Lake Mirror and Lake Agnes

Hiked to Lake Mirror and then Lake Agnes. Big Beehive actually looked like a beehive. The color of the water was transparent emerald and amazing. By the way, this guy often points when he is impressed by great mountain views since he met a great alpine pioneers in Chamonix. http://www.loomji.fr/commune/photo/full.htm?id=11312 

Lake Louise

Drove to Lake Louise for hiking. Lots of tourists there, so we bypassed this lake to avoid the crowd and hurried on the trail to Lake Mirror, Lake Agnes and up to Big Beehive. 

Evening walk to find something to eat

Evening walk to hunt food with a great view to Three Sisters ahead of us. We ended up in a Chinese restaurant in the downtown Canmore where we felt full and satisfied. 

Johnson Canyon and Castle Mountain

Had a drive along the route 1 and 1A to Johnson Canyon and Castle Mountain. A short hike in Johnson Canyon was a good warm up before more long ones from the following days. We were excited about the awesome views which we had wanted to see in Rockies. 

Arrived at Canmore

After driving 90 minutes from Calgary airport, we arrived at the next place, Canmore. My wife chose a healthy meal and I took a greasy one.

Moving to Canadian Rockies

Woke up at 4:00 am and flying to Canadian Rockies. A small problem in that morning where we hopped on the bus I counted on as a transportation to the airport but the bus ran to a diverted route.. Thanks to the driver of the bus, he instructed us how to recover and because of that, we made it in time to the airport. 

Carrot cake at Take 5 Cafe

After leaving Sweden three years ago, it is difficult to have tasty carrot cake in Tokyo but this carrot cake we found in Take 5 Cafe in the downtown Vancouver, Granville str. was something which reminded me of nice memories in southern Sweden. A guy at the cafe asked me to choose the one he should serve and I said whichever because the remaining three pieces on the tray seemed to me identical but he insisted and forced me to look at them closely and carefully. According to him, there should be slight differences if I am careful. It was the longest moment to choose a single carrot cake in my life. https://www.google.co.jp/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=vancouver+take+five+cafe&rflfq=1&rlha=0&tbm=lcl&rlfi=hd:;si:6176522997527359816 

In Grouse Mountain

After climbing to the Grouse Mountain, views to Vancouver were awesome and funny bear brothers were entertaining you.

Grouse Grind

It is just 2.9 kilometer trail but it is 853 meter elevation with 30 degree slope for more than half of the mileage. We did for challenging ourselves, ages and testing our physical performance not because of avoiding to pay for an expensive Skyride ropeway (43.95 CAD), never. By the way, the laps beside me is not ours for someone else. We took 15 more minutes. https://www.grousemountain.com/

Food and beer

After a small family discussion or rather argument as always before reaching the agreement on the food to eat, we ended up in a pub on the Robson street. Unfortunately no cold Ale beer I normally preferred to but this lager was not bad. This grilled trout was excellent and far more than my expectations since I underestimated the kitchen in this small pub.  

Capilano suspension bridge

Went to Capilano suspension bridge. I was not so impressed by the suspension bridge but we breathed cleaner air and sensed good natural aroma in the forest. Good short hike for the next day after arrival. 

Arrival and evening walking in Vancouver

Travel to Canada for the first time since we visited here in 2001. Walked from Vancouver downtown to the B&B for adjustment to the local time. Nice and cozy evening hours.