Day 4 by Gavin 85 miles (July1)

Instantly after waking up at 6:30 we started eating breakfast and packing up all of our stuff. By 8:00 we were riding our bikes. By the way, today is Canada day. While going through Banff National park, we at Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch. While still in the park, we stopped at Johnson canyon which had two unreal waterfalls, to walk the trail which had many amazing features. At one waterfall, you were in a cave right next to it and were sprayed with water. You would be amazed at the color of the water its actually blue from the glacier melt not only that but its colder than anything you ever felt. We stopped at a town and looked an outdoor sports store and stopped and got candy at an old time candy store. Not only that but we some food at a nearby bakery and café. I got an apple tart, Mom ate some date cake with Madison, and Race, Gage, and Dad had gigantic chocolate chip cookies. Before that, we stopped at the visitor’s center and picked up some little Canadian flags. We then went up to Lake Louise, an unreal blue/turquoise colored lake. So far, I’ve seen quite a bit of people who speak French as their main language instead of English. On the way down, a little boy kept petting Dash our Dog, and all he could say in English was “doggie” and “sit”. We then got back on our bikes and rode to mosquito creek campground which was our planned camping spot and was conveniently named, which was full. So, we went to our back up spot, Waterfowl Lake which was further on and found a campsite. Although, there had been a bear reported wandering around the campground two days before, and the park wardens had placed a live bear trip in one of the empty camp sites. There was even bear scat near our tent site. We tried hard to make a fire but our wood was damp. We went to bed with a few smoky s’mores in our stomachs.
For now, Gavin signing off.