We are at Elk River, Alberta today 28/05/14 had no wifi for the last 5 days, one of the downsides of staying in a National Park Campground, lots of wildlife walking around but no modern electronic communications. Friday 23 May we leave Granum for Banff, we are going to Banff a little ahead of schedule to meet up with our friends from Gabriola, Vancouver Island who are giving some friends of theirs, on a visit from Indonesia, a whistle stop tour of British Columbia and the Rockies.
We met up and had dinner at Spanish/Mexican restaurant, had a super time and got to meet their friends from Indonesia after hearing all about them over the last few years.
Saturday we travel on The Bow Valley Parkway to Lake Louise, the first photo is looking across The Valley towards the mountains. This pic is castle mountain, which is quite a stunning sight, well every where you look here is stunning. When the Creator (First Nation Term) made the world he was smiling when he made Canada.
The typical Canadian scene (you always see a scene like this European publicity for holidays in Canada) A CP train by the side of a river with snow covered peaks in the back ground, mind you they would wait for the snow melt to slow down a bit, the mud brought down by the fast flowing river dosn't look good.
On our way up to Moraine Lake, can you believe this is the end of May, look at the height of that snowbank. Parks Canada only opened the road this past Thursday.
Parked at the Lake, weather changing a bit, hope it dosn't snow again. Moraine Lake still frozen over, a little different from the usual picture of this lake.
The Famous Hotel at Lake Louise, built by Canadian Pacific to get people on their trains and visit.
The Columbia Glacier and Lake Louise again a scene you don't see very often-no refections.
On the way back to Banff we pass the memorial to the people interned during the First World War, immigrants from The Austria-Hungary Empire, a sad part of Canadian history, but they where not alone in isolating so called "enemy aliens"At Banff they have built a museum dedicated to the memory of these people.
Elk giving us the eye.
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