We will just call it the peak and glacier tour, and we sure saw a lot of them! The last week was like being in Disneyland of the North. This was truly a completely different scene than what we had been seeing lately. The most potent thing we noticed was not the quantity of people although it was ten times as many as we had been around, but rather the quality. I guess these large National Parks (Canada or US) have visitors that never been very far in the outdoors. Not only did they stop randomly right in the middle of the highway to view anything alive alongside the road, but they opened there doors to let the kids flood out. These large groups would then practically surround the Elk/Moose/Bear and move within 10 feet of them. Enough about the people, the views were of course absolutely incredible. The first shot is of water coming out of the rocks in Maligne Canyon outside of Jasper.The second is of some glaciers south of Jasper.
Third one is from a short but steep hike we took up Parker Ridge to view the Saskatchewan Glacier. The fourth shot is of Lake Louise outside of Banff, Mary was saying her Grandmother came up here, probably it wasn't quite as crowded then ;).
Today we went into Glacier Park we got an early start so we could beat the crowds up the very popular hike to Avalanche Lake. After that we drove up to Logan Pass an already precarious drive made even more difficult because of one way traffic control for road repair. The other two pics are of the antique tour buses they use inside the park.
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