Banff and Lake Louise

Banff Canada...words cannot express the beauty of this place. The Canadian Rockies are beyond description. With advice from a fellow traveler, we are staying at the Tunnel Mountain Park. It was the best advice we have gotten so far. It's a beautiful RV park just above the town of Banff. Banff is a National Park and and a National Recreation Area. It's a ski resort town in winter and a mecca for tourists to experience the beauty of the mountains in summer. Today we saw a bear, deer, and a family of mountain sheep. Yesterday we rode in the gondola up to the top of Sulphur Mountain and experienced the views. Today we rode in a chair lift to the top of the Lake Louise ski mountain. That was fun....right out there with your feet hanging over terrain that is the home of grizzly bears and black bears. They have an electric fence around the resort to keep them out.

Don either ate or drank something this week that gave him a stomach bug....has not been fun for a couple of days, but is snapping out of it.

Just got an e-mail from his Uncle Al who already had arrived in Alaska with his wife, Rose and their RV has broken down. They cannot repair it until July 9th, so I guess we will be able to meet up with them after all. We have been stopping and smelling the roses a lot. Don and I are sitting in a little coffee shop updating this post. Went to Lake Louise today after our chairlift ride. One of the most stunning glacial lakes in existence. The photo will not really show its deep turquoise color. All in all a great two days. heading north tomorrow for a ride on the glacier. We decided to do some special things on this leg as it was one of our top picks of places to see. Languages from all over the world swirling around us. So neat.