We had a late lunch at a really beautiful spot - it was just a 'viewpoint' off the side of the road beside a river that had a backdrop of snow dusted mountains. We've seen quite a change in the scenery today. The rivers are no longer so dusty-emerald and many of the river beds are barren.
We've seen long-horned sheep and a Coyote or something similar. We had to wait for the long horned sheep to pass at one stage and they were in no hurry at all.
We also stopped at Athabasca Falls. The were once a glacier and they were spectacular.
The temperature is really dropping and we are seeing far more snow. Not as many birch trees now although there are plenty of Aspen.
And the 'Iceland Parkway' is an amazing, amazing road...we love it....
We arrived in Banff. Not a lot of difference in the scenery. We took the 'back road' which was more scenic - we hoped to see some wild life, but nothing really.
We decided to find some accommodation before we checked out Banff and ended up at "Tunnel Mountain RV Park". We'll check out Banff after a good night's sleep. Our experience at Lake Louise was a bit disappointing. We can see how beautiful it could be, but the wind was so strong the water was a mix of azure blue in the centre and brown around the edges because of the wind. We moved on to Lake Moraine, which was still cold and windy, but to us it was much more beautiful than Lake Louise.
On the way to Lake Moraine we had a tree fall down - towards us - and gave me such a fright. Thank God we weren't a couple of seconds earlier!
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