Today we headed out early to drive to Lake Minnewanka. The lake is formed by a dam! All the others have been natural created by the glaciation process. Under the lake is an old town and we saw divers preparing to dive and investigate. They also do it in mid winter but first they get a chain saw to cut through the metre or so of ice. Today it was hovering above freezing when we were there....but the sun was out and stayed out all day.
We explored the pretty lakes of Minnewanka and Two Jack and walked around the latter.
The shores of Lake Minnewanka
We drove back to the Parkway leading up to Lake Louise but were only rewarded with one sighting of deer that quickly darted away. We were told it was too cold for wildlife!
After a picnic lunch at one of our many stops we returned to Banff and drove up to the Banff Gondola. The view from the top was wonderful and the sky was clear.
Looking down on The Banff Fairmont.We couldn't make out our B&B
4 comments:
Greetings from Iceland! Glad to see you are having a great time. We recognise so many of your photos- your trip so far is bringing back many fabulous memories of the year we spent living in BC ( little town called Oliver, 20 km from US border at the end of the Rockies). I'm sure you'll recognise many of the photos we've taken! Off to Glasgow tomorrow!
Hi Dot
Great to hear from you Continue to enjoy your travels. Gail and Rob
Wow, that is an astonishing view, glad you don't suffer from vertigo.
The view from the top would be making me ill - too high up for me!
Amanda xx
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