Jasper day 6&7

Jasper is such a pretty place and the funniest if you like to hike and really be in nature. There was so much to do here we only scratched a very small part of it.

All the water around here is this color because they are ALL glacier feed.

You can see all the glaciers just driving down the road they are all different in size this was a big one..

Lots of water falls to this one was so long it was called Bridal veil.

This is at Athabasca It is the name of the river that makes up these falls They are incredible to see, they are also very noisy They put off so much mist that the ground is always wet.

This picture is looking down at where the water comes out after it falls.

It truly was a incredible site

On the way to Jasper is the columbia ice field

looking back at the Athabasca glacier.

The water coming from this Glacier is about 100 years old. it was so blue and crystal clear. people brought their water bottles up to the glacier and were filling them with the water.... I was NOT that brave but Ray did try it out of his hands and said it was great.

This is the ice explorer that took us to the glacier.

I was nervous when it was time to get out.... not as scared as Bill and Jeanette though..

Standing on the Glacier was pretty awesome I must say.

More water and all the signs say around this part "This is NOT a playground" so of course we had to get our pictures by it... Please notice who is NOT in the pictures.

The animals there as I have said before are so friendly this one wanted to go home with us.

These pictures are from a hike called the 6th bridge it is like uncle toms cabin if you have ever done that in Yellowstone you just keep going DOWN, DOWN, DOWN don't get me wrong I love the going down but I know I have to come UP, UP, UP.... that is the hard part.

We didn't make the all the way it was getting to dark and we were afraid we would have a hard time coming back up in the dark.... there is always next time.

The town of Jasper is the smallest of the towns we saw but the flowers are just a big and pretty as they can be.

Jasper was and still is a rail town so this train is in the middle of town.

25 "YEARS We have been Married 25 years.

I really can't Believe Ray and I have been Married for 25 years. It seems like just yesterday that I was still in High School and minding my own business when Elder Sain came into my life.
I love You.. You have made me the person I am today, Sometimes a little goofy and crazy but that is NOT a bad thing Thanks for being my BEST FRIEND! Happy Anniversary

Banff Day 4&5

Banff was a beautiful and fun place to stay it is kind of funny you have to go into the park before you get to the towns so that was a little bit different and of course you have to pay first, in Canada you pay per person per day...

the town is great it is lined with shops and more shops you could walk up and down the streets for hours they have every type of shopping you can think of. The flowers are very pretty too I think if must be the climate.

We found a great Mexican place to eat it was tiny inside and a little different than we are use to but it had great food. The people that work in Canada are awesome very nice and very helpful.

We found a hike call Johnston falls and it was the greatest, the trails are so well maintained it is really fun to see the difference in the national parks. They really do use the money for good I think we just use it to pay the off duty rangers.

This one is just so you can see the trail and the depth of the hike and how high above the water we were.

Ray can NEVER stay where is suppose to be so if you look real hard you will find him under the waterfall

We went to Lake Louise to see the lake that is on all the travel things you see and boy I now know why is is so so pretty. The water is always the same color blue, blue and you can't see into it.

This is looking at the glacier that feeds the lake. We rowed to the end of this see below...

Ray had to talk really hard but it wanted to go on the canoe so bad and I did not I cried I was so scared the water is 32 degrees and you can see anything but blue...... I don't swim! he promised me we would be OK and that I would not drowned I don't think to this day my mom believes it, she did not want us to go, we did and it ended up being very fun it was a lot of work but what a awesome experience it took us about 15 minutes to get to the end and about 45 minutes to get back.. Ray must have not done any rowing.?

Then on to Lake Moraine same blue color but this one has a lot more logs that come down when the snow melts

day 6& 7 Jasper and the Columbia ice fields

Waterton Day 2 & 3

This was such a beautiful place and we had only crossed the border...

Montana's Glacier National Park and Alberta's Waterton Lakes National Park meet at the border between the United States and Canada. In 1932, the parks were designated the first international Peace Park to commemorate the bonds of peace and friendship between the two nations.
Although Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks are administered by separate countries, they cooperate to manage their natural and cultural resources. The wild plants and animals ignore political boundaries and claim the mountainous terrain on both sides of the border.

This is there version of the Old Faithful Inn very pretty and VERY pricey with only 86 rooms and they are always full, we had a good time looking inside, it over looks lake waterton so the view is to die for.

The outside was just as pretty with flowers everywhere

The one thing we noticed in Canada is they do not try and hide there wildlife they TELL you where you can go to find them, there is never any park ranger around trying to scare you and them. This little guy we found just about 5 minutes after being in the park

You can just drive up and down the road and find bear it was very exciting to us since we are so use to being chased away.. this day we saw 6 bears, one was a momma with 2 little cubs she had hid them and we watched her chase a Big black bear away from them and when it was over she got them and took them up the mountain very fun just to sit and watch.

They really are close to the roads and not very hard to find.

Waterton has a scenic cruise you can take that allows you to see the beautiful scenery and it also takes you to a place called Goat Haunt which is in Montana so you cross International boundaries but unless you plan on hiking you do not need your passport at the end you can get off and walk around part of the lake you just don't try and cross or stay in the USA unless you have all your paperwork..

This is the border patrol at Goat Haunt Ray and my Mom walked to see what trouble they could get in but they came back Really fast, they do not mess with that at all.

I was just amazed at the border so that is why there is another picture while you are on the boat it stops so half is in Canada and half is in the USA.

The water is so pretty you just can't get enough of it.

After the cruise we stopped at a little place called Waterton pizza everyone that knew we where going and had been there told us we needed to stop and eat there...... they were right it was yummy.

Even my Dad had to eat a piece, fun, fun little place. no Gluten free that day. but it was OK and he felt fine.

The deer are not at all afraid of people and everyplace has to have there flowers fenced because they are all over

In Waterton they have waterfalls at the end of town so we stopped to see the first of MANY that we would see.

Then we went on the Cameron Lake we wanted to go out on the lake but the weather was not being our friend that day the wind was blowing and it was getting pretty cool so we didn't go but it was such a beautiful place

We went to a place called Red Rock canyon and did some hiking to a place called Blankston falls wow!!! they are awesome when we got back to the car these mountain goats were just laying by the car not one bit afraid of people.

Coming next Banff.