Moeller Travels: Alberta, Canada, Lake Louise July 11-16

Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada in Banff National Park. What a wonderful drive to this campground. The Canadian Rockies are so spectacular. The campground is right next to the RR track and trains blow their whistle each time they go by. Other than the massive amount of mosquitoes, the campground is good. The four of us did a lot of touring up the valley and down to the town of Bamff.

Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada

The sign says it all.

The drive into Lake Louise.

Another part of the road to Lake Louise.

Lake Louise

View of lake from lodge

One of the local residents

Located in the heart of Banff National Park and on the shores of Lake Louise, The Fairmont Chateau is recognized globally for progressive environmental stewardship.

A view of the lake from the outside restaurant in the Fairmont where we had lunch.

The flowers at the lodge were spectacular.

The beautiful dining room at the restaurant in the lodge.

Deborah Nyack the harpist was in the lobby of the lodge. I did get one of her Cd's

Having a nice lunchon the patio.

Bonnie doing what she really likes................Shopping

We took a trip north west out of Lake Louise up Hwy 93 to the Columbia Ice fields. Talk about some beautiful country. The Columbia Ice fields are composed of eight glaciers and encompass an area of 325 square kilometers. The ice mass is one of the largest south of the Arctic Circle and one of the most accessible in North America.

Stopping at an overlook, you can see the road far below.

There were many glaciers . I was told that the high one was over 500 feet high.

Visitor Center at the Columbia Ice fields.

Behind Kay and Bonnie is the Athabasca Glacier. It is only one arm of the main Columbia Ice fields.

Another one of our trips was to the town of Banff, Alberta

A very interesting feature on the roads were the tunnels built for the wild life to cross the Hwy. It has cut the killed and injured animals by 85%, which is good for both the wildlife and the cars.

View of downtown Banff.

Waiting for the girls to get done shopping.

Dick and Marty trying to frogger out where we are. They never did.

This big boy was along the road on the way back from Banff. Six points on the one side and seven on the other.

Kay had to get some pix of flowers with a bee on one.

We also found this little black bear along the road. This was the first bear on our adventure.

Surrounded by alpine fields of wildflowers, Bow Lake is the source of the Bow River, which flows through Banff and Calgary. From the waterside picnic area at the southeast end of the lake where Kay and I will launch our kayaks, you can view Crowfoot Mountain and Mt. Thompson and Bow Glacier. From Bow Lake the Parkway (Hwy 93) climbs to Bow Summit, the highest point of the journey at an elevation of 2,068 m (6,785 ft)