We walked a couple of the trails to the Canyon and River - where we saw some whitewater rafters...unfortunately we didn't get to join in this trip. Maybe next time.
We stopped at the Sunwapta Falls but after the Athabasca it really was no contest. You know you're somewhere mind blowing when you're comparing awesome waterfalls!
Next we headed in the direction of Banff, Banff National Park and the Columbia Icefield. We didn't have the 3 hours to do a Glacier walk/hike, but we got ourselves onto the Ice Explorer (think snowmobile crossed with a monster truck!) and got to walk on the Athabasca Glacier. It was so cool (literally!) and we even got some glacial water from the stream :-) The glacier moves forward and backwards up and down the mountain according to the seasons. Fabulous.
Final stop for the day before setting up camp in Banff was Peyto Lake - one of the most famous turquoise lakes. Just magnificent.
We decided to do a little bit of a trail (well, we started off following some Lonely Planet instructions but never quite made it to the rockpool they were supposed to lead to!). We ended up finding a mountainside of squirrels, so I got to hone my picture taking - the running joke is that we will have a gallery of squirrel photos, since no one else is doing it!
We went to the Irish Pub for dinner and had the Pub platter - ribs, wings, calamari and chips. With full bellies we went back to our home away from home.
Ahh, camp. Nitey nite.
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