Canmore Hike - Grassi Lakes

At 36 weeks, we made our last trip-before-baby, an overnight stay in Canmore with Tom's family. We arrived on a Friday night, ordered pizza and pasta takeout, and spent a little time in the pool. After Lacey went to bed, we played a board game, before we all hit the hay ourselves.

The next day, we drove out to the Grassi Lakes trailhead, and did half of the short hike. The round trip on Grassi Lakes trail is about 4km. We did about 1km up to a waterfall, and then turned around.

It never ceases to amaze me what an adventurer Lacey is. This is the second hike we've taken her on (her first was earlier this year in Palm Springs), and she insisted on walking about 80% of the trail herself. She occasionally wanted to be carried if the terrain got a little to rocky or tree-rooty, but otherwise, she wanted to march along by her own steam.

There were many people out on the trail enjoying the warm weather, and Lacey got plenty of kisses from passing dogs.

She cheerfully marched along with Auntie, Uncle, Grandma and Grandpa, quite pleased with herself.

She even seemed disappointed when we turned around to head back to the car.

But it was the right decision to head back. Hiking is hard work for a two year old! She was out like a light, two minutes after finishing her post-hike snack.

And I can assure you, she was NOT in a good mood when she woke up 40 minutes later... She could have used a good two hour nap after all her hiking! We got her to bed early that night. But we know she'll be game for more hiking in the future!