Today Ian and I drove (well, Ian drove and I navigated ... ha, ha, ha!) the 291KM journey on Highway 93 (Icefields Parkway)from Lake Louise through to Jasper. Although by Australian standards, this is a relatively short distance, Ian and I took close to 6 hours to complete the journey, not because of any mishap, but because this stretch of road is so beautiful that you are continually stopping for photo opportunities. A number of viewing areas are also closed at this time of year due to the danger of avalanche. I'm not sure when we will tire of these mountains and lakes.
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| Bow Lake ... Still Frozen |
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| Ian at Bow Lake |
Ian is on the continual hunt for a Moose or a Bear (bear from a distance of course). A couple of places we stopped today had warning signs that read "Bears can attack at any time, travel in groups and make noise", or "this is an avalanche area, please don't proceed if you are not prepared", "do you have a transmitter, shovel?". Unfortunately, our luggage allowance didn't make provision for a shovel and the mere thought of running from a bear, didn't excite either of us, so we decided the view couldn't have been worth that effort. Apparently though there are about 5 bears that make their home here at the Jasper Park Lodge and they closed the golf course for a couple of hours some days ago while the bears were sunning themselves on the greens (if you can believe a cabbie). We have managed to see an Elk though right here at the Jasper Park Lodge:
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| Elk at Jasper Park Lodge |
Although our favourite spots today were Bow Lake (frozen), Lake Waterfowel and Athabasca Glacier and Athabasca Lake (and waterfall), it was a day of WOW moments at every turn.
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| Athabasca Glacier |
We have now returned the car and are completely at leasure ... no more driving on the wrong side of the road, anthough I have to say, today was worth every minute of it. So, for all the views, and things we've seen and done over the past week, this is where we are tonight:
We have now returned the car and are completely at leasure ... no more driving on the wrong side of the road, anthough I have to say, today was worth every minute of it. So, for all the views, and things we've seen and done over the past week, this is where we are tonight:
Liza will be SO jealous about the elk. She still goes on and on about the absence of elk in California.
ReplyDeleteA bit off the subject, but thought you might like to know that Julie is in labour (and has ben all day). We expect (hope?) it will be all over in the next 12 hours or so, but who can say?
ReplyDeleteLove the blog. Won't show Petra because she'll want to go there...
Too late....I want to go there!
DeleteGreat blog, guys, and love the photos!! xx