Mt Kidd to Canmore

So last weekend as I was camping with Maria and Nick over at Mt Kidd I decided to through in a night ride... couldn't find anyone to do it and Maria wouldn't be happy if I was doing it alone, so I had to change plans a bit. Since a bunch of friends where racing at 24 hours it was a good idea to come over and cheer them up !! so, begged Maria to let me go just before 5:00am on Sunday from Mt Kidd to Canmore and she was ok with the condition that I would carry bear spray :-). Left the campground with lights as it was still dark and road on the highway to Barrier Lake. Up Prairie View (amazing temperature and nice view from the top in the early morning :::::::: >>>>>>>>

Started the descent to Quaite and was a bit nervous about a bear encounter !! but, kept yelling like crazy and I was feeling better.. Down at Quaite my next challenge was to find the TransCanada Trail to connect with Three Sisters and eventually to Canmore. I found the trail head and it was actually a fun trail to do (few stair ways to walk up, but ok). I couldn't connect with Highline trails, so decided to stay on the road all the way to CNC. Maria, Nick and mother in law kindly picked me up in downtown Canmore and we all rode back to pick up the trailer and go for a nice picnic by wedge pond.  

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