Labour Day Weekend

Wade's parents came for a visit over the Labour Day Weekend since his dad didn't get to come in June when his mom came.  On Saturday, we went to check out a new farmer's market and also finally went to the Canada Olympic Park (COP).  We each road down on the Luge once (Ethan got to go twice since we split up and half stayed at the bottom with Abby).  It had more than 50 twist and turns and was over 1800 metres (a little over a mile) of downhill track which is the longest in the world.   

On Sunday, we had brunch at the Calgary Tower and then headed to the mountains.

We stopped in Banff to ride the Gondola to the top of Sulphur Mountain again.  It started to snow/rain while we were on the top of the mountain and the crowds were crazy that day so we were just glad to get back down the mountain and out of Banff.  We stopped and grabbed a bit to eat in Lake Louise and then headed west.  We stopped a few miles down the road at the spiral tunnels.  Although we probably waited at least 30 minutes for a train to come through, it was well worth the wait even if you aren't a train enthusiast (I didn't get photos but here's a diagram of the tunnels - the black is the road and the gray is the train tracks with the red parts being the tunnels). The train we saw was long and it was going up the hill to the left of the road, in the tunnel, out the tunnel, and under the road all at once.  The train sounds were echoing off the mountains and sounded really cool also. 

Once we finally got back on the road, we crossed over into British Columbia and spent the night in Golden. 

On Monday, we looked around some in Golden and then got back on the road.  Golden has the longest pedestrian bridge in Canada so we checked it out. 

We stopped at Lake Louise again and actually went and looked at the lake unlike the night before.

 We stopped to eat in Banff and walked through a few shops before heading home.