Friday, January 13, 2017

Kootenay, Banff, Jasper and Yoho National Parks, Canada

Last June Rick and I took a fabulous road trip through several Canadian National Parks. We have been to Banff once before and fell in love with the magnificent rugged beauty. So we decided to go again; but to also stay longer and explore more parks. Needless to say it was a very good decision. We got to step on the Columbian Icefields in Jasper, walk on the glass bridge and see so much wildlife. We hope to get there again someday. It is so worth seeing many times over.

Idaho Canadian Border
Just inside Kootenay National Park
The Canadian Rockies are magnificent.
We were immediately greeted by the friendly Canadian black bear.

  Spectacular glacier water.
                               

    Banff National Park.
                                                       

Beautiful Lake Louise


View of Lake Louise from our hike.
Resting point on our hike.
The beauty never stops.
Almost to the top of our hike
Yeah, it was worth it. The high mountain lake Agnes.

So many beautiful lakes and mountains galore.
View from our condo in Canmore
I can't remember the name of this lake.
Athabasca Glacier, part of the Columbia Icefields
On the glass bridge in Jasper National Park. So cool. And yes, it was very cool even in June it felt like a bit of winter.

This was our favorite spot, Moraine Lake, in Banff.
Moraine Lake
These guys were awesome. I took this from the car. We stopped to watch them. I could have reached out and touched them, they were that close.