Banff Day Two

 Wow. Took a tour that had us going all over the place and it was all so incredibly beautiful. I have run out of words to describe the stunning beauty!

I walked about 2/3 of a mile to my pickup spot. Legs and feet are still tired but too bad. At least I knew I'd get to sit on the bus here and there. 

Some views from the bus. Not sure why the first one is on its side.

Castle Mountain

i don't remember

We started by crossing into Yoho National Park in British Columbia and driving off the highway to Emerald Lake. 

the path around the lake toward the avalanche site

avalanche! 

On the way back to the highway we stopped at Natural Bridge which is rocks that have cracked and worn and can be walked across. 

the bridge

couldn't pay me enough to walk out there!

From there we drove back into Banff National Park and stopped for lunch at the village of Lake Louise. While there, I spoke with school peeps and I GOT THE SPECIAL ED JOB!!! Staying at BBHS, just changing departments but I'm super excited! 

Now a very happy camper, we drove up (down?) to Lake Louise. Guide said it is the 2nd most photographed spot in Canada. Niagara Falls is probably #1? Idk. Maybe I'll look it up someday but not now. I'm too tired!

the hotel on the lake

a zoom in on the snowy part of the mountain (middle background in pic above of me)

From there, we drove further in/up to Moraine Lake. This road is only open in the summer and only to tour busses. Guide said it only opened 26 days ago. The best viewpoint was on the top of "rock pile". I did it but boy were the legs not excited about all the steps to get there. But wow was it pretty from there!

from lake level

the rock pile

the route up

it wasn't far

Our last stop was Johnston Canyon for a hike to the falls. We didn't have time to go to the upper falls (well not at my speed!) but lower was beautiful!

I just didn't look down

On the walk back to my hotel, I stopped at the Canadian Brewhouse to get food and watch "the Blue Jays" game which happened to also be the Astros game. I had a drink and dessert to celebrate the new job :) Dinner was a very good poutine but I didn't get a picture of it. 

celebratory gin fizz

celebratory dessert poutine (with a side of ice cream)

Luckily tomorrow's bike tour is on an e-bike. There is a hike too though. The legs and feet will just have to deal with it!!