The day's travel was all in the province of Alberta, as we drove from Grand Cache to Jasper National Park, then to Banff National Park, and on to Calgary. The drive between Jasper and Banff on the Icefields Parkway was just awesome in its beauty. So many startlingly beautiful peaks, lakes, and rivers in such a small area. Following are some pictures from that part of our drive.
We stayed at the Calgary West Campground, a huge campground with 325 campsites on a hill overlooking Calgary, a city of well over a million people. It was a bit of a culture shock after some of the tiny campgrounds we'd been staying in...like the one with only five RV sites on Day 28.
The view from our "dining room" window at our campsite in Calgary West Campground
I backpacked in Banff. We wore bear bells and hoped they weren't dinner bells. Never saw one.
ReplyDeleteAmazing scenery!
ReplyDeleteSteve - I've heard that the easiest way to tell the difference between black bear scat and grizzly bear scat is that the grizzly bear scat usually contains bells. :)
ReplyDeleteElizabeth - There's a lot of amazing scenery in a relatively small area around Banff and Jasper.
This is a gorgeous part of my country.
ReplyDeleteRuth - That's an understatement, if there ever was one! :)
ReplyDeleteLinda, I'm not sure why, but I've had trouble getting some blogs to load lately and commenting has been almost impossible. Whatever it is/was, it doesn't seem to be plaguing me tonight! I've gone back to catch up, and I'm totally entranced by the photos and your adventure!
ReplyDeleteOh, Deb. I understand how frustrating those computer woes can be, and I just want to thank you for persisting and then even going the extra mile and catching up on our Alaska trip postings.
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