It was 35 degrees when I got up around sunrise and I was a bit slow to get going because I'm not used to it. But after only about 15 minutes or so of riding I was a bit hot. The temperature warmed up fast. Traffic was much lighter than Friday evening. I have learned finally that Friday from noon to midnight is far and away the worst time to ride a bike anywhere because of the traffic levels. At least in touristy areas. The scenery continued to inspire, and did bring me to tears of joy on one occasion. I tried to take more pictures than yesterday, and was really able to enjoy it more because I had a reliable very wide shoulder and traffic noise was reduced. The temperature kept on rising and I shed clothing to match my effort. The climb up to the divide was very gradual and much lower than I thought. I took several pictures as it's not everyday one crosses THE Continental Divide. Of course I had to climb right after the divide, but it didn't last that long. As I approached the big sign for Alberta, there was a small herd of rocky mountain bighorn sheep just below and I managed to get a decent picture before they walked away into the woods. Everyone zooming by at 65mph on their way to Tim Hortons had no idea. I stopped soon after at a little pond where there were some picnic tables and took advantage of the small stream from the pond to filter some water and cook a meal for lunch. I met a couple of nice cyclists from Canmore out for a hike and they gave me some pointers on my route. I really enjoyed the descent to Castle Junction and since there was a little store, I stopped for a soda. Wonderful place. They had bottlecaps, my fav, first time I've seen them in Canada, and a weird spicy cherry flavored Barqs. It was delicious. I also had some crispers which were like chips and crackers together. There were loads of different groups of cyclists out enjoying the nice day and resting around the outside of the store. Their business had to be mostly from cyclists. At least today anyway. I continued on the Bow Valley Parkway towards Banff and it was just wonderful. It had a nice shoulder, pretty scenery, low traffic, and I must have seen over a thousand cyclists. No event going on, it's just Canada. I really went fast here, as it was gradually downhill mostly and with a big tailwind. Then I got to the bike path and it was packed but not annoyingly so. Amazing to see so many people on bikes. I arrived in Banff at peak Saturday tourism time and decided to just motor on through. There were quite a few cars to filter through, but I along with a bunch more cyclists managed ok. I joined up with the path again to Canmore and if anything it was even more packed. Scenery was jaw dropping too. Canmore was just as swanky as Banff and I stopped at the Safeway for wifi and food. I had been thinking I might make a go at just riding in to Calgary today but I nixed that idea when I bought a pint of ice cream. It's just as well, I didn't exactly fancy riding through a big, unfamiliar city on Saturday night. So I rode on along the old highway through the valley. I had a place in mind buti was ready to stop anywhere that looked sufficient. It got kind of industrial quickly, and i saw a sign pointing to camping so I turned. It led me to a dead end beside the railroad, and when I got to the campground I found it was closed from a private event. Don't know why I even bothered. I hate camping next to RVs. I rode out and eventually came across an unmarked paved Cul de sac that had a couple of cars parked and some tents set up. It was sandwiched in between the highway and the railroad. No signs of any kind, none for, none against. I rode off away from the other campers and past some more obvious campsites. I put my tent a bit closer to the railroad among some small trees. It's a bit noisy but I think the road noise will quiet down as the evening wears on. The train will wake me every time it goes by. But hopefully it's not more than one every few hours.