On the more important roadschooling front, we spent time exploring historic sites and landmarks. But something that I forgot to mention yesterday is that Ethan said that when he gets home, he’ll be better at organizing his room because he’s learning how to be more organized while on the road. We’ll see how that works out, but it’s encouraging that he’s picking up on little things like that.

Morning

We woke up to the sound of a freight train blasting by and made our way to the library in Golden for some work and reading. The wifi at the library is great for getting things done and Ethan spent time watching more TedEd videos. He had 20 minutes to use the computer and spent the rest of the hour and a half that we stayed to read.

Afternoon

We left golden shortly after lunchtime and head towards Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. We didn’t want Ethan to do too much outside today because he has a bit of a cold so we thought some rest would be good for him.

But we did stop at a couple of places to stretch our legs. One cool place was the Spiral Tunnels. This is a set of train tunnels that spiral through the mountains. It’s a pretty amazing feet of engineering and to think it was completed in 1909.

Lake Louise is always great to visit and it’s especially nice in September when there aren’t any crowds. Not that it isn’t busy but at least it’s easy to find a parking spot near the lake.

Ethan wanted to go canoeing because we did it once before, but with his cold we didn’t want him to feel cold out on the lake. Instead, he decided to play on the rocks by the lake shore. We heard one woman worry aloud that he would fall in but luckily, he didn’t.

We left Lake Louise but couldn’t see Moraine Lake because access was blocked, except for shuttle buses. Apparently, VW buses don’t count. So we left and drove the Bow Valley Parkway to Banff. It’s a long stretch of road through the trees with some awesome views along the way. We only saw one animal and it was mostly just the bear’s butt.

Ethan seemed to enjoy taking in the sights and became more interested once he remembered that he had a camera with him. The view of the mountains and the Bow River was amazing and Ethan took the opportunity to snap a few photos.

We eventually arrived in Banff and wanted to see the Cave and Basin National Historic Site; unfortunately, it was already closed. The library was also closed so we spent some time walking around and then headed out.

Evening

From Banff we drove towards Calgary. We’re not sure if we will go to the Royal Tyrell Museum to see the dinosaurs or do the fossil exploration, but it would be nice for Ethan to go there, even though he’s not really into dinosaurs.

For now, we’ll relax and do some reading before having dinner and calling it a night. No, we’re not staying in a hotel. We found another free camping site 🙂

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