On the Bow River

Canoeing on the Bow River - glorious!!!

Canoe dog:

Rafting:

All the way up in the bow:

Pretty good scenery today:

Lake Louise - Banff

Happy birthday to me

Sunrise over Lake Louise - view from our room. 26 degrees and sunny. 

Jasper to Columbia Glacier to Lake Louise

Today was a glorious day! Yesterday's rain is gone and skies were bright. Temperatures were a comfortable 30-40 degrees. 

After a hearty breakfast of the usual - bacon, lox, maple syrup, we headed down the Icefields Highway with some gorgeous views:

We arrived at the Columbia Glacier where we boarded special snow buses with monster wheels and drove right up on the glaciers. Most of the photos are on my big camera but this will give you an idea of how freaking cold it was up there. Snowing and blowing.  It was frigid.

We continued down the Icefields Highway, stopped for lunch and several scenic overlooks and finally arrived at Chateau Lake Louise. I can't get a decent picture of the view from our room, but if you click this link you can see our view of the lake 

http://m.fairmont.com/lake-louise/?cmpid=google_cll_search-branded-canada_branded-e-revsh&s_kwcid=TC%7C1025556%7Cchateau%20lake%20louise%7C%7CSM%7Ce%7C51300436863&gclid=CN6ZiLeqicgCFZA1aQodnrIDFw

We set out for a great hike around the lake 

Showering now and getting ready for cocktails then dinner in the old world elegant dining room here. It's really nice. 

However, we have really been in the middle of nowhere for the past couple of days!

Tomorrow - river float ride then we head to our next stop at Banff. We have not been able to unpack once. Really on the move!

Hike in the Rain

Rainy day here at Jasper Park Lodge.  It's a shame because golf course is gorgeous!! A few hearty Canadians are playing in the rain. There is also the most gorgeous lake with canoeing and kayaking but nothin doing in the rain. 

After a hearty breakfast of lox, bacon and maple syrup, we headed out with our umbrellas for a 2.2 mile hike around Lake Beauvant - beautiful!

Even pretty in the rain:

Which is the sky and which is the relflection?

Searched for elk, which are supposed to be plentiful in these here parts, but we only saw a squirrel. 

Bear

We saw this in an art gallery and are thinking of buying it for the living room in NY apt. For over the sofa ---not the one with the bike sculpture. What do you think? 

 

Sequoia Tree

So this is what a Sequoia tree looks like: