July 6, 2012 - Canmore/Banff Canada

Wifi went out at the RV park so had to go down to the library in town to connect to the internet.

Today we left about 7:45 and traveled via the Trans Canada Highway to the scenic Icefields Parkway

 and then on to a view of Crowfoot Glacier, one of western Canada's finest historic landscapes.

We then continued on to Bow Lake, the source of the Bow River. Across the lake is part of a very large icefield covering an area of the great divide.

Had lunch at The Crossing - another great buffet.

At 2:00 we climbed on board a 55 passenger snowcoach to tour the Columbia Icefield, the largest icefield in North America.

The glacier has shrunk a lot over the years.

This is how it used to look early in the 1900's

Driving out to the glacier in the coach. Top speed is about 28 mph. Has 36" wide tires with 15# air pressure in them.

We got out on the Athebasca glacier. The glacier is about 1000' thick where we got out.

We then stopped the Num Ti Jah Lodge for snacks and a bathroom break and to view some more fantastic scenery.

Every night we have been sitting around a campfire sipping our toddys and telling stories - some of them true. It does not get dark until about 11:00 which makes it hard to go to bed early.