Theleakyfaucet’s Weblog

July 9

Today we woke up at 7:15am and pretty much immediately got in the truck and drove to town to get coffee. We have no electric here so we can’t make it ourselves. We found a coffee place and bought 16oz coffees for 2.50 each and they weren’t very good. Where is Starbucks around here anyhow? There’s a market here, I’m surprised they don’t see that. After coffee we determined that we must return to Moraine Lake and take more pictures….ok, I decided that. WE decided to hike to Consolation Lakes. It was about an 6 mile round trip hike with additions. Here is s shot of Moraine Lake in the early morning. No need for HDR, the lighting was incredible:

Wait…just kidding…check out this guy, is he ready to hike or what?

Here’s the shot of Lake Moraine:

And another:

After Lake Moraine we took off up to Consolation Lakes. This hike was long. I was recording another end-of-life video on the way up because I kept harassing my dad and I thought there was a decent chance we would try to murder me on the hike.

Finally we arrived at Consolation Lake:

And we took another group photo. What you don’t know is that we are both laughing because I just fell in the water while running to get in place for the group shot. It was freezing.

And we saw a Badger:

…what? You don’t see anything? Well I never claimed to be a wildlife photographer, but I assure you, he is there and he is pissed.

Anyhow, after we went on this hike we were very tired, mostly because we’re pathetic, but legitimately is was about a 6 mile hike and we spent a lot of time climbing over rocks. The point is, being tired we decided to drive down to Banff and try to get wireless. We took highway 1A which is the most beautiful road on earth according to Travel Magazine. It’s a pretty incredible road. I, however, took no pictures because I was driving. Sorry, I feel like I’ve failed you. You can denounce your loyalty to this blog now if you’d like.

We went to Banff, stole wireless from three different folks and got some lunch. We then returned home and we got a fire permit for the night which was $8.80, I know, big spenders and we started a fire:

Then it started to rain, but someone would not be defeated:

Despite our uncanny resiliency, the rain continued and eventually crushed our spirits. There was a time of silence, gnashing of teeth and then the inevitable crying. I swear, it’s pretty pathetic. Anyhow, we spent the night in a pretty significant rainstorm, huddled in the tent, hoping we would not die. Now, I didn’t ever really think I was going to die because I have a 0 degree sleeping bag. Have I mentioned that before? Thought so, next time-pay attention. Anyhow, I partially mummified myself in the 0 degree sleeping bag and was fine. We did get pretty wet though.

Ok well, that’s all for now.