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Banff National Park
| 8/17/2006 - 8/18/2006: These were relatively good days of biking. The ride into Lake Louise was one of the most peaceful and pleasant of this entire trip. I composed at least two songs during the morning ride into touristy Lake Louise. A nagging doubt had begun to form about the trip though, as I began to ponder a fellow hiker's words n response to my question earlier whether Banff was worth stopping to hike - "it depends on what you are looking for." Other than that, things were good: the weather had been beautiful, low 30's in the morning and high 70's during the afternoon, with clear blue skies as far as the eye could see. I was biking well. The traffic did begin to nag me, as there were lots of touring buses and R.V.'s. Still, there were enough moments of beauty and silence to keep me happy. The shoulder is wide; the noise and the crowd is tolerable, though it does make it difficult at times to feel one with nature... |
Journals
- 8/17/2006 (Thr) - Columbia Ice Fields to Mosquito Creek Campground, 65.36 miles: a couple of nice uphills today and another extended day brought me to Mosquito Creek Campground, which is a pleasant, developed campground - not an underdeveloped, muddy, mosquito filled camp as one might imagine from the name. At Mosquito Creek, I also met a hiker named Leslie - who got me thinking "what am I looking for...?" (journal)
- 8/18/2006 (Fri) - Mosquito Creek Campground to Vermillion Crossing Picnic Area, 63.24 miles: A great section of today's ride was quite spiritual, with the day ending with me getting stranded in the middle of nowhere today and forced to bear bag my stuffs for the first time this trip. (journal)
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