We awoke to a very cold start. No one wanted to get out from under the sleeping bags. It was a quick trip...less than 30 miles into Lake Louise.
At the off ramp to Lake Louise, we found a parking spot to part the truck and trailer. Shelley and Amy got on the motorcycles for a trip into Lake Louise. You drive back into the mountains and the lake sits in a bowl of mountains with a huge mountain at the end with a glacier. It was beautiful. It had beautiful cottages you could rent on the way up and although had a touristy part to it, the Lake and Victoria Glacier that fed it were so naturally pristine. Amazing. It had canoes you could take on the lake and hiking all around it. Very blue. We got pictures here that we will post....again when we get internet access that allows it.Traveling down the mountain a short distance, we came to Bow Lake. Amy said, is that the mountain…or…. And we both said in unison, “Reflection”.
The WHOLE mountain range was reflected in this large lake. The lake was still and clear making it the perfect mirror. It was breathtaking and amazing. It was one of those surreal moments in life and none of us were rushing the moment. We were grateful that we were not 1 hour on either side of the nature display of beauty as we would have missed it.
Road trip:
Hwy 1 from Lake Louise to Golden
Hwy 95 to Fort Steel
Hwy 3 to Fernie
Trip highlights:
• Saw 2 sets of nesting eagles about 20 mile apart right on the road (one on a telephone pole) outside Skookumchuck.
• This is the hot and dry side of the Canadian Rockies. There was tourism over here and we couldn’t figure it out. It must be because it is warm…and no where else. For the middle of July we have worn sweatshirts everyday except this day. There are many outfitters setting people up for trout fishing along this whole route. From the looks of it, fishing must be good.
We gassed up at Fergie and we were still 80 miles from Waterton. It was hitting our 730 point. We stopped at Sparwood to take a picture with
“The Worlds Biggest Truck” and stopped in at the grocery to pick something up for dinner. After looking at the prices….(still in BC) and talking to a local couple, we only bought 1 loaf of bread for $5. We were going to wait for the Walmart in Alberta on the turn off to Lake Louise about 40 miles away. We stopped for the night at a reststop at the top of the mountain called Crows Nest rest stop. It was beautiful, but right by the highway and there were trucks going all night long. All this area for about 20 miles is called Crows Nest and has some historical meaning that we did not find out. Tim wants to be home by Friday instead of our Saturday original plans.Going to Waterton would have been quicker if we had used the route down from Banff, but the Guidepost map looked deceiving and inaccurate.
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