Labor Day Weekend

Who knew it was a North American holiday - but I think up here it is spelled Labour Day.  Anyway, we took Hannah hiking.  First we spent an afternoon at Nose Hill Park on the north side of Calgary.  It is high enough that you can get a great view of downtown and the surrounding areas.

Hannah has been on a hunt for wild hares ever since she saw her first one, and here she is at Nose Hill, searching for hares.

Monday we drove up to the mountains to see Lake Moraine and hike a bit.  At the base of the trail we found this sign.

 

 

 

So we waited a few minutes until some other hikers came along so that we could all go up together.  We didn't see any bears, just more hikers.  I suspect the bears were taking the weekend off since there were so many people.  This was a view of the lake from further up.  According to the other hikers, the water is such a beautiful aquamarine color because it is fed from glaciers up on the mountain.  It really was beautiful.

 

 We encountered a bit of traffic driving back into town, but nothing like what you would find in Texas on a holiday weekend.