Lac Des Arcs: C'est magnifique!!

This weekend found us in bear country. About 20 km east of Canmore, just across the lake from the Lafarge cement plant was Lac Des Arcs campground. Surrounded by mountains, water and highway, it was a pretty nice campground.  We spent a relaxing weekend before our big trip to Kelowna next weekend. A word of advice though, if I might digress: if you test your bearspray don't hang around to see if it works. Will and I were out for a walk down by the lake and I thought I would shoot a bit to see how it works.  Number 1: it is a much finer spray than I was expecting; I thought it would be a stream.  And Number 2: man is it spicey. Once Will started to cough, I knew we were in trouble. But we survived and if ever in a situation where it must be used for real I will know what to expect. And if you need some spice on your food, this is the bomb!

Campsite was little open for my tastes but it sure made for some great scenery and the stars at night were amazing.

A late supper makes for beautiful light.

More scenery.

Mia jumping for joy at the prospect of camping for the weekend.

Just finishing up supper.

Shoulda been a farm girl.

Sun going down on the Lac Des Arcs.

Trying my luck at Grotto Pond. Still haven't caught anything this year, starting to think I am fish repellent.

Maybe a team would have better luck?