Week ending Sep 24, 2015 Banff, Cochrane

Friday morning we woke up to a  beautiful sunrise. 

 

We headed into Cochrane to get mail; Medipac insurance documents finally arrived. We made an appointment to get new tires on the trailer.

Saturday Elizabeth came by and we went for a walk along the Bow River to Sundance Canyon.  We saw a trail ride and a wagon along the way.   

 

We stopped at the WWI Internment Museum which has recently been opened.

Sunday Trev and family came out for lunch. While they were here we made plans for a family Thanksgiving dinner in Regina. They had to leave early afternoon due to obligations. We watched the Nascar race, and rain prevented us from going walking.

Monday we did the hike around the outside of the campground, where we saw a few deer, but the campground bear eluded us.

 

George, John's brother, arrived in the afternoon and had dinner with us.

Tuesday morning we woke up to a bright blue sky and -4 degree temperature. After it warmed up a bit we went for a hike with George to the Hoodoo viewpoints.

Hoodoos

 Along the way Joan had a chat with a couple whose kids were looking for jobs teaching skiing this winter. 

Wednesday we arrived in Cochrane and dropped the truck and trailer at Kal Tire by 9:30 for new tires for the trailer. We headed over to Tim Hortons for a quick breakfast and then to UPS for our mail. After picking up the truck we checked into Bow Rivers Edge. Of course they have rules and even though our site was empty we could not get set up in it until after 1:00 We left the truck/trailer at the park and went for a walk along the river. After 1:00 we came back, got set up and then drove up to Safeway for groceries.

Thursday we needed to try out the new Tim Hortons in Fireside at the top of the hill on the south side of Cochrane. While we were asking if there was a trail down to the valley on the west side of the highway, a fellow told us Towers Road went down to George Fox Trail in the valley. We did stop to ask some construction guys for clarification along the way, and they gave us directions, with a warning that it was at least a 40 minute walk that way.  Although the route was along paved back roads, it wasn't very busy.   Once we got down into the valley, we followed the pathway along the river.  There was an interpretive sign about a Native site in the area.

We were glad to get back to the trailer as we did a much longer walk than we had planned.  We left the trailer about 10:30 and arrived back at 3:00  with sore feet. It amazes us how many areas there are in Cochrane that we have not yet explored.