Honeymoon Recap Day 4

Honeymoon Update Day 4:   We saw lakes, waterfalls, and the Natural Bridge. Thought those were cool until we stumbled upon 5 elk in the middle of the mountains. We watched them for over 30 minutes. Amazing. The Boy from Texas has become a fashion diva. He did not approve of our waitresses skirt, which he said resembled our bath mat.  Met our friend Miss Canada for dinner at The Grizzly House, where The Boy from Texas learned he does like fondue and it is not the same thing as hummus. Got a ticket. Hope the Mounties are not after us!

As you saw, Day #3 was pretty lazy, well we made up for it with Day #4.

We decided to give our journey to British Columbia another shot after failing to make it the day before.  All went well this time.

We kicked things off at Emerald Lake--a really beautiful, tree-lined lake.  The water was so clear!

 Next up, we headed for The Natural Bridge.  This was a great recommendation from the Concierge at the hotel---it's a bridge of sorts created by the gushing water flow through the rocks.

 Then, we finally reached our destination for lunch....Truffle Pigs.  This is a tiny little restaurant in a tiny map dot. It was well worth the drive!  We both had an excellent brisket sandwich.  The Boy from Texas had homemade fries and I had a butternut squash and apple soup.  

 As we were leaving, we drove by a house with a huge cake--one of those someone can jump out of--in the yard.  The Boy from Texas insisted we turn around to go back and get a photo.  You're welcome, he says.

Then we headed back to the Bow Valley Parkway, planning to hike to a water fall and hoping to see some more wildlife.

Hiking was up first.  Frankly....it was a long walk.  We had too many clothes on trying to stay warm, so we got hot.  It was cool, but not anyone's favorite part of the trip.  Plus, when we got back to the Jeep, we had a ticket from the Mounties.  Failure to have a park pass while being in the National Park.  Crap.

 As we headed for Banff to check into our next hotel, we came upon 5 elk, grazing right along the road.  I've never seen anything so awesome.  We pulled off and watched them for at least 45 minutes.  The elk, cool air, beautiful mountains....it was something that pictures just don't do justice.

 When we peeled ourselves away from the elk, we were off to Banff for dinner with our dear friend, Miss Canada.  Getting to see her was totally a highlight of the trip! She took us to Grizzly House, an amazing fondue restaurant.  When I suggested fondue to The Boy from Texas, he said he didn't like it.  I was confused by this--its cheese and meat---what's not to like?  Finally, three days later, he made some comment about not wanting to go there because he didn't like chick peas.  Ah....he had fondue confused with hummus (which I made him try once and he hated).  Once we got that cleared up, we were good.  

The food was phenomenal.  We started off with bread and cheese fondue.  Then we had veggies boiled in  a mixture of buttery goodness.  Then we got hot stones on which to cook our meat (we were boring and passed on things like elk, moose, bison and went for chicken and beef).  We polished dinner off with chocolate fondue and a mixture of fruits, marshmallows, and bread.  

 

What a day....this was totally even better than we imagined Canada would be!