The next part of our Canada trip was some of the prettiest places I have ever seen. Our first stop along the way was Yoho National Park. I loved this natural bridge, but I think my favorite was Emerald Lake. It was lightly raining when we got there, and a beautiful rainbow appeared. It was heavenly!
We stayed one night at my Aunt Enola and Uncle Mike's house in Canmore. They weren't there - we were headed up north to see them at their home in northern Alberta. We met my Aunt Eva May and my parents in Canmore. They traveled in an RV, which the kids loved, because they could take turns riding and sleeping in there. My parents were very nice to let them do that! Another benefit of the RV was that we always had a bathroom with us. The kids used that a few times between stops. The RV was a pain for my parents to drive, but the kids loved it. We spent 3 days and 2 nights exploring Banff and Jasper National Park. We really needed a full week to see it!
I think the picture above and below were the Johnston Canyon Trail. We took a nice little hike to a waterfall. The bear statue was a fun photo opportunity, but the really cool thing was seeing some real bears in the wild. We saw two bears as we were driving, which was perfect - because we wanted to see some bears without a close encounter with them!
Lake Louise was gorgeous, but it was a popular tourist spot. We pretty much had to wait in line to take pictures.
Alex took the panorama shot below - beautiful! We didn't get to stop at the Icefields, but drove by there. Alex really wanted to explore that area, but we ran out of time. Our first night camping was north of the Icefields, and we didn't want to backtrack the next morning. Such a pretty drive!
I really wanted to do some canoeing on one of the days. We got a late start the first day, so we didn't have time to canoe in Banff. We settled for these rowboats at Pyramid Lake in Jasper on the second day! It wasn't quite the same, since they were pretty hard to maneuver and it was raining. It was nice to get out on the water though. Jared was actually pretty good at rowboating.
We camped the second night just north of Jasper National Park. We were worried that it would rain on us all night, but we were spared with just some light drizzle. It started raining harder after we packed up in the morning. (We were the only crazy ones out there camping in that campground.) Jared built a pretty cool lean-to shelter out of branches. I'm sure that made some animal happy to find a nice cozy home!
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