| Day 6 - Canmore, Lake Louise, Banff and surrounding areas |
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| We woke to a beautiful, but cold (39 degrees) morning with the moon still showing above the mountain peaks. |
We all loaded into a bus at 8:00 AM and left for parts unknown. |
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| We were given a treat when a dear arrived for her morning drink in the river. |
Our next stop was the beautiful Lake Louise. The lake is fed from melting glaciers and has a beautiful medium blue color created by suspended "rock flour" in the water. |
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| The Chateau Lake Louise was originally built by the Canadian Pacific Railroad in 1913. |
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| This plaque is beneath the statue on the right. |
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| We then visited Moraine Lake and were treated to another spectacular view. |
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| The Moraine Lake Lodge also has individual cabins located along the shore. |
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| En route to Banff, we encountered a bull Elk browsing along the road and then passed this beautiful lake (?). Note the horns of the Elk are still fuzzy. |
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| About 11 of us decided to take the gondola ride to the top of Sulphur Mountain at 7486 feet. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site. |
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| The Banff skywalk along the summit ridge, follows Norman Sanson's path he took for 30 years to the stone hut at the top to record weather data. |
The gondola station and restaurant and the wooden walkway to the weather hut. |
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| Here are a few of the spectacular views from the top. |
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| This is the stone weather hut and now serves as a Cosmic Ray Station. |
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| We then visited the Bow River Falls just outside of Banff. |
The spectacular Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel was also built by the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the early 1900's. |
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| On the way to Johnson Lake we encountered a number of mountain sheep eating gravel along the road. |
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| You'll notice that all of us are well behind our intrepid photographer. We figured we could make it back to the bus before he did. |
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| The last two beautiful lakes we visited were Lake Johnson on the left and Lake Minnewanka on the right. |
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And a final good night to all, was a spectacular sunset!
By the way, this was around 10:00 PM. |
| Day 7 |
