Along the Mountain Trail

Athabascar Falls

Our hotel in Banff Banff mainstreet

The Icefields

After a beautiful day around Lake Louise we wake again to find more rainy skies and dark clouds, which is a real shame because the clouds are so low we can't see the mountains, but we are heading off to Jasper today so hopefully the weather gets better. We are staying at Hinton just out of the National Park booked because it had cabins and we thought it may rain good one Mum!!! After a quick drive around Banff we head of, it really is a lovely little town anyway just a 390 km drive today through the amazing Rockies, we don't get out to see as much as I would have liked but I think the kids are sick of us saying look kids out the window at the huge mountains, and look at that beautiful lake etc.

We do however go for a tour up to the Columbian Ice Fields which is quite something, did you know it takes melting glacial water 45 years to reach the ocean, and Canada has a third of all the worlds water supply mostly in glacial form, and glaciers are not ice but packed snow, all very interesting. Unfortunately its raining when we get up there and very cold but it is very cool going up on the big bus and walking on a very old glacier.

On we go to our camping ground and find our cabin which is very small but dry and warm because its freezing here and its even snowed up in the mountains, ah yes the Canadian weather got to love it!! We settle in for the night and hope for better weather tomorrow.

We wake late the next day to surprise more rain but head up into Jasper to have a look around and go and visit yet another lake and mountain top but our eyes today are on the lookout for bears and wildlife and we are not disappointed we see 3 grizzlies today and one black bear, and the funny thing is that all the signs say to stay in your car and do not go near them yet everyone stops and takes photos and get out of their car they really create what we started calling a bear traffic jam, its really was very funny actually.

We also travel to Athabascar Falls which are on the Athabascar River glacial fed so still very blue turquoise looking very stunning but as you can see raining and pretty ordinary weather.

Anyway we have had a good day saw lots of wildlife and had some fun.