Yikes! Patty is 60!!! And like she requested the event was celebrated by having tea at the Chateau Fairmont Lake Louise. Bridge couldn't join us but sent a WONDERFUL bottle of champagne. And we had the best table ever with a view looking directly over Lake Louise.

After waddling away from the tea, Cyndy drove us over to Morraine Lake where we took the "easy walk" to the end of the lake. This time it was easy and was only 1.5 km one way, just the perfect length to keep us moving instead of napping. The water in that photo really is that color, a turquoise blue.

An update on the blue cheese... it did survive until Cyndy arrived but just barely as Mary was hungry and Tillie's frig has decided to die. However it left the cheese a perfect temperature. It didn't look like blue because it was creamy yellow inside but it tasted like blue and was absolutely DElicious on the currant/rye bread. We highly recommend that combination.