As we stayed last night at a hotel by the Calgary airport, I don’t have much to report for today. After packing up, we drove around the area a bit before heading to the airport for our flight back to Toronto. We checked our luggage and relaxed in the lounge while waiting for our flight home. It was an uneventful day, which in this case, is a good thing.

Although the rain and flooding caused us a bit of extra driving, stole a day out of our vacation, and caused us to change some plans on other days, it was still a great trip. My heart goes out to the thousands of Alberta residents who have lost their homes in the recent floods. The minor impact to our vacation is nothing compared to what they are going through.

After two trips to the Rockies during late June, one lesson I can take from all of this is that when we return to this beautiful area, it will likely be in August or September. While June offers some very long hours of daylight, there’s too much rain and still too much snow on the higher elevation hiking trails at this time of year. We’ll definately return to the area to complete some of the hikes we didn’t get a chance to take this time.