Days 1 and 2: Travel and Settling in
Wow! Here we are in Canmore and the weather is beautiful. The trip here was quiet and quick and most of us slept through the night after a quick stop in Brandon. We arrived in Calgary at about 9:30 this morning, ate a leisurely breakfast at Ricki's and while the teachers went shopping at Costco and Superstore, the students hung out for a few hours at Sunridge Mall. Once we were loaded up with food we headed a little further west and arrived in Canmore around 2 PM. We hiked all our bags, packs and food up the hill to the ACC Hostel and settled in. After a great supper of hamburgers, hot dogs and salad, we headed off for our first "hike" down to Cougar Creek, pictured above. Really it was a walk along the houses on the north side of Canmore, but it was a beautiful walk. Once we returned we played some ice breaker games and it's soon off to bed with visions of the Wasootch Ridge hike tomorrow!