Ididaroad at Lake Louise and the Icefields Parkway
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:09 pmNorth of Banff village we stopped to take a hike at Johnston Canyon. Tall trees line the beginning of the trail.
Most of the trail is along catwalks on the canyon wall.
And leads to this waterfall….the lower of two, but we only went this far due to time and those waiting below.
On the side of the waterfall is a little cave that leads to a close up and wet view.
Olga going in the cave.
Can you feel the spray? We all had to dry our camera lens.
And oh, the wildlife you’ll see!
Ho-hum, just another scenic viewpoint.
Carol was looking for a new hat…this one belonged at the site of a WWI Internment camp for Ukrainians if I remember right.
Here’s our group at Lake Louise.
Oh, and here’s the lake.
There was information on this new-to-me bird, but do you think we saw one?
Yes!
We met a delightful woman from Israel who could speak multiple languages and had visited many foreign countries. She was funny and knowledgeable on a number of topics.
Weird clouds…we all thought we were heading into a snowstorm ahead.
The clouds made the sun look red
We had a great campsite at Mosquito Creek campground and no mosquitos
All five rigs lined up by the creek
Evening rays on the distant mountain
Sunset
Last fiery orb
In the morning we continued up the Icefields Parkway
Not many stops because there was thick smoke from controlled burns. Hard to breathe and couldn’t see much. We could barely see the tops of snowcapped mts.
The smoke cleared and we stopped at the Columbia Icefield.
Here we said good-bye to Bob who was going on ahead. We’ll meet up again on the Kenai Peninsula where he promised to have lots of fish in his freezer.
Olga and Carol decided to ride up on the glacier on a big Ice Explorer
Want to go with them? Ok, get in.
Passing another explorer
Hang on!
That’s where we stop and get out on the ice. Hope you wore your boots.
Here’s Carol next to the Explorer.
Don’t go past those cones!
Back on the road it was a day to see black bears.
A quick stop at Athabasca Falls, a 23 meter (we’re in Canada…you figure it out) waterfall that is said to have the most powerful flow anywhere in the mountain parks.
We didn’t stay at Mt. Robson Provincial Park, but took this photo while we were deciding.
We did stay at this noisy trucker’s rest area (but the price was right) where we read about Terry Fox. He was a cancer victim who raised money for cancer research in his attempt to run across Canada with an artificial leg. He had to quit about halfway when his cancer returned in his lung. This mountain was named after him, and annual runs continue to raise money in his name.
Tommy tried valiantly to get my generator running. He was unsuccessful, but narrowed the problem to the carburetor. I’ll stop somewhere and get it looked at down the road.
Today we saw 2 moose, 2 black bears, and 1 bumblebee. I only got a picture of the bee.
Paying for hookups tonight and WiFi, yippee!
Most of the trail is along catwalks on the canyon wall.
And leads to this waterfall….the lower of two, but we only went this far due to time and those waiting below.
On the side of the waterfall is a little cave that leads to a close up and wet view.
Olga going in the cave.
Can you feel the spray? We all had to dry our camera lens.
And oh, the wildlife you’ll see!
Ho-hum, just another scenic viewpoint.
Carol was looking for a new hat…this one belonged at the site of a WWI Internment camp for Ukrainians if I remember right.
Here’s our group at Lake Louise.
Oh, and here’s the lake.
There was information on this new-to-me bird, but do you think we saw one?
Yes!
We met a delightful woman from Israel who could speak multiple languages and had visited many foreign countries. She was funny and knowledgeable on a number of topics.
Weird clouds…we all thought we were heading into a snowstorm ahead.
The clouds made the sun look red
We had a great campsite at Mosquito Creek campground and no mosquitos
All five rigs lined up by the creek
Evening rays on the distant mountain
Sunset
Last fiery orb
In the morning we continued up the Icefields Parkway
Not many stops because there was thick smoke from controlled burns. Hard to breathe and couldn’t see much. We could barely see the tops of snowcapped mts.
The smoke cleared and we stopped at the Columbia Icefield.
Here we said good-bye to Bob who was going on ahead. We’ll meet up again on the Kenai Peninsula where he promised to have lots of fish in his freezer.
Olga and Carol decided to ride up on the glacier on a big Ice Explorer
Want to go with them? Ok, get in.
Passing another explorer
Hang on!
That’s where we stop and get out on the ice. Hope you wore your boots.
Here’s Carol next to the Explorer.
Don’t go past those cones!
Back on the road it was a day to see black bears.
A quick stop at Athabasca Falls, a 23 meter (we’re in Canada…you figure it out) waterfall that is said to have the most powerful flow anywhere in the mountain parks.
We didn’t stay at Mt. Robson Provincial Park, but took this photo while we were deciding.
We did stay at this noisy trucker’s rest area (but the price was right) where we read about Terry Fox. He was a cancer victim who raised money for cancer research in his attempt to run across Canada with an artificial leg. He had to quit about halfway when his cancer returned in his lung. This mountain was named after him, and annual runs continue to raise money in his name.
Tommy tried valiantly to get my generator running. He was unsuccessful, but narrowed the problem to the carburetor. I’ll stop somewhere and get it looked at down the road.
Today we saw 2 moose, 2 black bears, and 1 bumblebee. I only got a picture of the bee.
Paying for hookups tonight and WiFi, yippee!
Will have Ernie look at these when he gets back from town....