up the Lake Louise gondola, visiting the lake itself, and then heading down to Banff for the day. We’ll spend the night in Banff, and then head off to Waterton on Friday morning.

Comments

[Ben]

Congratulations to both you guys. I just got back from my honeymoon this week and we had a blast in San Francisco.

[Zen]

Sounds like you guys are having lots of fun :) Go catch some fish!

[tammy]

hmmmmmm, they have some pretty damn big salmon up here in Alaska; but I've yet to see one with arms. Did you get a pic of that?

*smile*

now, go catch some fish dammit, we're all expecting invitations to a post honeymoon fish fry.

tammy

[Zen]

Hey Tammy :)

Yeah... fish fry sounds fun... more excuses for me to fly to Vancouver ;)

[Tammy]

hmmmmm, more than a week and no word. Do you think a bear could have carried them off? Naw, I bet it was on of those armed fish. It just reached up and pulled them out of the boat and is holding them hostage at the bottom of a lake somewhere in British Columbia. I can't imagine what kind of horrible things they might be doing to them.

*smile*

tammy

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