Canada Part 3

Here are some more pictures from our trip to Canada, starting with a visit to the Columbia Icefield. It was extremely windy due to the temperature drop at the glacier, so we had to bundle up. Very impressive sight, even though it was sad to see how much it had receded in the last century.




We also drove to Maligne Lake, one of the major destinations around Jasper. The scenery was breathtaking, and pictures don't really do it justice. We also saw some some more bighorn sheep:





Here are some more scenes from our last few days with Sabine's parents and friends:






We went on a beautiful hike to Mt. Edith Cavell and the surrounding glaciers. The weather was fine until we reached the top: windy, and cold, and the picnic was cut short due to that. Anouk was not bothered and was really excited about the snow:

Indian Paintbrush


Mt. Edith Cavell and the Angel Glacier hanging from the meadows


It is not that cold....




Yay, snow!

Pica Mouse

Yes, those are people in front of the glacial lake, to give you an impression of the size.

We drove back to Lake Louise after our goodbye to Sabine's family, and went on a hike along the lake right when it started to rain:




Columbia Icefield with sun (and snow).

More to come!

Canada Part 2

As I am sure you have looked at the previous pictures by now, it is time to post the second session. We started out in Lake Louise and realized that, unlike California, it can rain in the summer.... The lake is amazing, bright turquoise, with the Victoria Glacier in the background. A beautiful setting, and therefore extremely popular:




Due to mother grizzlies that are present in the area, they have a campground surrounded by an electrical fence for tents, and a separate one for RVs. We decided to stay with Sabine's parents, so we spent 2 nights in our minivan converted to sleep cabin. Anouk enjoyed walking around in our new "house"; sleeping was OK, but not ideal...

The next day, we drove to Yoho National Park and stopped by Takakaw Falls:

Also in Yoho Park was Emerald Lake, named after the color of the lake:


We went on a short hike to a small waterfall:

The next stop was Moraine Lake, the other popular lake in the Lake Louise area:

Grandpa was very proudly walking with his granddaughter:

Anouk loved the campgrounds, she could run around the RV, play with sticks and plants, and read her books at random locations:

Here are some typical Canada pictures: endless roads, beautiful lakes, mountain ranges:




Crawling around in the RV was also very fascinating to Anouk, pretending the drive the 30 footer....
And as always, we came across a "bear-jam": a complete traffic collapse because of a bear along the side of the road. In this case, the people got out of the car and were a little too close for comfort, but we took a shot (from inside our car) and headed on:

More to come next week!

Canada

Lots of visitors and trips later, finally getting time to upload some pictures. We went to the Canadian Rockies to meet up with Sabine's parents and their friends Doris and Werner. They were RVing it, while we camped in our newly purchased 3person tent most of the nights. Here are some impressions: the mountains were AMAZING, especially with the changing weather patterns.


With the whole group on one of the canyon hikes
Elk along the side of the road

Moving "Villa Oranje" a few campsites over...

Anouk was having a great time


Anouk wading in one of the beautiful lakes

Bow River Valley

Bighorn Sheep

Bow River valley



Johnston Canyon WaterfallSunset

Waking up in "Villa Oranje"


Steep mountain range


Lovely butterfly

More to follow in the next few days.